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Recrutement de 01 Nutritionist NOB

Entreprise: World Food Programme
Niveau d'etude: Non precise
Localité: Madagascar / ANTANANARIVO
Date limite: 2025-09-17

Recrutement de 01 Nutritionist NOB
Fully Present
locations
Antananarivo, Madagascar
time type
Full time
job requisition id
JR115807
DATE LIMITE DE CANDIDATURE

17 September 2025-23:59-UTC+03:00 heure normale d’Afrique de l’Est (Antananarivo)
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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.


At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

WHY JOIN WFP?

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

Job Title: Nutritionist

Type of Contract / Grade: Fixed-Term, NOB

Duration: 1 year renewable (upon confirmation of the probationary period)

Duty Station: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Vacancy Number: One position

Date of Publication: Septembre 04, 2025

Deadline for Application: Septembre 17, 2025

THE ROLE

To provide support to nutrition (The notion “nutrition” refers to 1) nutrition stand alone and 2) nutrition and HIV/AIDS and TB) programmes and activities to contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of WFP beneficiaries.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

Contribute to the development of nutrition projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance.

Provide project management support to specific and defined nutrition projects and activities, ensuring a co-ordinated approach with wider programmes/projects that complies with WFP standards and procedures.

Develop and co-ordinate data gathering and monitoring/assessment systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.

Track and analyse data to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.

Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.

Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs.

Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs for example the production and review of training materials.

Guide more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.

Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.

Other as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Education : Advanced University degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other relevant field.

Experience: Three (03) years at a professional level with an Advanced University degree


DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Experience and exposure to implementation of national/international development programmes.

Experience working in public health/food security/ nutrition related activities.

Experience identifying and defining nutrition issues/problems within a country.

Language: Fluency (level C) in French language and an intermediate level (level B) in English.

Deadline for Application: September 17, 2025
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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.


No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.