Nutrition officer

Volunteering Crisis & Emergency Response Medical & Health

Overview

Support public health nutrition programs as per WHO norms.

You have:

• Good knowledge of the processes and approaches concerning nutrition issues; knowledge of the operations of the national governments in the area of nutrition and health.
• Ability to interact with health and nutrition professionals at various level.
• Flexibility and the ability and willingness to live and work in harsh and potentially hazardous conditions.

Contract

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The Nutritionist works support the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of public health nutrition program in line with WHO norms and national priorities. It includes applying evidence-based nutrition interventions, supporting management of acute malnutrition, GM&P, Clinical nutrition, and IYCF services, strengthening nutrition surveillance and data use for decision-making, coordinating with the Ministry of Health and partners, and ensuring quality, accountability, and continuity of nutrition services, particularly in emergency and fragile settings.

Additional Information:

National UN Specialist Volunteers in Sudan are entitled to: - Monthly Volunteer Living allowance (VLA) at amount of 1597.24 USD. - danger and Hardship Differential DHD: 5750.1 USD. - Annual and learning leaves. - Free Medical and life insurance. - Free access to different learning platforms.

1- Manages data collection and analysis and develops comprehensive plans to implement national program, achieving results such as: • Communicate and follow up with relevant Federal Ministry of Health FMoH/ State Ministry of Health SMoH units the data collection for the WHO Report: • Work closely with the state and field MoH and WHO officers to improve the timely reporting from all nutrition facilities and functional SCs • Support the establishment of the IYCF reporting from the nutrition sides and Stabilization centers • Monthly CMAM report sharing • Infant and Young Child Feeding activities • Growth Monitoring and Promotion. • Clinical nutrition and diet therapy • Participation in the planning of WHO emergency and humanitarian nutrition activities in emergency and crisis preparedness, response and recovery at country level

2- Monitors and coordinates the implementation of planned activities, national and field action, achieving results such as: • Support and coordinate the implementation of joint nutrition activities, internally and externally with relatives' nutrition partners. • Following WHO nutrition technical and financial reports • Use of food Composition table for Sudan and developing the local food recipes • Follow up on the establishment of center of excellence for SC. • Follow up of the WHO nutrition supplies process till reach its required destinations. • Follow implementation of donor projects; European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office ECHO,, etc.

3- Strengthen capacity building of nutrition interventions at various levels, achieving results such as: • Identification of training needs for respective target audiences and development of comprehensive plans for capacity building • Organization and delivery of training activities to various target groups, e.g. to improve case management and prevention at various levels. • Capacity building of prevention and management of nutrition interventions including WHO new guideline

• Communicating in a credible and effective manner. • Fostering integration and teamwork. • Producing results. • Self knowledge and management. • Moving forward in a changing environment.

1- Good knowledge of the processes and approaches concerning nutrition issues; knowledge of the operations of the national governments in the area of nutrition and health. 2- Ability to interact with health and nutrition professionals at various level.

Port Sudan is a Category E hardship duty station and non-family duty station. The Rest and Recuperation (R&R) cycle for the Port Sudan duty station is 4 weeks. Movement of international staff is restricted and takes place in UN vehicles. Working for the UN in Sudan provides an interesting and enriching environment, but also requires a mature level of cultural awareness, as well as more stamina and commitment than elsewhere Therefore, flexibility and the ability and willingness to live and work in harsh and potentially hazardous conditions, involving physical hardship and little comfort, are essential. As this is an international UN Volunteer expert assignment, WHO will be responsible for arranging volunteer housing. International UN Volunteers receive a volunteer living allowance to sustain a basic, adequate, and safe lifestyle. This allowance varies from one location to another depending on local living costs, but all International UN Volunteers experts in the same location receive the same allowance. Below is a summary of the Conditions of Service. The purpose of allowances for international UN Volunteers specialists is to enable the international UN Volunteers to sustain a modest and secure standard of living at the duty station. The allowances are in no way to be understood as compensation, reward, or salary in exchange for volunteer work.

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