Nutritionist P4 (Global Rapid Response Team) – Rome, Italy
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Are you a seasoned Nutritionist interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join an international organisation investing in its people?
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications must be submitted by Tuesday, September 12, 2023 (11:59 PM CET).
WHO WE ARE
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN US?
- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse and multicultural working environment
- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of trainings, accreditation, coaching, mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section)
BACKGROUND
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency implementing programs to fight hunger and is part of the global community working to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, which includes ending malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Emergency preparedness and response is a core component of WFP’s work.
Hunger and malnutrition are widespread among crisis-affected populations, disproportionately impacting women and children. Forty-five percent of deaths in children under-five are associated with undernutrition, related to both acute and chronic undernutrition. Poor nutrition also has longer term consequences related to child growth and development – these latter consequences are largely irreversible. WFP’s emergency nutrition programming is an integral part of any humanitarian crisis response and globally.
In particular, WFP facilitates access to appropriate nutritious foods for children aged 6-59 months and Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women (PBW) in order to prevent or treat malnutrition and thus makes a crucial contribution to saving lives and strengthening physical resilience to shocks in emergency-affected communities. Given the multiple causes of malnutrition, WFP also advocates for a comprehensive response to address the underlying and immediate causes of malnutrition to be achieved in partnership with other key sectors (i.e., optimal IYCF practices, good health services, proper hygiene and sanitation and household food security). WFP works with governments, UN partners (mostly UNICEF and UNHCR) and other international and national organizations to ensure a well-coordinated nutrition response.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The Nutrition Division at WFP Headquarters is seeking a P4 fixed term as part of WFP Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) in order to support timely, appropriate and well-coordinated responses in emergencies.
The Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) is a fully dedicated pool of on-call emergency responders ready to be dispatched to emergency operations within 48 to 72 hours. This team of high-caliber professionals will be a flexible and agile unit enhancing WFP’s role as a leader in humanitarian response. Rapid Responders will lead by example in cross-functional emergency response and serve as a model for how the organization achieves its mandate in saving lives.
The P4 Nutritionist may be called upon to respond to sudden-onset or slow-onset crises, to support design, scale-up, scale-down, and/or quality improvements and coordination in existing emergency nutrition programs. The incumbent will have to work in complex environments and contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of beneficiaries within the country and/or provide technical advice and guidance on nutrition strategies, programme design and implementation.
Each assignment is not expected to exceed three months on average. The Nutritionist will be deployable within 72 hours after visa is obtained and will be on deployment an estimated 80% of their time. When not deployed, the GRRT member will contribute to other workplan priorities of the Division’s Nutrition Operations team.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Following responsibilities are indicative and will be aligned with priorities determined by the concerned WFP country office and outlined in a specific TOR for each deployment. During country deployment the tasks will be carried out in close collaboration with the different functional teams of the country office (such as program, supply chain, reporting, etc). During moments of non-deployment, tasks will be coordinated with members of the Emergency Nutrition team of Nutrition Operation team of WFP’s Nutrition Division.
1) Provide strategic, technical and programmatic support to WFP’s nutrition response in emergencies in crisis affected countries. Depending on programme needs, general responsibilities include:
a. Coordinate with WFP country office, Regional Bureau (RB) and HQ to plan and support the design and start-up/scale-up of emergency nutrition responses.
b. Translate WFP policies into nutrition strategies, programme guidance, implementation modalities and operations.
c. Provide technical and strategic advice on WFP nutrition specific and sensitive programme and policy issues including assessment and analysis, the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and commodity choice in line with WFP standards and processes.
d. Work with senior management, procurement, logistics, finance, other programme units and other divisions to ensure effective advocacy, design and delivery of WFP nutrition emergency programming and provide inputs to funding proposals to support nutrition interventions (CERF, flash appeals, etc.)
e. Oversee and/or provide technical support on global/regional/country initiatives and on research and evidence-building in nutrition in emergency.
f. Oversee and prepare accurate and timely reporting and learning, contributing to a knowledge base that informs decision making of WFP and other stakeholders.
g. Manage teams of nutritionists, providing guidance and coaching as required to ensure appropriate career development and enable high performance.
