Health & Nutrition Officer (NO-2) TA (364 days), Qamishli

## Health & Nutrition Officer, Qamishli, Syria - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund - Field location:Al Qamishli - Office:UNICEF Al Qamishli, Syria Health & Nutrition Officer (NO-2), TA (364 days), #138293, Qamishli - Syria, MENA Position type:Temporary Appointment Location:Syrian Arab Republic Division/Equivalent:Amman(MENA) Department/Office:Qamishli, Syria Categories:Health and Nutrition UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to Health UNICEF Syria was established in 1970 and has been working with partners to help empower children to fully claim and enjoy their rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF works with partners across Syria to deliver supplies, services and expertise in areas of Child Protection, Education, Health, Nutrition, Water, Hygiene and Sanitation for every child. UNICEF also provides humanitarian assistance when needed. Syria continues to face one of the most complex emergencies in the world. Unprecedented humanitarian needs are compounded by displacement inside the country and across its borders, extensive destruction of civilian and social services infrastructure, devastating impacts on the economy, and most importantly, the breakdown of the social fabric that stitched the country together for decades. Today, 90% of people in Syria live in poverty, most are unable to make ends meet or bring food to the table. Families have had their resources depleted, with limited employment opportunities, skyrocketing prices, and shortage of basic supplies. For most people, the current socio-economic challenges represent some of the harshest and most challenging circumstances they have faced since the beginning of the crisis 11 years ago. In 2023, 15.1 million people need humanitarian assistance. This is the highest number of people in need ever recorded in Syria since 2011. The number of children in need - more than 6.5 million - has increased by seven per cent in the past year alone. This is largely due the ongoing conflict, continued displacements, the unprecedented economic crisis, deepening poverty, and unemployment. The COVID-19 pandemic, the hike in price of commodities triggered by the overall global economic situation and the impact of sanctions are further compounding the dire situation. For information of the work of our organization, please visit our website: UNICEF Syria How can you make a difference? You provide professional technical assistance and support for the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking, and capacity building, in support of the achievement of the planned objectives of the work plan, aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategies. - Accurate information, data analysis, and documentation are timely made available to support situation analysis, sectoral input and reporting. - Technical assistance are provided to the development and implementation of integrated Health & Nutrition strategies and approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners. - Work plan and objectives are effectively established and planned results are timely delivered through technical support and coordination in consultation with all relevant partners. - Project efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced through effective implementation follow-up. - Project implementation progress is monitored for adjustment and improvement of program delivery and sustainability. Gender/sex disaggregated data and inputs provided relevant to the Health & Nutrition programme. - Transparency is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for Health & Nutrition. - Effective partnership and working relationships are maintained for advocacy, technical coordination, information sharing and knowledge networking. - Up-to-date programme information is kept available and reports prepared and shared with relevant stakeholders as required to support the Health & Nutrition programme by the effective implementation of integrated monitoring system. - Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with effective coordination are provided and in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action, partnerships with the Health and Nutrition humanitarian actors strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). - Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished. If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: JD_Health & Nutrition Officer-NO2.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have... Minimum requirements: - Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Public Health and Nutrition, Child Development, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines and any other related fields. - Work Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience in in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health and nutrition programmes. Professional work experience in a programme management function or a technical expert capacity in child survival & health care. Field work experience (for NO). Background/familiarity with Emergency. - Skills:Demonstrated expertise in Health Programme Management, Nutrition Programming, Data Analysis, Monitoring & Evaluation, Stakeholder Coordination, and Emergency Response. - Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Arabic is required. - Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or intermediate level of Kurdish is an asset. - Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are... (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels. UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status. UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our s