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Job Title: Nutrition Associate

Vacancy Notice: Internal/External

Vacancy Notice number 031/2018

Position Number 10028919
Location: Mbarara Position Grade: GL6

Closing Date: 2018-05-01
Organizational Context
The Nutrition Associate will be working together with Assistant Public Health Officer and Associate Public Health Officer. S/he will report to the latter. With the nutrition situation stable, the plan is to have the incumbent focus on the food security and nutrition intervention focusing on the all the aspects of the nutrition programme cycle - assessment, planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation of the nutrition interventions. The incumbent will be working within and closely alongside the public health team in Mbarara. The context means that the candidate will need to work in a multi-sectoral manner with many of the sectors and protection areas internally and externally. There incumbent will be technically linked to the Associate Nutrition and Food Security Officer based in Kampala.

Responsibilities
- Assist in overseeing the implementation of activities for the prevention of malnutrition and infant and young child feeding (IYCF). - Collaborate with partners and within the interagency coordination mechanism working groups within the nutrition and other relevant sectors. - Assist in developing and maintaining a good standard of quality programming in UNHCR supported activities and work together with others to standardise and harmonise ways of working and protocols and reporting mechanisms that are common across actors in this crisis. - Assist in the assessment of the nutrition needs and mapping of resources and capacities, together with Governments and partners. - Ensure close coordination with other humanitarian actors involved in nutrition, food security and related areas. - Act as a focal point on nutrition issues within UNHCR and liaise with humanitarian counterparts actors (UN and governmental and non-governmental). - Support the establishment of refugee Nutrition committees to enable active participation in the process of nutrition planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. - Promote inter-sectoral coordination outside and within UNHCR in all matters related to nutrition. - Alert the Mbarara Sub Office in case there is a need for additional technical requirement in nutrition. - Assist in provision of technical guidance and support to Ministry of Health, Implementing partners, Operational Partners on all nutrition related activities in relation with the needs and in accordance with UNHCR policies and priorities. -
 
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