Programe Specialist – Financing for Child Nutrition and Development Brussels (P-4), PG Nutrition and Child Development, outposted in Brussels # 00125766
Job no: 564583
Position type: Fixed Term Appointment
Location: Belgium Division/Equivalent: Programme
School/Unit: Programme Group
Department/Office: Nutrition and Child Development Section
Categories: Nutrition
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
The fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programmes and operations. UNICEF accelerates progress towards realizing the human rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Such efforts have made it possible to reduce the global prevalence of child undernutrition by one-third over the last two decades, and the number of undernourished children by 55 million, demonstrating that progress for maternal and child nutrition at scale is possible and is happening, across countries and continents.
However, despite this unprecedented progress, one in three children in low- and middle-income countries is not growing well because of malnutrition – undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight – and two in three children live in moderate of severe food poverty as they are not fed the minimum diverse diet children need to grow and develop to their full potential.
Guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020-2030 sets forth UNICEF’s vision: A world where all children, adolescents and women realize their right to nutrition. UNICEF’s nutrition programmes aim to prevent child malnutrition in all its forms across the life cycle in all contexts, and to ensure the early detection and treatment of children with life-threatening malnutrition when prevention efforts fall short, including in humanitarian settings.
UNICEF’s Nutrition Strategy calls for a systems approach to improving nutrition outcomes through the implementation of nutrition-specific interventions across five systems: food, health, water and sanitation, education, and social protection. These systems have the greatest potential to deliver on the Strategy’s goal to protect and promote nutritious diets, essential nutrition services, and positive nutrition practices that support optimal nutrition for all children, everywhere.
For every child, Nutrition and development……
Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser, Financing for Child Nutrition & Development, the Programme Specialist will strengthen UNICEF’s efforts to improve the availability and traceability of global and domestic resources for child nutrition and development.
How can you make a difference?
Resource Mapping
- Support the assessment of current financing for child nutrition and development, including investments by donor governments, private donors, international financing institutions (e.g., World Bank), and other relevant stakeholders.
- Assist in identifying financing opportunities and priorities from new or underutilized sources and contribute to the development of a comprehensive strategy to leverage and mobilize these resources. The strategy should encompass short, medium, and long-term prospects, ongoing multi-stakeholder initiatives (e.g., Investment Framework for Nutrition), traditional and non-traditional donors, International Financing Institutions, and UNICEF’s initiatives in public financing and social protection.
Resource Tracking
- Contribute to the establishment of clear performance objectives, goals, and timelines, and ensure timely planning, management, and assessment of performance in relation to nutrition financing.
- Monitor and ensure the optimal allocation and utilization of funds under the Child Nutrition Fund (financial, human, administrative, and other resources), ensuring compliance with organizational regulations, procedures, donor commitments, and accountability standards.
- Review financial data and generate visualizations and mappings of global nutrition funding to different countries and program areas, aiming to attract additional funding for child nutrition and development.
Partnerships Management
- Collaborate with the Supply Division and other relevant stakeholders to provide technical support in adapting existing financial mechanisms to facilitate the matching of domestic contributions for commodities procured by UNICEF for maternal and child nutrition.
- Engage with foundations, bilateral donors, and other partners to coordinate the development of proposals, concept notes, and discussions to expand fundraising efforts for maternal and child nutrition.
- Coordinate and provide guidance in the preparation of donor reports and operational reports, ensuring accuracy and adherence to established guidelines before submission for approval by the Senior Adviser, Financing for Child Nutrition & Development.
- Coordinate the collection, institutionalization, sharing, and utilization of lessons learned related to new financing mechanisms in collaboration with relevant partners and stakeholders.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in public health, international development, or social sciences, or a directly related field is required.
- A minimum of eight (8) years of professional experience at the national and/or international levels in nutrition, planning and management, with emphasis on strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation is required.
- Excellent Analytical skills are desired.
- Knowledge of UNICEF programs in the field of child survival and development, UNICEF’s Strategic Plan is an asset
- Fluency in English (written and verbal) is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French or Spanish) is an asset.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA), and sustainability
Please click Here to view UNICEF’s core values and Here to view our competency framework.
UNICEF competencies required for this post are.
- Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
- Works Collaboratively with others (2)
- Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
- Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
- Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
- Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
- Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)
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 including 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, 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 promoting 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.
UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.
Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments may also be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid).
Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF.
UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
“UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/”
For more information on remuneration and benefits, please visit UNICEF’s Entitlements’ page. If you would like to find estimates for entitlements, you may use the online Salary Estimate Calculator
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service
Advertised: Jul 31 2023 Romance Daylight Time
Application close: Aug 21 2023 Romance Daylight Time
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Under the supervision of the Senior Adviser, Financing for Child Nutrition & Development, the Programme Specialist will strengthen UNICEF’s efforts to improve the availability and traceability of global and domestic resources for child nutrition and development.
