Nutrition Specialist -Employment,career opportunity in Rwanda

Job Title:  Nutrition Specialist
Location:  Kigali, Rwanda, Africa
Level:  Senior (5+ years of experience)
Education Level:  Bachelor's Degree
Job type:  Full time
Positions: 1
Salary:  Negotiable
Deadline:  25th Sept 2013


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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the world’s leading organization working for the rights of children, is inviting applications from suitably qualified Rwandan nationals to fill in the following vacancies in their Rwanda Country Office at Kigali. Fluency in English and local language of the duty station required. The last date to submit application is 25.09.2013.

Nutrition Specialist

Under the guidance of the Nutrition Specialist (L-4), the incumbent will be responsible for the formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Nutrition programme to ensure overall mainstreaming of key features across all related sectors of the country programme, efficiency and effectiveness of the programme management, delivery and accomplishment of programme goals and objectives. Specifically, strengthen the nutrition unit in order to respond to the top government priority and defined leadership role of UNICEF Rwanda's entry in the SUN movement and REACH, and specific priority action around 1000 days.

Qualification:
Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).Training in gender and in nutrition programmes that promote gender equality an asset.

Experience:
Minimum five years of relevant professional work experience in developing and implementing nutrition programme. Experience in monitoring gender inequalities and in programming interventions that reduce these inequalities an asset. Experience in training with regards to inter-disciplinary approach to nutrition (public health nutrition, epidemiology, child growth and development, Nutrition and HIV, etc.). Developing country work experience required. Background/familiarity with Emergency an asset.

To Apply:
Candidates meeting the above requirements may send their application consisting of a cover letter and an updated CV addressed to The Chief of Operations, UNICEF, P.O Box 381, Kigali (Rwanda). Please clearly mention the title of the post applied for on the cover of the envelope. You may also send your application on line. In order to sort your application correctly, please mention the title of the post in the subject line of your e-mail/application.

UNICEF IS A NON-SMOKING WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
UNICEF IS COMMITTED TO GENDER BALANCE AND DIVERSITY WITHOUT DISTINCTION AS TO RACE, SEX OR RELIGION, AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

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