Logistics Assistant (Nutrition)
Organizational Context
UNICEF Nigeria operates in an environment with high rates of childhood malnutrition, particularly in the Borno and Yobe States. The organization's Country Programme Strategy (2023-2027) focuses on increasing equitable access to quality nutrition services to prevent and treat malnutrition. As the lead agency for nutrition, UNICEF is responsible for the planning, procurement, storage, distribution, monitoring, and reporting of essential nutrition commodities to support vulnerable populations, including children under five, adolescent girls, and pregnant/breastfeeding women.
Job Purpose
This National UN Volunteer position supports UNICEF Nigeria's nutrition programming in the Maiduguri Field Office, focusing on the Borno and Yobe States. The role is crucial for implementing the UNICEF Country Programme Strategy (2023-2027), which aims to improve nutrition outcomes for children and women. The incumbent will contribute to the mobilization, assessment, planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition interventions, including the critical supply chain management of nutrition commodities. This assignment is vital for ensuring the delivery of essential nutrition services and addressing the high prevalence of malnutrition in the region, particularly within the context of emergencies and complex socio-economic conditions.
Responsibilities
The Logistics Assistant will provide technical support in nutrition programming, encompassing mobilization, assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. Key duties include managing nutrition commodities, tracking supplies at the field level, and coordinating with the National Coordination Office and Field Office teams. This involves reviewing supply agreements, updating commodity status reports, and participating in supply end-user monitoring. The role also entails conducting capacity building, supportive supervision, and mentorship for frontline nutrition staff, ensuring proper storage, utilization, and reporting of nutrition supplies. Additionally, the assistant will track updates from Third Party Monitors, flag emerging issues to the Nutrition Manager, support nutrition situation analysis, and contribute to internal and external reporting. Maintaining trackers for commodities, forecasts, distribution, consumption, misuse, and programme monitoring plans is also a core responsibility.
Work Experience
A minimum of three years of relevant professional experience is required, specifically in nutrition supply chain and logistics, including monitoring and management. Experience in community development, economics, poverty reduction, or livelihoods is also desirable.
Skills
The role requires strong skills in building and maintaining partnerships, self-awareness, ethical conduct, driving for results, innovation, managing ambiguity and complexity, strategic thinking, and collaborative work. Expertise in community development, economics, poverty reduction, livelihoods, and nutrition is essential.