NORCAP Nutrition Specialists - Expert Deployment/ NORCAP

Job description

Lead and manage nutrition cluster coordination at national and sub-national levels:
Ensure appropriate coordination between all humanitarian partners in the nutrition sector as well as national authorities. Ensure full integration of the IACS's agreed priority cross-cutting issues, namely human rights, HIV/AIDS, age, gender and environment. In line with this, promote gender equality by ensuring that the needs, contributions and capacities of women and girls as well as men and boys are addressed. Act as focal point for inquiries on the cluster's response plans and operations.

Facilitate development of a cluster strategy and response plan:
Developing/Updating agreed preparedness and contingency plans and response strategies for the cluster. Identify gaps in the emergency response.

Support the application of appropriate technical standards:
Ensure that responses are in line with existing policy guidance, technical standards, and relevant Government human rights legal obligation.

Ensure that the performance of the emergency nutrition information and interventions are monitored and reported regularly:
Include an analytical interpretation of best available information in order to benchmark progress of the emergency response over time and meet technical guidelines, local context, national and UN standards. Report on cluster indicators of service delivery and impact of interventions.

Build Technical Capacity:
Promote and support training of personnel and capacity building of partners, based on the mapping and understanding of available capacity.

Qualifications

- Advanced university degree within a relevant field of study (Nutrition, social sciences, international development, humanitarian response or a related field).
- Minimum 6 years of professional humanitarian experience from the field of Nutrition (equivalent to the UN P4 level or higher).
- Technical experience and knowledge in the area of Nutrition in emergencies response is required, including coordination, capacity development, planning or information management.
- Knowledge of the humanitarian community, including donors, governments, the UN system and relevant international and regional organisations.
- Experience interacting with government in humanitarian contexts.
- Strong written and oral communication skills in English. The ability to work in at least one other international language – French or Spanish would be an asset.

Education level

• College / University, Master / Phd grade

Personal qualities

- Ability to work in a collaborative manner with team members and with multiple stakeholders at various levels from national to sub-national and community levels.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including cultural sensitivity.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in highly stressful situations.

Language

• Spanish
• French

We offer

Being a NORCAP roster member gives you:
- A great opportunity to work in an international setting for a world recognised organisation.
- Significant life experiences through challenges and self-development.
- A meaningful job working with the world’s challenges on location.
- For more information about NORCAP, please go to our website https://www.nrc.no/

Practical information:
• Protection is at the heart of the work that we do; candidates selected for interview can expect for this aspect of their profile to be explored in some detail.
• Candidates are expected to be available for mission within the first 6 months of having been accepted to the roster.
• Shortlisted candidates will need to pass an English test as part of the selection process.
• Candidates from Norway and the Global South will be prioritized.
• Kindly submit your CV and application in English and include your full name as written in your passport.
• All candidates will get feedback within three weeks after the closing date of this advertisement.
• Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location.