Junior Nutrition Specialist

Contract

This is a UNV International Youth contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Youth contracts.

Description of task

Under the direct supervision of Nutrition Officer who will provide guidelines for the Junior UNV to accomplish the designated activities for the design of key nutrition messages and consolidation of information regarding messages transmissions to nutrition beneficiaries, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:

• Support on the design of nutrition key messages, how to transmit such messages in different media and the use of social networks.
• Contribute to the design of a method of how to consolidate information about messages dissemination: eg how many people interact with nutrition messages in social networks, reports from implementing partners of key messages transmissions during trainings, social media and social network.

Qualifications/Requirements

Required degree level:

Bachelor degree or equivalent

Education - Additional Comments:

adult education and skills for providing trainings for health staff and basic collection and management of information

Required experience:

Experience remark:

• Demonstrated interest and/or experience of up to 2 years (preferably 2 years of experience) in design of nutrition key messages, and consolidation of information about key messages dissemination.

  Previous experience as a volunteer and/or experience of another culture, (i.e. studies, volunteer work, internship) would be highly regarded;

Language skills:

• Spanish(Mandatory), Level - Fluent
• English(Mandatory), Level - Working Knowledge

Area of expertise:

Other development programme/project experience

Area of expertise details:

Learning Expectations

Learning and development are a central part of the UN Youth Volunteer’s assignment and take place before, during and after his or her assignment in the field. Ideally, offering diverse opportunities for learning and development aim to strengthen the volunteer’s skills and competences, improve the quality of the assignment and keep the volunteer’s motivation high.

Learning elements for the UN Youth Volunteer include the development of:

• Professional skills: including specific competencies and reflection on assignment-related abilities; and on-the-job skills such as time management, problem solving, team building; and career preparedness such as interview skills, CV preparation, job searching.
• Inter-personal skills: including communication and listening skills; multi-cultural awareness and cultural competency; and conflict and stress management.
• Volunteering-related skills: including leadership; civic responsibility; and engagement and active participation.

Beyond the learning opportunities provided by UNV, the host agency will support knowledge and capacity development in the technical areas that are relevant to the UN Youth Volunteer’s assignment. The host agency will provide, at its expense, UN Youth Volunteers with equal opportunity to participate in training courses and workshops offered to its personnel.

Driving license:

No

Competencies values:

Adaptability and Flexibility, Commitment and Motivation, Communication, Creativity, Ethics and Values, Judgement and Decision-making, Knowledge Sharing, Leadership, Self-Management, Technological Awareness, Working in Teams

Application procedure:

Prerequisites

This assignment is funded by the Government of the Russian Federation, therefore only Russian nationals are eligible to apply.

This is a UN Youth Volunteer assignment and eligible candidates must be below 29 years of age throughout the assignment.

Selection process

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The selection will be done by the UN Host Entity at the level of the country of assignment, via competency-based interviews held via skype or telephone.

Selected candidates will be invited to an assignment preparation training.

How to apply

Please apply via the link below. You can then either log in if you already have an account or register via ‘Candidate Signup’.

You may apply to a maximum of three assignments per advertisement and indicate your order of preference in the ‘Additional Remarks’ section of your profile.

Application deadline: 6 December 2020