Purpose for the job:

The Nutrition Manager supports the Chief in managing the section, contributing to innovation and knowledge management. S/He is responsible for developing, preparing and managing complex, key and integrated nutrition programmes. Given the unique situation Sudan is in, the nutrition manager leads the design of a novel approach to develop context specific package of humanitarian prevention interventions. Among the contexts are IDPs integrated within host communities, IDPs in camp like setting or in a gathering point, urban population as well as population across conflict lines.

The Nutrition Manager provides authoritative technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programmes/projects. This is carried out according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM), as well as UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance, and accountability framework. The nutrition manager ensures compliance of preventions interventions with the UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in humanitarian action (CCCs).

III. Key function, accountabilities and related duties/tasks
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

Management and advisory support to the Chief
Programme development and planning, including in humanitarian setting
Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results for prevention of malnutrition in humanitarian settings
Advisory services and technical support
Advocacy, networking and partnership building
Knowledge management and capacity building
Innovation for prevention interventions at scale in humanitarian setting
IV. Impact of Results

The efficiency and efficacy of support provided by the Nutrition Manager to the preparation, planning and implementation of nutrition programmes/projects contributes to and accelerates the national development as well as the humanitarian response efforts to improve the nutritional status of mothers, infants and children, and avert further deterioration as a result of the current crisis in the country. This in turn contributes to maintaining and enhancing the credibility and ability of UNICEF to continue to provide programme services to mothers and children that promotes greater social equity in the country.

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The following minimum requirements:

Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.

Experience: A minimum of eight years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.

Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.