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Nutrition Officer

UNICEF · Abuja

UNICEFAbujaPosted 4 November 2026

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Abuja, Nigeria
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To enable UNICEF to execute the above strategy, the office is seeking a Nutrition Officer (NOB) TA at the L2 level on a temporary assignment to support the nutrition team with advocacy, policy formulation, and creating an enabling environment for implementing nutrition programs in Nigeria. The candidate will collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on policy-strengthening activities and will represent UNICEF in advocacy platforms and activities as appropriate. The Nutrition Officer will report to the Nutrition Specialist (Enabling Environment-NOC).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Support to programme development and planning

Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.

Technical and operational support to programme implementation

Advocacy, networking and partnership building

Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements

Education: Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy, health sciences, nutrition epidemiology, or another health-related science field.

Work Experience: A minimum of two years of relevant professional work experience. Experience in implementing nutrition programming in and emergency context is required.

Skills: Experience in advocacy, partnership building, and results-based management.

Language Requirements : Fluency in English is required.

Desirables

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language

Knowledge of the UN rules, procedures and regulations and/or working experience for the UN or other international development organization would be an asset.

Good knowledge and hands on experience in analytical, research methodology and statistical skills is an added advantage.

Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts

Minimum qualifications

BA/BSc/HND

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