UNICEF ANNOUNCES CHIEF NUTRITIONIST JOBS IN LAGOS-- YOURHEALTHDONE

UNICEF ANNOUNCES CHIEF

Company: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Location: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
State: Nigeria
Job type: Full-Time
Job category: Healthcare/Medical Jobs in Nigeria - NGO Jobs in Nigeria
UNICEF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria with a mandate to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
UNICEF’s Nigeria country programme:
Aims to accelerate the realization of the rights of all children and women to survival, development, protection and participation.
Promotes efforts to reduce infant, child and maternal mortality; expand access to quality basic education; and strengthen social and child protection systems.
Uses a rights-based and gender-sensitive approach

Chief Nutrition, P 5
Job Number: 502283 |
Work Type : Fixed Term Staff

Purpose of the Position
The Chief, Nutrition Section reports to the Representative or Deputy Representative for general guidance and direction. The Chief is responsible for managing and leading all stages of nutrition programs/projects from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of results, and for leading and managing the Nutrition Team including establishing plans of action to achieve concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition  according to plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.

Key Expected Results
 Managerial leadership

Establish the Section’s annual work plan with the Nutrition team; set priorities/targets and performance measurement. Monitor work progress and ensure results are achieved according to schedule and performance standards.
 Establish clear individual performance objectives, goals and timelines; and provide timely guidance to enable the team to perform their duties responsibly and efficiently. Plan and ensure timely performance management and assessment of the Team.
Supervise team members by providing them with clear objectives and goals, direction and guidance to enable them to perform their duties responsibly, effectively and efficiently.
Program development and planning

Lead/support the planning and conduct/update of situation analysis to ensure timely comprehensive and current data on maternal and child nutrition are available to guide policy and development, design and management of nutrition programs and projects.
Keep abreast of national/regional/global development trends/priorities to determine strategies and priorities to achieve sustainable, effective and equitable coverage of maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition program results.
Lead, coordinate and supervise the development of nutrition programs/projects (as a component of the CO and/or UNDAF programs) and establish plans of action, program goals and results, using results-based planning methodology and terminology (RBM).
Oversee the timely preparation of the nutrition program recommendation and related documentation for inclusion in the Country Office Program recommendation ensuring alignment with the overall UNICEF’s Strategic (Nutrition) Plans, regional strategies and national priorities, plans and competencies.
Consult and collaborate with internal and external colleagues/partners to provide technical guidance and support on program planning, management and implementation and to ensure synergy, integration, coherence, and harmonization of programs/projects with UNICEF Strategic Plans and priorities, donors’ development strategies/policies, country level national priorities/competencies and UN System development
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