Country Action Specialist

4 weeks ago


Nairobi, Kenya United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Full time

The United Nations Office for Project Services is an operational arm of the United Nations, dedicated to implementing projects for the United Nations System, international financial institutions, governments and other partners in the aid world.
Summary
The Country Action Specialist, (Convergence Hub) reports to the Regional Representative.  The SUN Country Action team is critical in supporting the SUN Movement to achieve the objectives set out in SUN 3.0, and provides the capacity to ensure SUN Countries are at the centre of everything the Movement does, empowering SUN Country Focal Points and/or Country Coordinators to act.  The team is currently organised into five Hubs, and the Country Action Specialist supports the Convergence Hub countries, focusing particularly on the French speaking  countries.

The Country Action Specialist, Convergence Hub is based in Nairobi and is part of a small team established to support the development of National Nutrition Plans, facilitate information sharing and knowledge exchange, and identify advocacy opportunities across the countries within the defined portfolio.  The Specialist will work closely with national counterparts and other stakeholders, including representatives of the SUN Networks, to strengthen the institutional capacity for nutrition by identifying, creating and strengthening opportunities to accelerate progress in countries; identifying successful interventions and moving quickly to scale up results and ensuring effective peer learning and knowledge exchange across the Movement.

The role supports the Regional Representative  to build and maintain effective understanding, communication and technical support across the broad national and international community of stakeholders to understand risks and challenges so that resources may be mobilised and technical assistance provided as necessary.
Requirements
Education

Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in nutrition, public health, international development, public policy or  related field.
A bachelor's degree with a combination of two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted  in lieu of the Master's degree.

Experience

A minimum of five (5) years of experience in international development, public health, nutrition or related field is required.
Demonstrated professional work experience in an international setting, with at least three (3) years in a field setting is required.
Experience working in humanitarian contexts, preferably in the nutrition sphere,  is highly desirable
Experience working in the Africa region is desirable (especially Francophone Africa as the Country action Specialist will also cover French speaking  countries).



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