Roving Sub-National Nutrition Sector Coordinator, P-4, Port Sudan, Sudan (Temporary appointment for 364 days)

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 90,970 USD and 117,287 USD.

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Sudan has one of the worst nutrition indicators globally as a result of complex contributing factors including climate change, food insecurity, poor childcaring and feeding practices, poor hygiene practices and political and economic challenges faced by the country. The armed conflict that broke out since 15th April between the SAF (Sudan Armed Forces) and RSF (Rapid Support Forces) increased the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to 24.7 million out of whom 13.6 million are children. Khartoum and Darfur states have seen the worst of the fighting resulting in loss of lives, mass displacement of population, disruption of basic social services including health, nutrition WASH and education. In addition, financial, communication and transportation systems have been severely hampered increasing the vulnerability of women and children to malnutrition.

UNICEF as nutrition cluster lead agency and in line with the Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action, is fully committed to interagency humanitarian reform and supports this through provision of leadership and participation in assigned clusters and sectors.

How can you make a difference?

On behalf of the IASC Humanitarian Coordinator and the Cluster-lead agency (CLA) [UNICEF] and in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, and the national Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (NCC), the Sub-national Roving Nutrition Cluster Coordinator (SNCC) will provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, adequate, coherent, effective and timely response by members of the Nutrition Cluster (NC) at state level.

The Sub national Roving NCC will lead the joint efforts, as well as build the capacity of the sub-national partners to implement the six core functions of a cluster, as established by IASC:

• Supporting service delivery
• Informing strategic decision-making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response through NCC
• Prioritization, grounded in response analysis
• Advocacy
• Monitoring and reporting the implementation of the cluster strategy and results; recommending corrective action where necessary
• Build national capacity for contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters whenever feasible and relevant.
• Moreover, the NCC must make sure all cluster members integrate the principles and practices of accountability to affected population in the nutrition humanitarian response, for which the above list has been later renamed as the 6+1 functions.

You can review the detailed ToR and the specific tasks, responsibilities and deliverables here TOR - Roving Sub-National Sector Coordinator.docx

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

• An advanced university degree in health sciences, public health, nutrition, international development or related disciplines.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant humanitarian work experience in nutrition cluster coordination with UN and/or NGO, including nutrition programme management and/or coordination in the first phase of a major nutrition emergency response. Previous Cluster Coordination experience is an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in Arabic is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and 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:

Eligible UNICEF Staff Members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to this TA may be able to retain a lien on their existing post for the duration of this TA.

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable females are encouraged to apply.

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