Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (Roving), P-3, TA (364 day), Kabul, Afghanistan, non-Afghan national

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 110,481 USD and 144,666 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, Nutrition

The current nutrition needs in Afghanistan, and related scale up plan for increased coverage and quality of nutrition services, underscore the relevance of a reliable, at-scale, informed coordination mechanisms to ensure adequate and effective reach to the most vulnerable. Coordination of nutrition partners at national level involves the main cluster forum, as well as subgroups, such as the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) and three major thematic Technical Working Groups. At subnational level, efforts have been imparted to establishing zonal level coordination, in connection with the Provincial Nutrition Committees that bring provincial nutrition stakeholders together.

The need for leadership strengthening at subnational level, and establishment of strong connection between the various levels have risen as central elements for improved coordination. At sub-national level, there are cluster focal points (UNICEF) in each of the five zones (Central, Northern, Eastern, Western, and Southern), who oversee programmatic implementation while at the same time ‘double-hatting’ for sub-national cluster coordination. Given the current needs, the demand for programme implementation outweighs their sub-national cluster coordination efforts.

UNICEF plans to deploy dedicated subnational cluster coordinators in each of the zones, to ensure the fulfillment of the cluster functions, in collaboration with the cluster focal points and relevant stakeholders present at zonal level. UNICEF will also position a Roving Nutrition Cluster Coordinator for capacity strengthening and mentorship of the subnational coordination teams and ensuring a continuous linkage between national and subnational cluster teams

How can you make a difference?

Under the supervision of the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator, in close collaboration with the field Nutrition Specialist/Officer, and with support from the national Nutrition Manager/Chief, the purpose of this post is to build capacity and mentor the subnational coordination teams while ensuring a continuous link between national and subnational cluster teams.

• Establish capacity strengthening and mentorship mechanisms that enable zonal cluster coordinators and provincial nutrition committees for effective coordination at operational level.
• Support operationalization ensuring that strategic decisions from national level are operationalized at zonal and provincial levels and concern from field is addressed at national level.
• Organize and lead coordination meetings between national and zonal coordinators, as well as ensure a functional two-way communication between both platforms
• Support the national cluster coordination team in the day-to-day work, covering the following non exhaustive areas:

1. Establishment and maintenance of appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms

• Ensure appropriate coordination between all Nutrition humanitarian partners (including OCHA, national and international NGOs, the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, IOM and other international and national organizations active in the sector) as well as Sub-National authorities and local structures
• Ensure the establishment/ and maintenance of appropriate sector coordination mechanisms including working groups as needed.
• Ensure full integration of the IASSC’s agreed priority cross-cutting issues, namely human rights, age, gender and environment, utilization participatory and community-based approaches. In line with this, promote gender equality by ensuring that the needs, contributions and capacities of women and girls as well as men and boys are addressed.
• Secure commitments from cluster participants in responding to needs and filling gaps, ensuring an appropriate distribution of responsibilities within the cluster, with clearly defined focal points for specific issues where necessary.
• Ensure that cluster 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, especially Health, WASH, Agriculture and Food Security and Education.
• Represent the interests of the Nutrition Cluster in discussions with the Humanitarian Coordinator, the head of OCHA as well as donors on prioritization, resource mobilization and advocacy.
• Act as focal point for inquiries on the Nutrition Cluster’s response plans and operations.

2. Planning and strategy development

• Ensure predictable action within the cluster for the following.
• Needs assessment and analysis; development of standard assessment formats for use within the sector.
• Identification of gaps.
• Developing/updating agreed response strategies and action plans for the Nutrition Cluster and ensuring that these are adequately reflected in the overall country strategies, such as the Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) as an integral component of the CAP process.
• Drawing lessons learned from past activities and revising strategies and action plans accordingly.
• Developing an exit, or transition, strategy for the cluster

3. Application of standards

• Ensure that Nutrition Cluster participants are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards and relevant commitments that the Government/concerned authorities have undertaken under international human rights law.
• Ensure that the Nutrition Cluster responses are in line with existing policy guidance, technical standards, and relevant Government human rights legal obligations.

4. Monitoring and reporting

• Specifically needs to include an analytical interpretation of best available information in order to benchmark progress of the emergency response over time. That is - monitoring indicators (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost) of service delivery which are derived from working towards meeting standards (mentioned in point 4).
• Ensure regular reporting against the Nutrition Cluster indicators of service delivery (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost) supports analysis of the Nutrition Cluster in closing gaps and measuring impact of interventions.
• Develop and coordinate implementation of a nutrition surveillance system based on relevant information from service delivery points (e.g., TFU, OTPs, etc.), community based GMP, periodic surveys, and regular data from established sentinel sites. This would entail triangulation of nutrition data with data from the relevant sectors, e.g., Heath, WASH and food security.

5. Advocacy and resource mobilization

• Support to advocacy for donors to fund cluster partners to carry out priority activities in the sector concerned, while at the same time encouraging cluster participants to mobilize resources for their activities through the usual channels.
• Acting as focal point for reviewing and ensuring quality control for all the Nutrition Cluster project submitted for Flash Appeal, CAP, CERF and other funding mechanisms

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

• 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.

  *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree

• A minimum of five 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 working in emergency contexts preferably UN or NGO experience at a senior programme management level.
• Proven experience in strategic coordination, managing partnerships and knowledge of management tools and methods for effective coordination is critical
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA).

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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:

* Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

* Kindly note that this is a non-family duty station.

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

* Employment is conditional upon receipt of medical clearance, any clearance required, the grant of a visa, and completion of any other pre-employment criteria that UNICEF may establish. Candidates may not be further considered or offer of employment may be withdrawn if these conditions are unlikely to be met before the date for commencement of service.

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.