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UNICEF SOMALIA VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT REF: UNSOM/2011/031

Position Title: Nutrition Information Management Specialist Category and Grade Level: NOC Type of Contract: Temporary Appointment – 11 Months Organization Unit: Nutrition Cluster Unit Nairobi Duty Station: UNICEF Somalia Support Centre, Nairobi Zone Closing date of Application: 21 July 2011

If you are qualified Kenyan National looking for a chance to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Somali children while gaining opportunities for career growth, you are invited to apply for the above post of Nutrition Information Management Specialist, with UNICEF Somalia, Support Centre to be based in Nairobi.

If successful, you’ll be part of a dynamic and passionate team in Somalia and Nairobi that works together to improve the health, nutrition, water, sanitation, hygiene, and basic education of Somali girls and boys and protect them from violence, exploitation and abuse.

The successful candidate will be offered a Temporary Appointment for 11 months.

Purpose of the Post: The increased needs in all parts of Somalia has led to a need for an strengthened information management and coordination system in order to respond to the increased needs in a comprehensive manner using an increased number of partners. Nutrition Information Management Officer, will be part of the nutrition cluster coordination team whose key role will be systems strengthening for general cluster coordination, data collection, analysis, and sharing of key cluster information necessary for the cluster stakeholders to avoid duplication and gaps (effective resource management) and make informed (evidence based) strategic decisions.

Major duties and responsibilities: The Nutrition Information Management officer will be responsible for facilitating and guiding the Nutrition cluster by performing the following functions:

Nutrition Cluster Coordination • Participate in nutrition cluster coordination with focus on o identifying , mapping, establishment and maintenance of appropriate coordination mechanism for humanitarian partners, o needs/gap assessment, reporting and promotion of emergency response actions within the relevant policy guidelines, technical standards and relevant commitments o resource mobilization with donors and Humanitarian coordinator for Assist the cluster coordinator to promote and support training of humanitarian personnel and capacity building of humanitarian partners, based on the mapping and understanding of available capacity;

Information Management. • Work with cluster partners to have a well-prioritised plan of information Management activities that provide all the relevant and strategic information needed to manage the cluster activities, and achievement of cluster targets. • Maintain information on all current and potential cluster partners, their capacities and areas of work • Develop agreed simple nutrition programme reporting formats and collate all the data provided by partners into a database, desegregated by gender, age, region on a regular basis. • Coordinate with other cluster information managers for complementarity and cross-cluster analysis of information on the emergency programmes. Situation Monitoring and Assessment • Ensures that all cluster partners have timely and accurate information of change in conditions of children, women, and their families and facilitates information exchange therein in order to support planning and measurement of program impact. • Regularly share cluster information with partners . Programme Performance Monitoring. • Ensures that the planning function of the cluster has quality information to assess progress towards expected periodic results on a regular basis. • Share with partners on a monthly basis the collated country or region or partner wide nutrition statistics against agreed performance indicators. Capacity Building. • Provides guidance and support to cluster partners to meet the expectations and requirements of their positions and responsibilities. • Provides training on data management to partners on a regular basis.

Qualifications and experience: • Advanced Degree in nutritional sciences, public health, nutrition information management, epidemiology, biostatistics or related field. A first university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. • At least five years in nutrition information management and coordination work preferably in UN agencies, NGOs or government. • Knowledge of the nutrition-related technical guidelines, standards, and indicators • Proven statistical analytic skills • Knowledge of mapping techniques • Ability to translate planning specifications to technical briefs for data capture and analysis. • Ability to present information in understandable tables, charts, graphs and maps.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications with updated UN Personal History Form (P.11), updated CV, copies of academic certificates to the email addresses indicated below. UN staff are requested to provide last two Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs). Please quote the vacancy number in your application.

Email to: somaliahrvacancies@unicef.org

Please note that documents submitted along with your applications will not be returned. Ensure you send copies of your testimonials.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted

QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE ESPECIALLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

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