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Nutritionist

Brazzaville

  • Organization: WFP - World Food Programme
  • Location: Brazzaville
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Nutrition
  • Closing Date: Closed

JOB TITLE:

 

Consultant – Nutrition

TYPE OF CONTRACT:

 

International Consultant Level II

UNIT/DIVISION:

Programme -RBJ-ROC

DUTY STATION (City, Country):

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

DURATION:

11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The WFP Country Office in Brazzaville is currently hiring an expert to provide oversight, management, and support to the Country Office’s nutrition and food safety project activities. 

The Republic of Congo Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2019-2024 approved by the WFP Executive Board in its first session of 2019 became effective on 25 February 2019. It aims to contribute to four Strategic Outcomes that are aligned to four Strategic Results of SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) and SDG 17 (Partnerships for Development). A total of 5 Activities are planned to be implemented to achieve the contributions to the four Strategic Outcomes.

 

The Strategic Outcome (SO) 1 of the CSP emphasizes that food insecure people affected by shocks have access to adequate food all year. The activities under this SO are focused on assisting vulnerable people, including refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees, and indigenous people, affected by conflict, natural disasters or other shocks and stresses such as epidemics or climate shocks. Beneficiaries will be targeted based on their vulnerability as assessed through gender analyses; the specific nutrition needs and priorities of women, men, girls, and boys will be addressed through nutrition-specific and -sensitive assistance.

The relevant activity (1) refers to provide unconditional and/or conditional food and nutrition assistance to people affected by shocks. Each year, 75,000 crisis-affected vulnerable people in Pool, Bouenza and Likouala Departments receive unconditional or conditional food or cash-based assistance that meets their immediate needs and contributes to early recovery, thereby building and reinforcing social cohesion in these fragile areas. WFP is progressively incorporating locally sourced commodities in its food rations, thus creating linkages to strategic outcome 3. The selection of the transfer modality – cash-based transfers (CBTs) or food – is based on analyses of efficiency, effectiveness and equity and informed by assessments of markets, supply chains and gender dynamics in the areas of intervention. To support the early recovery of targeted people in areas affected by armed conflict or natural disaster, WFP is implementing food assistance for assets activities aimed at rehabilitating food production chains and supporting the transition to resilience building (strategic outcome 3). Nutrition-specific and -sensitive interventions will address the nutrition needs of vulnerable women, men, girls, and boys. Supplementary nutritious foods will be distributed monthly for treating and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition among children aged 6–59 months and pregnant and lactating women and girls in targeted communities.

 

The Strategic Outcome (SO) 3 of the CSP emphasizes that targeted smallholder farmers and communities’ benefit from productive and sustainable livelihoods that support nutrition value chains. Activities under this strategic outcome 3 will support smallholders’ farmers in moving up the value chain, and communities in adapting to climate change and managing climate and weather-related shocks and stresses.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the overall guidance of the WFP ROC Deputy Country Director/Head of Programme, the Consultant will be based in the WFP's Country Office in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, heading the CO Nutrition team. The Consultant will take a leadership role in advising on, managing, and implementing Nutrition activities, including:

  • Provide technical advice to ROC CO on nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and commodity choice for nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programming in line with WFP standards and processes.
  • Support the strengthening of national nutrition initiatives, including the development of national government policies related to nutrition as well as nutrition strategies, action plans, protocols, and guidelines in line with the SUN Movement and international guidance and current evidence.
  • Work with staff in procurement, logistics, finance, other programme units and other divisions to ensure effective design and delivery of WFP nutrition programming.
  • Provide support for operational partnerships, including inter-agency collaboration, to ensure a strong multi-sectorial response to nutrition in both emergency and non-emergency settings.
  • Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities: provide technical analysis, and interpretation; prepare accurate and timely reporting and learning, communicate the nutrition situation clearly and effectively, thus contributing to a knowledge base that informs decision making of WFP and other stakeholders.
  • Represent WFP ROC at regional, national, and international meetings to contribute to technical discussions, exchange experiences, advocate for nutrition interventions and identify areas of potential collaboration.
  • Build capacity of WFP staff, partners, and national governments to prepare for and respond to nutrition problems; Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them on more complex analysis and queries.
  • Contribute to emergency preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations on contingency planning, risk analysis and early warning related to nutrition risks.
  • Other duties as required.

SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education

  • Advanced University degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other relevant field.

Experience

• Experience working with governments on developing nutrition policies and/or implementing a nutrition programme (within food security or health).

 • Experience conducting nutritional assessments, analysed data, and drafted recommendations for programme.

• Experience working in multiple countries.

• Experience working in both emergencies and development context

 

 

Languages:

Advanced knowledge of French (proficiency/level C) is required

Working knowledge of English is required

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