Health and Nutrition Officer

The officers support UNICEF's earthquake response across Caracas, La Guaira and Miranda by planning and monitoring primary health and nutrition services, supervising field delivery, coordinating immunization and community outreach, analysing programme data, managing public-health risks and building frontline capacity.

Department: Health and Nutrition

• Plan and implement outreach health and nutrition services in earthquake-affected areas
• Support community-based primary health care and restoration of essential services
• Coordinate immunisation and vaccination activities
• Monitor programme delivery through field supervision and data analysis
• Implement community nutrition, feeding, screening and referral interventions
• Lead community engagement, health promotion and risk communication
• Assess disease-surveillance information and public-health risks
• Train and mentor community health workers and frontline personnel

• Bachelor's degree in public health, nutrition, dietetics, child development, social development, community development or a related field
• At least one year of professional experience planning, implementing, monitoring or evaluating health programmes
• Professional experience in programme management or technical child-survival and health care
• Field and emergency experience
• Expertise in primary health care and community-based health programmes
• Fluency in Spanish
• Intermediate English

• Batch recruitment covers three temporary appointments in Caracas, La Guaira and Miranda
• National Officer recruitment does not include visa or work-authorisation facilitation
• Role is classified as elevated risk for child safeguarding