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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

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For every child, freedom

The UNICEF Programme of Cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) is designed to address and mitigate the threat of poverty the country’s children face, while responding to the needs with interventions addressing the multiple causative factors.

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How can you make a difference?

The Nutrition in Emergencies Officer reports to Nutrition Specialist (Health Systems Strengthening and Nutrition in Emergencies) for supervision. The Nutrition Officer (Emergency) provides technical support for UNICEF Zambia’s Nutrition Output 2: Wasting Management and Nutrition in Emergencies. S/he provides technical support for UNICEF’s nutrition programme responding to the current drought emergency, with a focus on Nutrition Supply monitoring and management, and on district level cluster coordination. S/he is relied on to support building of partnerships with key Government counterparts, donors, development partners, other UNICEF colleagues across sectors, and private sector stakeholders relevant to Nutrition at the technical level.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: TA – TOR Nutrition in emergencies officer_FINAL.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements:

Education:

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required:  nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.