Deployable Nutrition Specialist job at Plan International
Website :
644 Days Ago
Linkedid Twitter Share on facebook

Vacancy title:
Deployable Nutrition Specialist

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Healthcare ]

Jobs at:

Plan International

Deadline of this Job:
05 March 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

Similar Jobs in Kenya
Learn more about Plan International
Plan International jobs in Kenya

JOB DETAILS:

The Opportunity
Plan International implements food security, nutrition and livelihoods programmes in over 30 countries, supported by multiple donors and governments. The main focus is on emergency lifesaving interventions, with an increasing emphasis on recovery and capacity-strengthening interventions with a climate change adaptation lens. In response to the ongoing global food crisis, Plan International has been scaling up responses in food security, nutrition and livelihoods reaching the most affected communities. Integrated food security and nutrition is a key component of Plan International’s humanitarian work.

As a Deployable Nutrition Specialist, you will provide technical leadership and support to the Country Offices (COs) primarily on the nutrition analysis, design and implementation of integrated nutrition and food security initiatives in our humanitarian responses, support on capacity strengthening for Plan international staff, lead review of impacts of the nutrition interventions, and support the strengthening of Plan’s representation at the food security and nutrition working groups and clusters. You will also support reporting and documentation processes and policy influencing in relation to food security and nutrition at Plan International.

The Requirements
• Demonstrable experience working in a broad range of humanitarian crises in a number of different contexts.
• Demonstrable experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of integrated food security and nutrition projects.
• Experience in building and strengthening technical expertise on food security and nutrition in humanitarian work
• Knowledge of relevant international humanitarian standards, approaches (especially integrated approaches), and codes of conduct.
• Proven experience working in food security and livelihoods programming, especially from a girls’ rights perspective in a variety of contexts including acute & chronic food insecurity crisis
• Ability to network effectively and build good working relationships with colleagues both within Plan International as well as in peer agencies.
• Good working knowledge of key humanitarian donors, for example, WFP, USAID, DFAT, GAC, FCDO, and DGECHO amongst others.
• Knowledge of major humanitarian, recovery and development challenges and issues, specifically strategies for hunger and malnutrition reduction.
• Proven representational and coordination skills
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills
• Committed to actively upholding Plan International's vision, values and behaviours and policies, including the Say Yes! To Keeping Children Safe Policy.
Closing Date: Sunday 5th March


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Click here to apply


All Jobs

QUICK ALERT SUBSCRIPTION

Job Info
Job Category: Health/ Medicine jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 05 March 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 18-02-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 18-02-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 18-02-2067
Apply Now
Notification Board

Join a Focused Community on job search to uncover both advertised and non-advertised jobs that you may not be aware of. A jobs WhatsApp Group Community can ensure that you know the opportunities happening around you and a jobs Facebook Group Community provides an opportunity to discuss with employers who need to fill urgent position. Click the links to join. You can view previously sent Email Alerts here incase you missed them and Subscribe so that you never miss out.

Caution: Never Pay Money in a Recruitment Process.

Some smart scams can trick you into paying for Psychometric Tests.