United Nations World Food Programme - WFP Ethiopia Nutrition Partnership Officer, Service Contract level Jobs
United Nations World Food Programme - WFP Ethiopia Nutrition Partnership Officer, Service Contract level Jobs
Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)PartnershipsSupport nutrition partnerships network and engagement with Government, UN agencies, Academia, Private Sector, Civil Society and NGOs to strengthen collaborative and unduplicated nutrition efforts in the following areas for the common goal of achieving SDG2 by 2030:
National “Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG)” data analysis cycle, including also report writing and design, launch event organization support, among others;
Setup of Multitaskers’ Task Force leading regular Assessments of affordability of nutritious diets and creating a regular monitoring of cost of the diet system leveraging national food price datasets already mapped in 2019;
Integration of the Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis, the monitoring task force, mentioned in the point above, with the programmatic improvements in the Fresh Food Voucher pilot in the Amhara region;
Incorporating the pressing issue of climate change and sustainable healthy diets into the evidence supporting the WFP CSP, the nutrition sensitive partners activities as per the CO nut strategy 2020-2025.
Maintain established partnerships and develop new ones in line with opportunities for collaborative approaches and initiatives related to development nutrition i.e. stunting reduction
Maintain a network of national and international professional contacts in the area of stunting reduction;
Attend external events linked to stunting reduction, as needed ;
Identify new funding opportunities for the dissemination of the FNG results at regional level ;
Explore new partnerships such as celebrity engagement, and strategic partnership such as the one with local National Chef Association for the development of an Ethiopian Sustainable Diet Recipe Book and a national food banking system.
Technical
Review and analyze data related to nutrition, dietary intake, food security, food cost and household food expenditure and socio-economic indicators in collaboration with the Ministry of Health ;
Capacitate and provide technical support to Government to prepare for and conduct the FNG nutrition situational analysis, including through conducting Cost of the Diet (CotD) and secondary data analysis, summarizing and presenting findings for discussion, and facilitating stakeholder workshops for formulating recommendations and decision making based on the findings ;
Liaise with relevant government bodies to get access to secondary data relevant to the FNG study
Prepare & submit IRB application to relevant ethical bodies of government for the FNG analysis
Support the preparation of budget allocation for stakeholders involved in the FNG study
Present the case of transfer of funds to Government to CPC members
for approval
Coordinate FNG processes with WFP sub-offices for the purpose of disseminating the results to regional, zonal and woreda level government bodies ;
Set up of and actual coordination of regular cost-of-the-diet analysis working group (WFP VAM, Fewsnet, GoE sectors) ;
Liaise and collaborate with other Programme Units in WFP (e.g. VAM, CBT, School Feeding, Climate Change, Resilience, Social Protection) to improve the understanding and use of FNG analyses ;
Represent WFP on strategic positioning of the FNG analysis and insights gained, both among external stakeholders and internally in the organization;
Support to the SUN Business Network co-chairing role of WFP: preparation of NFRs, conceptual notes for workshop, logistics of events
Support local production of RUSF
Support the development of fortified sorghum pasta in refugee camps
Support workshop on complementary foods
Support to the Nutrition Partner Development Forum (SUN Donor Network) contribution of WFP.
Job Requirements
Qualification
Graduate level (Masters) in Public Health Nutrition (Epidemiology or biostatistics), Nutrition, Sustainable food systems, Agronomy, Statistics or other socio-economic disciplines with a strong quantitative data analysis component.
Experience
5 years of research experience of which at least 2 are relevant professional experience in nutrition and food security research, and WFP corporate tools such as the Cost of Diet and/or the Fill the Nutrient Gap approach.
Language
Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of the local language is added advantage.
Knowledge and Skills
Very comfortable to conduct quantitative data analysis based on secondary data using statistical software (SPSS, Stata, SAS, R or other);
Very good expertise in Excel;
Good ability to conduct a literature review and identify key themes;
Capacity to coordinate with a range of different stakeholders, including national governments, research institutions, private sector, NGO partners, among others; Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a multicultural setting;
Flexibility in thinking, ability to adapt to different situations quickly and with ease;
Ability to work with and as part of a team and structure work with little input; Training and facilitation skills appreciated.
How to Apply
WFP is an equal opportunity employer.
Female candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply on-line through the WFP recruitment website.
Public access (for external VA): PUBLIC- 133862
WFP staff access (for internal and external VA): WFP- 133862
Please note that WFP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
This VA is open ONLY to Ethiopian Nationals.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
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