Programme Policy Officer (Nutrition)

Job Description

Title: Programme Policy Officer (Nutrition)

Company Name: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Vacancy: Undefined

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Advanced University degree in human nutrition and/or public health nutrition or related subject

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 5 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ Type of contract: Fixed-Term Appointment
∎ Duration of contract: 12 months (with possibility of extension)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Contribute to the development of nutrition activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance;
∎ Provide technical guidance and programme management support to the design and implementation management of nutrition specific programme components under the integrated assistance package of livelihood support for vulnerable women, school feeding and a nutrition safety nets, targeting the most vulnerable populations of Cox's Bazar, the Chittagong Hill Tracts, ensuring a coordinated approach in line with WFP standards and procedures and in alignment with government policies and strategies, in collaboration with other nutrition stakeholders in the targeted areas
∎ Provide technical guidance and support to enhance nutrition sensitive approaches and outcomes of the integrated assistance package of livelihood support for vulnerable women, school feeding and a nutrition safety nets in collaboration with relevant partners and their programmes - including integration of behavioural change communication;
∎ Contribute to the technical guidance and support to enhance nutrition outcomes of the emergency assistance WFP will provide to respond to acute food and nutrition needs among the most vulnerable households affected by disasters. This includes engaging with the food security cluster and the nutrition cluster at national level to enhance nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive emergency preparedness and response planning by GoB.
∎ Technically support and enhance capacity for the development and co-ordinate data gathering and monitoring/assessment systems for nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
∎ Technically support and enhance capacity for tracking and analysis of data to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5 years of experience in Food Security, Nutrition Security and/or related fields possibly with a UN organization, or international development organization
∎ Excellent written and oral communications skills in English and Bangla
∎ Good understanding on the Nutrition situation in Bangladesh and the knowledge of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition 2;
∎ Strong interpersonal skills, consistency in follow-up, ability to work with diverse teams, capability and initiative to provide timely technical advice and independent ability to facilitate coordinated planning and subsequent follow-up on implementation and reporting;
∎ Action management and results orientation;
∎ Identifies early warning indicators and reacts on them;
∎ Strong capability to manage and collaborate across organizational units;
∎ Demonstrated ability to deal with multidisciplinary/multicultural team;
∎ Proven capacity to coordinate and communicate with Government officials and cooperating partners

Salary:
∎ As per UN salary scale

Application Deadline: May 5, 2019

Company Information:
∎ United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Category: NGO/Development