Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vacancy Announcement No: FAO/22/2014
Issued on: 05th May 2014
Deadline for Application: 18rd May 2014
Position Title: Intern - Nutrition
Contract Type: PSA
Duty Station: Nairobi
Organizational Unit: FAO-Somalia
Duration: 6 Months
Eligible Candidates: Kenyan / Somali
Nationals
Anticipated start date: Immediately
Under the
overall supervision of the Officer in Charge (O.I.C.) FAO Somalia and the
direct supervision of the Technical Manager Nutirion/ CTA, to provide programme
support in the formulation, monitoring and reporting of the field programme at
country office level.
Background
The Food
Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) consist of two major
components.
i) The Food
Security component which provides up to date quality food security information
and
ii) The
Nutrition component which focuses on the generation of good quality timely and
appropriate nutrition information.
In addition
the unit conducts applied research to explore and report on the underlying causes
to malnutrition and food insecurity in Somalia.
Both food
security and nutrition information are analysed in the relevant context and
provided to decision-makers within the humanitarian community in Somalia for
use in the design of both short and longer term food security, nutrition and
livelihood related interventions.
FSNAU
places strong emphasis on partnerships with local authorities and international
and local humanitarian organisations for the specific development of capacity
in Somalia and the region.
This
includes the provision of capacity building in Nutrition Assessment in
Emergencies to Graduate Students in the region.
As a
component of this capacity building, FSNAU recognizes the importance of
practical hands on experience in humanitarian agencies by Nutrition students.
Therefore
FSNAU is providing an opportunity for one student at Graduate or Diploma level
in Nutrition for an internship at the FAO offices in Hargeisa, Garowe and
Mogadishu.
This
internship is scheduled for a period of two months, with the primary aim to use
this period to impart technical knowledge on nutrition surveillance through on
the job training.
The intern
will be under overall supervision of Nutrition Technical Manager, and direct
supervision of zonal Nutrition focal point and work in close consultation with
the Nutrition Focal Point.
The intern will focus on the
following tasks:
The successful candidate will be
tasked with the following duties:
- Under the supervision of the zonal Nutrition focal point, assist in the planning and preparation of nutrition surveys.
- In close collaboration with Nutrition focal point for respective zones and with support from the Nutrition Analyst in charge of the zone and Nutrition Data Analyst assist in ensuring the Health Information System data and feeding facility data at the MoH Nutrition section is received, updated and run basic analysis of this information.
- Assist in cleaning and entry of nutrition assessments data, under the supervision of the relevant Nutrition focal point/ Analysts.
- Attend Nutrition cluster meetings in the duty area and other relevant food security, nutrition and health related meetings.
- Under the supervision of the zonal Nutrition focal point, assist in the planning and preparation of nutrition surveys.
- In detail read the nutrition technical reports, updates and other relevant documents published and ensure consistency in reporting of rates, confidence intervals, tables and information in text.
- In close collaboration with Nutrition focal point assist in drafting, editing and finalizing articles for the nutrition updates/technical series.
- Perform other tasks as assigned
Minimum qualifications:
- Applicants MUST be Kenyan / Somali nationals based in Nairobi, have completed at least undergraduate degree in Nutrition. Preference will be given to thise with a post graduate degree in public health / nutrition.
- Should be computer literate
- Previous work experience not mandatory
- Strong critical thinking and writing ability
- Strong English writing and editing skills
- High degree of self-motivation and initiative
- Willingness to learn and apply new analytical approaches
- Strong skills in basic computer packages – Knowledge in EPI Info, ENA or EPI6 an added advantage
- Sensitivity to the social and cultural environment of Somalia
Deliverables / Expected Outputs
- By the end of the internship, the student should have gained considerable technical knowledge and understanding on nutrition surveillance and situational analysis.
- All assignments given during the internship period should be completed as required.
- The intern is expected to submit a detailed report on their experiences and activities covered during the period.
Allowances
and Remuneration: This position does not have a salary; however the intern will
be paid a small stipend to cater for transport costs.
To apply:
Candidates
are requested to submit a covering letter quoting the Position Title and
Vacancy Announcement No.FAO/22/2014 along with their current/detailed
Curriculum Vitae and FAO Personal Profile Form (PPF) available http://www.fao.org/employment/irecruitment-access/en/
Please do
not attach education certificates at this stage.
E-mail is
the preferred means of receipt and the application should be sent to HR-Somalia@fao.org
Applications
must be received by the deadline.
Late
applications will not be considered.
Only short
listed candidates meeting all essential qualifications will be contacted.