South Sudan: Nutrition Cluster Coordinator, P-4, Juba South Sudan

Purpose of the Position

On behalf of UNICEF, the Country Lead Agency for the Nutrition Cluster and in support of the government, the purpose of this post is to provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent and effective response by participants in the sub national nutrition cluster.

Key Expected Results

General tasks:
The post holder has joint responsibility with the UNICEF, resourcing partners and all cluster participants at the national and sub-national level for the efficient management and functioning of the sub-national nutrition cluster encompassing the following:

• Establish and maintain an appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanism
• Strengthen pre-exiting sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability
• Build complementarity of partner actions: avoiding duplication and gaps
• Ensure adequate resources are mobilized and are equitably allocate for the effective functioning of the cluster and its response.
• Effective and comprehensive integration of relevant cross-cutting issues, including age, gender, environment and HIV/AIDs
• Maintain flexibility within the cluster to respond to changes in the operating environment, evolving requirements, capacities and participation
• Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between cluster participants and other stakeholders
• Interact with other clusters (including through inter-cluster coordination for a), humanitarian actors, government counterparts, and relevant authorities for operational planning, engagement and active contribution of operational partners,
• Be accountable to the affected population through effective and inclusive consultative and feedback mechanisms
• Monitor performance of the core cluster functions.

Core cluster functions:

1. Supporting service delivery
   1.1 Provide a platform to ensure that service delivery is driven by the agreed strategic priorities
   1.2 Develop mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery
2. Informing strategic decision-making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response
   2.1 Needs assessment and gap analysis (across other sectors and within the sector)
   2.2 Analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues.
   2.3 Prioritization, grounded in response analysis
3. Planning and strategy development
   3.1 Develop sectoral plans, objectives and indicators directly support realization of the HC/HCT strategic priorities
   3.2 Application and adherence to existing standards and guidelines
   3.3 Clarify funding requirements, prioritization, and cluster contributions to HC's overall humanitarian funding considerations (Flash Appeal, CAP, ERF/CHF, CERF)
4. Advocacy
   4.1 Identify advocacy concerns to contribute to HC and HCT messaging and action
   4.2 Undertaking advocacy activities on behalf of cluster participants and the affected population
5. Monitoring and reporting the implementation of the cluster strategy and results; recommending corrective action where necessary
6. Contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters whenever feasible and relevant.
7. Accountability to affected populations

Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Qualifications

• University degree, preferably at an advanced level, in nutrition or public health
• Extensive work experience relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for formal qualifications.
• Formal training in cluster coordination is an advantage

Experience

• At least 10 years progressively responsible humanitarian work experience with UN and/or NGO, including programme management and/or coordination in the first phase of a major emergency response relevant to the cluster
• Extensive work experience outside the humanitarian sector which is relevant to this post may be considered as a replacement for humanitarian experience.

Competencies of Successful Candidate

i) Core Values:

• Commitment
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Integrity

ii) Core Competencies:

• Communication
• Working with People
• Drive for Results

iii) Functional Competencies:

• Leading and Supervising
• Formulating Strategies and Concepts
• Analyzing
• Relating and Networking
• Persuading and Influencing
• Creating and Innovating

Remarks

* The successful candidate for this emergency recruitment MUST be available to commence work within 31 days of receiving an offer.
* Please note that Juba is a non-family duty station.
* Please note that this is a re-advertisement. Candidates who have applied to the 1st round, will also be considered, and do not need to re-apply.

If you would like to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, please apply to the link below no later than 11 December, 2014.

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