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Nutrition Specialist (Multisectoral Coordination), (P3), Bujumbura, Burundi, Temp Appointment, 364 days - UNICEF

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Job Description

Job no: 581745

Position type: Temporary Appointment

Location: Burundi

Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn'l(ESARO)

School/Unit: Burundi

Department/Office: Bujumbura, Burundi

Categories: 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. 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 personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, a Champion

In Burundi, UNICEF has a very diverse portfolio of responsibilities but all with the same objective which is to assist the Government and other stakeholders to fulfill children’s economic, social, cultural, political, and civil rights. The UNICEF country program in Burundi aims to improve the lives of children and women in the following key areas: Child and maternal health, Nutrition, Education, Child Protection, Water, sanitation and hygiene, Social Policy and Advocacy, Adolescent empowerment and community resilience, and Humanitarian response.

Job Industry

Medical / Health Care And Social Assistance

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

  1. Support to programme development and planning
  2. Programme management, coordination, monitoring, and delivery of results
  3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  4. Networking and partnership building
  5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  TOR Nutrition Specialist (Multisectoral Coordination), P3.pdf

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
    • An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.
  • Work Experience:
    • A minimum of 5 or more years relevant professional work experience in the management and coordination of a programme jointly implemented with UN Agencies and Government.
    • Having experience in management and coordination of programmes funded by GoNL will be an asset.
    • Experience in working across different systems and linked to Nutrition (health, Food system, Social Protection, WASH and Education).
    • Expertise in multisectoral coordination and working in partnership with different stakeholders.
    • Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization.
  • Language Requirements: Fluency in both French and English is required. Knowledge of local language is an asset.

Application Process

Close Date

23/06/2025

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