Deadline: 26 April, 2021
Location: Damaturu, Nigeria
The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Programme Associate, Nutrition.
WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical support and assist in the development and implementation of various activities and processes within the specific area of work supporting alignment with wider programme policies and guidelines
- Provide specialised project management support to specific and/or defined programmes to ensure that the various activities are performed within the established targets
- Prepare a range of reports and data analysis and highlight trends/issues, ensuring deliverables adhere to corporate standards and quality control
- Ensure and/or perform accurate, timely recording of data within the specific technical area of work and consistency of information presented to stakeholders
- Liaise with internal counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of ongoing project activities
- Coordinate and communicate with local partners, agencies, NGOs and government institutions to perform accurate food security analyses and to ensure efficient delivery of food assistance
- Support the capacity building of WFP staff, cooperating partners and national government within the specific technical area
- Act as a point of contact for resolution of a range of operational queries and problems within a specific technical area of responsibility
Requirements
- Secondary school education and post-secondary certificate in Health, Nutrition or a related discipline
- Three years, minimum, of work experience in implementation of nutrition activities in northeast Nigeria
- General Knowledge of WFP nutrition monitoring and reporting processes
- Knowledge of the local language (Kanuri/Hausa) and socio-cultural context of the duty station
- Fluency in oral and written English
- Nationality of Nigeria
To apply and for more information, click here.
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