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Lebanon is experiencing a rising triple burden of malnutrition (stunting, micronutrient deficiencies, and weight problems) amongst youngsters and adolescents and excessive charges of undernutrition amongst girls. Despite this unprecedented progress, the burden of poor baby vitamin and improvement is growing in Lebanon because of the protracted refugee and financial disaster. Children underneath 5 years of age in essentially the most disadvantaged areas are usually not rising and creating effectively due to poor care, malnutrition – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and obese – and three in 4 youngsters live in meals poverty, with out the minimal food plan they should develop wholesome. This’s whereas 30 to 40 per cent of college age youngsters and adolescents (specifically ladies), are affected by weight problems and or anemia. One of the principle drivers of that is extraordinarily poor dietary patterns of kids and adolescents; 70% of kids are disadvantaged of the very best begin in life (Exclusive breast-feeding) and three in 4 youngsters underneath age 5 skilled baby meals poverty, which implies their diets included solely 4 meals teams at most. Even extra alarmingly, over 1 in 4 youngsters underneath age 5 stay in extreme meals poverty, which means, the diets of 85,000 Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees’ youngsters, embody at most two meals teams, just a few spoonsful of porridge and a small cup of milk could also be their solely meal of the day, every single day, leaving them extremely weak to extreme stunting and losing – essentially the most life-threatening types of undernutrition in early childhood.
Following the Beirut Blast in 2020, Nutrition was initially coordinated as a job drive underneath the Food Security Sector. Recognizing the necessity for a devoted platform to deal with the worsening dietary standing pushed by poverty, inflation, and a number of emergencies, the HCT established Nutrition as a standalone sector in October 2020, in alignment with Global Nutrition Cluster suggestions.
The Nutrition Sector Coordinator will present management on behalf of UNICEF, the Lead Agency of the Nutrition Sector, guaranteeing clear roles, accountability, and strengthened partnerships amongst NGOs, UN businesses, and governmental establishments. Supporting nationwide and sub-national coordination groups, the coordinator will improve the effectiveness of humanitarian responses, aligning with international requirements and the IASC Cluster Coordination framework.
Furthermore, UNICEF is dedicated to assist humanitarian coordination by means of the sector method. Introduced as a part of the humanitarian reform, the sector method, goals at guaranteeing clear management, predictability and accountability in worldwide responses to humanitarian emergencies by clarifying the division of labor amongst organizations and higher defining their roles and tasks throughout the totally different sectors concerned within the response.
A well-run Sector/ Working Group coordination workforce is a proper deliverable of the Sector Lead Agency and kinds part of the company’s work.
How are you able to make a difference?
Under the general path and steering of the Chief Field Operations, the Nutrition Specialist Sector Coordinator will present management and illustration of the Sector/Working Group at nationwide stage and Beirut Mount Lebanon Subnational coordination. They will facilitate the processes that can guarantee a well-coordinated, strategic, enough, coherent, and efficient response by contributors within the nationwide Sector/ Working Group that’s accountable to those that are affected by the emergency. In their effort to supply an environment friendly and efficient response to the humanitarian disaster, the Nutrition Specialist Sector Coordinator is accountable for constructing relationships with stakeholders, for securing the general coordination of sectoral responses and for guaranteeing inter-sectoral collaboration on the nationwide stage and for guaranteeing enough coordination with the nationwide stage.
The submit holder’s predominant duties and tasks will embody however not be restricted to:
- Coordination, illustration and management
- Needs evaluation and evaluation
- Strategic response planning
- Resource mobilization and advocacy
- Implementation and monitoring
- Operational peer evaluation and analysis
- Accountability to affected populations
- Strengthen nationwide and native capability
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To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…
Minimum necessities:
- Education: An superior college diploma in one of many following fields is required: vitamin, public well being, dietary epidemiology, international/worldwide well being and vitamin, well being/vitamin analysis, coverage and/or administration, well being sciences, humanitarian help and improvement or one other health-related social science subject.
- Work Experience: A minimal of 5 years {of professional} expertise in vitamin, public well being, vitamin planning and administration, or maternal, toddler and baby well being/vitamin care is required. Relevant expertise in vitamin programme/mission improvement and administration in a UN system company or group is taken into account an asset.
- Direct, sensible expertise within the design, implementation and/ or coordination of vitamin interventions by means of community-based platforms, and efficient intersectoral collaboration is strongly desired.
- Experience of working within the humanitarian coordination system is required.
- Prior expertise in partnership improvement and administration, together with bilateral donors, foundations and civil society is an asset.
- Experience in efficient administration of human sources/groups in excessive stress/danger environments is a bonus.
- Experience in humanitarian contexts is required with expertise in improvement contexts an added benefit.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of Arabic or French Languages is an asset.
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values
The UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…
(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness
(3) Drive to realize outcomes for influence
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
(8) Nurtures, Leads and Manages People
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We provide a wide range of measures to include a more diverse workforce, akin to paid parental depart, day without work for breastfeeding functions, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.
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Remarks:
As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration within the employment of the workers is the need of securing the very best requirements of effectivity, competence, and integrity.
UNICEF’s lively dedication to variety and inclusion is essential to ship the very best outcomes for youngsters. For this place, eligible and appropriate feminine candidates from programme international locations are inspired to apply.
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Nutrition Specialist Sector Coordinator, P-3, Beirut Lebanon, PN#131413, Temporary Appointment for 364 days
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