Nutrition Cluster Coordinator, P4, Fixed Term, Kabul, Afghanistan, Open for Non-Afghan national only

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 134,636 USD and 173,585 USD.

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

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For every child, a future

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How can you make a difference?

The Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (NCC) provides leadership and facilitates the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective nutrition response in Afghanistan. This position will be required to provide strong leadership based on trust, relationships shared decision-making and consensus management and will facilitate a network, that enable equal partnership to focus on broader sector issues and emergency as a whole in Afghanistan.

The Nutrition Cluster Coordinator will provide strategic guidance in the planning and implementation to nutrition emergency partners by facilitating a timely response in line with international standards and accountability to the population in need.

As an honest broker the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator will act as interface between humanitarian nutrition partners and affected populations to ensure the nutrition related needs of the affected population are properly addressed and all nutrition humanitarian partners are included in the response and funding mechanism.

The Nutrition Cluster Coordinator will endeavor to ensure prioritization based on evidence-based actions to enhance an accountable and effective nutrition response to the affected population.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Identify key humanitarian partners for the cluster, respecting their respective mandates and program priorities.
• Identify other key partners including local and national authorities, etc.
• Carryout capacity mapping of all current and potential actors – government, national and international humanitarian organizations as well as national institutions, the private sector and market assess to materials and services.
• Ensure appropriate coordination between all Nutrition humanitarian partners, including national and international NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, IOM and other international organizations active in the sector, as well as national authorities and local structures.
• Ensure the establishment/maintenance of appropriate sector coordination mechanisms including working groups at the national, and if necessary, local level.
• Ensure that participants work collectively, ensuring the complementarities of the various stake holder’s actions.
• Promote emergency response actions while at the same time considering the need for early recovery planning as well as prevention and risk reduction concerns.
• Ensure effective links with other clusters (with OCHA support), especially Health & Nutrition, Agriculture and Livelihoods and Education.
• Represent the interests of the cluster in discussions with the Humanitarian Coordinator on prioritization, resource mobilization and advocacy.
• Act as focal point for inquiries on the cluster’s response plans and operations.
• Fulfill the cluster functions.
  • Support service delivery
  • Inform the HC/HCT’s strategic decision-making.
  • Plan and implement cluster strategies.
  • Monitor and evaluate performance.
  • Build national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning.
  • Support robust advocacy.
  • Ensure Accountability to Affected Population

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

• An advanced university degree in nutrition, public health, or other associated disciplines is required.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant work experience demonstrating technical expertise in the field of nutrition in emergencies is required.
• Experience in IASC nutrition cluster coordination is required.
• Demonstrative capacity to identify and monitor gender inequalities, as well as develop and implement gender mainstreaming in programmes.
• The candidate should have demonstrated previous capacity in coordination; preparedness, response and contingency planning; analysis; advocacy; capacity building of partners; leadership; strategic prioritization and decision making through a transparent process involving multiple partners and perspectives; application and adherence to existing international standards and guidelines; and monitoring and reporting.
• Out of the 8 years, substantial time should be spent in cluster coordination experience.
• The ideal candidate should also have demonstrated emotional intelligence, robust networking, shared-leadership experience, teamwork and leadership and knowledge team building when required and thrive on working in a multi-cultural, fast-paced and fluid environment with minimum guidance.
• Background and experience in leading nutrition emergency response in several countries is additional advantage.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Proven technical expertise in the area of nutrition assessments including survey, program implementation, monitoring and coordination.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language of the duty station 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...

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others

During the recruitment process, we test 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 female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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

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.

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

Eligible UNICEF International Professional (IP) Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to a Temporary Appointment, which is dedicated to L3 (or L2) Response, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and their current tour of duty, and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.