Health & Nutrition Specialist - School Health & Nutrition (P-4), FT - ECARO o/p Istanbul - Turkiye

Contract

This is a P-4 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 131,997 USD and 170,183 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, survival

Under the general guidance of the Regional Advisor Health, the School Health and Nutrition Specialist is accountable for the provision of effective technical leadership, management guidance and programme support to integrated school health and nutrition strategies, initiatives and programmes in the region. A particular focus will be on the increased risks on food insecurity linked to the war in Ukraine and how those can be mitigated through school-based programmes. The incumbent provides strategic guidance and technical support to COs/Ts throughout the programming processes to facilitate the achievement of concrete and sustainable results in school health and nutrition programmes/projects supported by UNICEF offices in Europe and Central Asia within the framework of the UNICEF Strategic Plan, UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020-2030, and UNICEF ECA Regional Office Management Plan. The post contributes to creating synergy and partnerships in areas where UNICEF has primary responsibility or comparative advantage for nutrition, with strong linkages to maternal and child health, and WASH.

How can you make a difference?

The incumbent will report directly to the Nutrition Specialist in ECARO, under the overall guidance of the Regional Health Advisor. S/he works closely, in Humanitarian Action, with the Nutrition, WASH and Health clusters; in development programmes, in sustained close collaboration with the broader health and nutrition team, Social Protection, ECD and Education.

In brief, the key functions/accountabilities include but are not limited to:

1. Advisory support to the Regional Health Adviser
2. Regional strategies development and implementation for school health and nutrition
3. Programme monitoring in countries for delivery of results
4. Advisory services and technical support to COs/Ts
5. Advocacy, networking and partnership building at regional level, especially with WHO on the Health in Schools initiative
6. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas is required: Public Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention or other relevant discipline(s).
• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition public health; nutrition planning and management; or maternal, infant and child health and nutrition care.
• Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Experience in monitoring gender inequalities and in programming interventions that reduce these inequalities is an asset.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Prior field experience and demonstrated professional achievements in the region or in a similar context is required.
• Prior hands-on experience in middle and or high-income contexts is desirable.
• Familiarity with humanitarian principles, policies and response actions is desirable.
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and deliver under pressure is a requisite.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style, and format to match audience.
• Ability and willingness to travel to emergencies countries if necessary.
• Proficiency in English, written and verbal, is required. Working knowledge of another official UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) and/or regional language as needed to perform the role is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1) Works Collaboratively with others (1) Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1) Innovates and Embraces Change (1) Thinks and Acts Strategically (1) Drive to achieve impactful results (1) Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

During the recruitment process, we assess candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable staff participating in 2022 Mobility Exercise and Staff on Abolished post will be given priority consideration.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.