Position Title: Nutrition Officer, NOB, Temporary Appointment (Untill 31 December 2025), Jalalabad, Afghanistan, #131667 (Open to Afghan nationals only)
2025-02-24        Nangarhar       Full Time        13
Job Location: Nangarhar
Nationality: National
Category: Other
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per UNICEF salary scale.
Vacancy Number: 580102
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Jalalabad [Nangarhar]
Organization: UNICEF
Years of Experience: A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
Contract Duration: 31- Dec- 2025
Gender: Male/Female
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,
Close date: 2025-02-24


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Job Descriptions:

How can you make a difference? 

Purpose for the job:

The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance to both preventive and emergency nutrition areas in ER within the Country Programme, from development planning to delivery of results. In doing so, the incumbent implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of results.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

  1. Support to preventive and emergency nutrition programme development and planning
  2. Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results including supplies.
  3. Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  4. Networking and partnership building
  5. Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

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Job Requirements:

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

Minimum requirements:

  • 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
  • A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
  • Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Desirables:

  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency.
Submission Guidelines:

Remarks:

As per Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, the paramount consideration in the employment of the staff is the necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency, competence, and integrity.

UNICEF’s active commitment to diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Government employees who are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government positions before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason. 

UNICEF does not charge a processing fee at any stage of its recruitment, selection, and hiring processes (i.e., application stage, interview stage, validation stage, or appointment and training). UNICEF will not ask for applicants’ bank account information.

Visa residence requirements: UNICEF shall not facilitate the issuance of a visa and working authorization for candidates under consideration for positions at the national officer and general service category.

All UNICEF positions are advertised, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. An internal candidate performing at the level of the post in the relevant functional area, or an internal/external candidate in the corresponding Talent Group, may be selected, if suitable for the post, without assessment of other candidates.

Eligible staff members on fixed-term, continuing or permanent contracts applying to IP TA positions in a duty station designated as L2/L3, may be able to retain a lien and their fixed-term entitlements, subject to approval by their Head of Office. The conditions of the temporary assignment will vary depending on the status of their post and relocation entitlements may be limited as per the relevant policies.

Additional information about working for UNICEF can be found here.

Applicants are requested to apply through the following link:https://jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/580102/nutrition-officer-nob-temporary-appointment-untill-31-december-2025-jalalabad-afghanistan-131667-open-to-afghan-nationals-only

Applications recived via ACBAR job online portal will not be given consideration.

Submission Email:

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