h. Provide support to strengthen the capacity of WFP staff and key partners involved in the nutrition response to ensure quality program implementation, including facilitating the development or adaptation of training and guidance materials as needed.
i. Strategically engage with the country’s Nutrition Cluster or equivalent coordination mechanism, working closely with government, UNICEF, UNHCR, NGOs and other partners to develop strategies and implement coordinated/multi-sectoral responses
j. Liaise with Food Security Cluster to ensure that assessments and nutrition and food security responses are aligned and well-coordinated and support collaboration with relevant other clusters/sectors.
k. In close collaboration with the reports officer, manage initial reporting on nutrition-related operations and programmatic developments both internally within WFP and externally with cooperating partners
l. Facilitate recruitment of additional nutrition surge capacity
2) Provide ongoing technical support to WFP’s NIE team when not deployed
a. Provide inputs on technical and strategic discussions at HQ, Regional Bureau (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) levels on WFP nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive programme and policy issues in line with WFP standards and processes.
b. Provide input to or develop relevant tools or guidance materials to support improved emergency nutrition program implementation which will feed into WFP’s Nutrition Emergency Toolkit.
c. Support capacity building of WFP staff on nutrition in emergency and other relevant topics.
d. Support the NIE team to monitor acute situations that may progress to emergency status
e. Document and analyze emergency responses, including lessons learned
f. Perform any other duty in support of the NIE team as required
DELIVERABLES
- The P4 Nutritionist will prepare a hand over/ end of mission report for the CO/RB deployed to upon departure that outlines recommendations and follow up actions
- The P4 Nutritionist will summarize observations and learnings from his/her deployment that can be of interest both to the country office of deployment and to others in the organizations.
- The P4 Nutritionist will develop tools or short guidance that he/she identified as a gap during deployment
As this is a rotational Fixed-term position, the incumbent will continue beyond the initial 2-year period in a different position, as part of the WFP Fixed-term rotational workforce.
QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS
Education:
You have:
- Master’s degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other relevant field.
Experience:
- Experience working in emergencies and development context in multiple countries with a minimum of 8 years of work experience in international nutrition and a minimum of 5 years’ work in humanitarian contexts.
- Experience in strategic planning at country level including experience in designing nutrition and multi-sectoral programmes or approaches (direct or with national governments).
- Must have operational experience supporting/managing nutrition emergency responses in different contexts, including familiarity with IMAM/CMAM, simplified approaches, prevention programming, and extensive experience in IYCF-E programming.
- Work experience with the U.N, preferably with WFP, highly desired; field experience with NGOs is an asset.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of global nutrition and global humanitarian architecture including the cluster approach and related roles and responsibilities for the nutrition sector
- Conceptual and operational knowledge of nutrition in emergencies
- Thorough understanding of WFP’s mandate and roles
- Knowledge and experience with gender concepts
- Strong assessment and analytical skills
- Knowledge of humanitarian funding mechanisms (CERF, flash appeals, country-based pooled funds, etc)
- Knowledge of health and food systems
- Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in multicultural settings and teams
- Ability to perform duties under pressure with a minimum level of supervision and to cope with highly demanding living/working environment
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Language:
You have:
- Fluency (level C) in the English language
- Fluency in French is highly desirable
- Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (A WFP’s working language)
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
| Leads by Example with Integrity | Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments | Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Teamwork | Applies Strategic Thinking | Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships |
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Lives the WFP values and shows humanity and integrity by role modelling care for others |
Delivers on commitments and adapts readily to change |
Is inclusive and collaborative, and contributes to a culture of learning and personal growth |
Demonstrates commitment to gather perspectives, analyse options and risks, and propose new ways of doing things |
Builds and nurtures external partnerships and collaborates with partners to deliver common objectives |
Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Mobility is and continues to be, a core contractual requirement in WFP. The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.
WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package in line with ICSC standards (http://icsc.un.org) including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, visa, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance.
The selected candidate will be required to relocate to Rome, Italy to take up this assignment. The position will be based in HQ but will involve up to 7-8 months of the year in short-term surge postings in-country assisting various emergency operations around the world.
REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
- We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable)
- Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
- Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
- Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
- Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
- Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
- Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.
