Profession: nutritionists

01-06-2012 Job Opportunity Ref. fd-nutritionist

Location: Field

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Main Objective

Nutritionists are responsible of ensuring nutrition input when/where relevant and implementing and supervising nutrition programmes in the field. This in compliance with ICRC's and national protocols/guidelines, and in collaboration with local partners.

Responsibilities

The panel of activities in a nutrition program include:

Overall Situation Analysis

To analyze the livelihood and nutritional situation of populations of ICRC concern while putting this in perspective to the country/region.
To provide with the elements/practical recommendations to orient the Assistance/ICRC programme's policy and strategy

Assessments

To facilitate and support the design and implementation of nutrition assessments, baseline assessments, nutrition surveys, monitoring and surveillance.

Nutrition Intervention

To facilitate, design an implement strategies to prevent and treat acute malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies: General food distributions, blanket distributions, supplementary and therapeutic feeding distribution (either in PHC, Hospitals, detention places, open environments, etc)
To evaluate both the impact of nutrition/economic security interventions and changes in population environment/livelihood and to adapt the programs accordingly
Technical input for health and economic security related programs (cash, grants, Micro Economic Initiatives, Agro and veterinarian programs, etc)

Emergency preparedness and response

To provide with nutrition information, tools and when required; to participate in the immediate response to critical situations
To review and adapt nutrition input/interventions in emergency response

Other Issues

Contribute to the development of ICRC/Economic Security strategies & policies
Represents the ICRC at nutrition related forums
Capacity building of local partners
Organize/participate in internal/external workshops and seminars.
Design and participate in research projects

Selection requirements

Ideal age: 25 to 35
Prepared to accept unaccompanied postings during the first 24 months of collaboration
Nutritionist, nurse or medical doctor
University degree in the fields of nutrition, public health or related subject
Minimum of 3 years professional experience in one of the above mentioned field
Humanitarian field experience is a must as well as emergency response
Excellent command of French and English - Arabic, Spanish, Russian an asset
Familiarity with word processing, spreadsheet software and basic nutrition programmes
Driving license (must cover manual transmission – a license for automatic-transmission vehicles only is not sufficient)

General Skills

Strongly motivated by humanitarian work
Open-minded and adaptable, empathic and diplomatic
Neat appearance, good speaker, well-developed writing and summarizing skills
Able to work in a team, under pressure in a dangerous environment
Ability to take relevant decisions within a given framework

Minimum length of assignment : 12 months

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