Nutrition Intern
World Food Programme
- Nairobi
- Training
- Full-time
- Providing technical advice to the Country Office and Area Offices on programme and policy issues, including assessment and analysis, activities, and transfer modalities for nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming in line with WFP standards and processes.
- Programme design and implementation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions as well as proposal writing for resource mobilization efforts.
- Design, implement, and analyse assessments in collaboration with VAM and M&E units at the country office level. Assess the food and nutrient gap to identify multisectoral opportunities and entry points that contribute to improving the nutrition situation for households.
- Managing partnerships, including inter-agency collaboration, to ensure a robust multisectoral response to nutrition in both emergency and non-emergency settings.
- Develops and implements social behaviour change communication activities for nutrition in the country office.
- Track and analyze data to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the review of annual country reports.
- Emergency preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations on contingency planning, risk analysis, and early warning related to nutrition risks.
- Support developing and implementing nutrition-specific and sensitive activities and monitoring processes per the CSP.
- Respond to routine queries with readily available support by senior staff and escalate where appropriate to provide a timely and accurate response to inquiries.
- Conduct field visits to project sites to monitor the implementation of projects and support with the preparations and conducting of mission visits to project sites by senior WFP officers or donors.
- Assisted in preparing nutrition-related reports and data analysis and ensuring deliverables adhered to WFP corporate standards and quality controls.
- Contribute to the writing of reports and funding proposals/concepts notes.
- Accompany WFP officials in nutrition-related partners' meetings, workshops, etc., among other things.
- Perform other related duties as required.
- Education : Recent graduate with a Bachelors degree in the field of Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition, Sociology and Social Work, Programme Management in Humanitarian Settings within the last 6 months.
- Language : Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Displaying integrity to help build stronger connections with other staff and partners towards strengthening partnerships.
- Display teamwork and the ability to collaborate and build rapport with other staff toward reaching key result areas outlined in the CSP.
- Internship goal and objectives within one month of onboarding.
- Internship report at the end of the internship program.
- Internship case study of a nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive intervention by the end of the internship program.
- Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP depending on the duty station of assignment.
- WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas and related costs.
- WFP will recognize candidates' educational credentials from recognized institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education.
- The internship duration is 8 months, full-time.
- The deadline for receiving applications for this position is 29 April 2024
- Applications for this position will close at 11:59 p.m. (East African Time) on the deadline date.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
- WFP embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that celebrates diversity and inclusivity in all ways.
- Employment is decided on the basis of competitive selection, qualifications and merit.