Deadline: AUG 1 2023 | Senior Nutrition & Food Security Associate | Kenya (UNHCR)
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- Location: Kakuma, Kenya
- Hardship Level: E (most hardship)
- Family Type: Non Family with Residential Location
- Family Type: Non Family with Residential Location
- Residential location (if applicable): Nairobi (CO), Kenya
- Grade: GS7
- Staff Member / Affiliate Type: General Service
- Reason: Regular > Regular Assignment
- Organisation: UNHCR
Remote work accepted : No
Target Start Date: 2023-10-01
Job Posting End Date: August 1, 2023
Standard Job Description
- Senior Nutrition and Food Security Associate Organizational Setting and Work Relationships The Senior Nutrition and Food Security Associate supports UNHCR efforts in ensuring that international standards are met to protect and correct nutritional status and minimise avoidable morbidity and mortality among affected populations of concern (POC) in the country.
- The incumbent provides timely technical support to UNHCR senior management and partners on the design and monitoring of UNHCR¿s responses in nutrition and food security.
- S/he provides guidance on nutrition and food security programming in line with global and national technical standards, supports design and implementation of nutrition and food security assessments with partners and communicates the data and analysis on the nutrition and food security situation to a range of audiences internally and externally.
- The Senior Nutrition and Food Security Associate normally reports to a more senior Programme, Public Health, Nutrition and Food Security staff. The incumbent normally supervises some support staff.
Duties
Support the development of country public health, nutrition and food security strategies (including targeting of basic food and non-food assistance) based on up-to-date assessment and identification of needs, recognizing the contributions of governments and other actors and in support of national health systems as much as possible; include preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative care; recognise the different approaches required for the stage of the humanitarian response (preparedness, emergency, stabilisation, transition and long term inclusion) as well as for settlement or camp based POCs and those in urban or non-camp situations.
- – Support the planning, implementation, analysis, and review of the UNHCR Standardized Expanded Nutrition Surveys,
- – joint food security assessments with WFP and partners.
- – Support staff and partners to implement the Health Information Systems, SENS data base, Post Distribution Monitoring and ensure linkages with nutrition cluster assessment tools and process in out of camp or host populations.
- – Support the exchange and analysis of information on nutrition and food security at the national level with government and other partners.
- – Analyse and interpret related nutrition, food security and health data for reporting and advocacy. – Provide technical assistance on nutrition and food security to UNHCR’s staff and partners.
- – Advise Field Offices on matters related to procurement of sector-related materials and equipment, and provide regular update on new developments and specifications of such items.
- – Work with stakeholders, including UN agencies, NGOs, Ministries of Health and academic institutions in the development of nutrition and food security plans associated with refugee movements (including in repatriation programmes).
- – Maintain and update contingency plans for potential outbreaks, refugee and returnee movements.
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Minimum Qualifications
- Education & Professional Work Experience
- Years of Experience / Degree Level
- For G7 – 4 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher
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