Nutrition Specialist

Manages UNICEF’s maternal, infant and child nutrition programme from Ambovombe and coordinates interventions across Madagascar’s Grand Sud. The specialist leads programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, provides technical guidance, builds partnerships and strengthens emergency nutrition capacity.

Department: Nutrition Programme, Ambovombe Field Office

• Develop and plan nutrition programme activities using results-based management approaches
• Manage, monitor and report delivery of maternal, infant and child nutrition results
• Provide technical and operational support to sub-national programme implementation
• Coordinate nutrition interventions across Androy, Anosy and Atsimo-Andrefana
• Build partnerships with government, humanitarian and development stakeholders
• Promote innovation, knowledge management and capacity development
• Guide monitoring, evaluation and nutrition-care quality improvement

• Advanced university degree in nutrition and dietetics, public health, nutrition, nutritional epidemiology, global or international health, nutrition research, policy and management, health sciences or a related field
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health and nutrition care
• Proven expertise in nutrition planning, monitoring and evaluation, public health, nutrition care and maternal health
• Fluency in French and Malagasy

• Fixed-term national officer appointment at NO-3 level