Nutritionist Officer - NOA Tunis - ROSTER - Jobs in Tunis, Tunisia

Job Description

JOB PURPOSENutrition-sensitive programming is emphasized as an integral part of all efforts to reduce malnutrition in WFP Nutrition Policy. It highlights the need to integrate healthy diets availability and access across systems (Food, Social Protection, Health, Education) and across WFP?s operations to address the multiple burdens of malnutrition facing vulnerable groups in the region.Though Tunisia has made considerable progress in addressing malnutrition, some challenges remain such as the double burden of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies combined with overweight and obesity. Access to nutritious food is not hindered by food unavailability but rather by inadequate purchasing power of the country?s most vulnerable people and by nutrition habits.Since 2013, WFP has successfully positioned itself in Tunisia and Morocco in a technical advisory role through government capacity strengthening activities aiming to enhance nationally owned school feeding and other social protection programmes. Tunisia?s Country Strategy Plan was approved by the Executive Board in November 2021. WFP is providing nutrition technical assistance and policy advice through capacity strengthening activities at both the government and community levels. WFP is also providing capacity strengthening to national partners and HIV related NGOs that is guiding decision making on appropriate nutrition and food security actions for PLHIV in Tunisia and in Morocco.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• The Nutritionist will work under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Head of Programme.
• Within the framework of Tunisia new Country Strategy Plan, strengthen nutrition integration across CSP strategic outcomes and activities.
• Provide technical advice to the CO and partners on nutrition sensitive programming and policy issues including assessments and analysis in line with WFP standards and processes.
• Support the strengthening of national nutrition initiatives, including the development of national government policies related to nutrition as well as nutrition strategies, action plans, protocols and guidelines in line with current evidence.
• Provide technical assistance to integrate and implement HIV programme ensuring UBRAF funding is spent by the deadlines and in line with WFP standards.
• Support the scale up of nutrition awareness in (primary) schools. Contribute to the national school feeding programme through capacity strengthening activities with school feeding stakeholders (e.g. food safety and nutrition, development of training/awareness material).
• Comply with UN / WFP regulations in terms of procurement, finance, budget & programming to ensure effective design and delivery of WFP nutrition programming in Tunisia and Morocco.
• Organize and facilitate workshops in collaboration with the government for health professionals and social workers on Nutrition and HIV and on inclusive social protection for PLHIV.
• Provide technical support to develop nutrition SBCC activities to enhance overall awareness on healthy/nutritious diet.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis and interpretation.
• Contribute to emergency preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations on contingency planning, risk analysis and early warning related to nutrition risks.
• Represent WFP and coordinate with MoH, all other partners concerned with nutrition and HIV: INNTA, INC, INS and all other institutions related to nutrition activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor and as required.
• Other as required.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIESPurpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP?s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
• ÿMake the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP?s mission.
• ÿMake our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP?s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen peoples skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
• ÿCreate an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
• ÿBe a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
• ÿCreate an ?I will?/?We will? spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
• ÿFocus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
• ÿMake commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
• ÿBe Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams? priorities and preferred working styles.
• ÿBuild strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
• ÿBe politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
• ÿBe clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP?s unique value as a partner.

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