UNV Experto/a Nacional en Salud y Nutrición
Organizational Context
UNICEF Peru's mission is to ensure all children and adolescents have the opportunity to exercise their rights, focusing on rural and peri-urban populations in the Andes and Amazon regions. The country faces significant nutritional challenges, including high rates of anemia and chronic malnutrition, alongside rising childhood overweight and obesity. UNICEF supports strengthening national capacities for nutrition policies and interventions, addressing all forms of malnutrition and preparing for emergencies like El Niño.
Job Purpose
The National Health and Nutrition Expert will provide technical and programmatic support to UNICEF Peru's efforts to strengthen nutrition policies, programs, and interventions for children and adolescents. This role involves assisting national, regional, and local counterparts in advocating for and implementing evidence-based nutrition strategies, including maternal and child health, breastfeeding promotion, and healthy food environments. The expert will also contribute to emergency preparedness and response, ensuring continuity of essential nutrition services, and coordinating with various stakeholders to address malnutrition determinants.
Responsibilities
Provide technical assistance to national, regional, and local counterparts on maternal, infant, and adolescent nutrition policies and programs. Support advocacy efforts to prioritize malnutrition prevention and reduction in public policy. Contribute to promoting breastfeeding, adequate complementary feeding, and healthy food environments. Assist in capacity building for evidence-based nutrition interventions. Support planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition activities within UNICEF's Cooperation Program. Aid in preparedness and response to emergencies like El Niño, focusing on nutritional needs and continuity of services. Coordinate with national, regional, and local authorities and humanitarian partners for emergency nutrition interventions. Monitor intervention progress, identify challenges, and foster multisectoral coordination to address malnutrition determinants. Compile and analyze nutritional data to support decision-making and advocacy. Prepare technical documents, reports, and communication materials.
Work Experience
A minimum of five years of professional experience in designing, implementing, or monitoring maternal, infant, and adolescent nutrition policies, programs, and projects, including anemia and malnutrition prevention. Experience in providing technical assistance to public institutions, coordinating with national and local actors, and in advocacy and capacity building for nutrition is required. Experience with the UN system or international cooperation organizations is desirable.
Skills
Professionalism, integrity, teamwork, respect for diversity, continuous learning, planning and organization, communication, flexibility, commitment to volunteerism principles. Expertise in project management, program development, strategy, general and specialized medicine, disability, and social inclusion aspects.