Tasks and Responsibilities

The incumbent will undertake the following:

Strategic planning and analysis
• Provide analytical support in the completion of multi-sectoral nutrition analyses (including, country multi-sectoral nutrition overview, stakeholder, and action mapping) led by SUN National Secretariate and ensure relevant national and sub-national counterparts are able to utilise the REACH tools.
• Work with key nutrition and food security stakeholders, facilitate building of consensus on country core nutrition actions to be scaled up.
• Identify and facilitate linkages and leverage with other in-country initiatives on nutrition and processes to avoid duplication and to ensure alignment where necessary.
• Work closely with key stakeholders and the UN Network and provide policy support and facilitation in the review of the national nutrition policy and the development of a costed national multi-sectoral nutrition plan to scale-up nutrition actions, with a clear M&E framework.
• Support MOH/SUN Secretariate in routine/planned activities, follow-up on the logistic support provided under REACH, while ensuring that National REACH Facilitator will sit in MOH/SUN Secretariate for two days per week.
Multi-sectoral/Multi-stakeholder Coordination
• Work closely with key stakeholders (SUNCSA Network, multi-sectoral platform (MSP) and the UN Network, advocate for the establishment of multi-sectoral coordination mechanisms and structures including roles and responsibilities.
• Support the establishment of stakeholder networks –Business, Academia and Donors for more effective engagement in the MSP.
• Support the SUN Focal Point to strengthen the multi-sectoral/multi-stakeholder co-ordination at national level through co-ordinated engagement of multiple sectors and stakeholders including the various SUN country networks (key line ministries, UN agencies, CSOs, business and donor partners) to address key nutrition issues and/or nutrition related challenges outlined above.
Advocacy and knowledge sharing
• Support the UN Network and SUN Focal Point within country advocacy messages including the development of a national advocacy and communications strategy.
• Facilitate and document the experience-sharing of good practises and lessons learnt through case-studies and regular updates and share the good practices from other countries with stakeholders in Liberia
UN coordination in nutrition
• Facilitate synergized/integrated effort of UN system for coordinated support to government.
• Support completion of UN inventory on nutrition actions.
Management and Admin
• Coordinate work and mission of REACH team in-country.
• Supervise short-term consultants - as required.
• Work with the UN finance officer to monitor REACH financial resources in-country.
• Prepare regular progress and donor reports in close liaison with the UN Network nutrition focal points.
• Perform other related duties as required.
Support UN leadership to engage with Government to finalise the SUN Focal Point in Vice President’s office or with Minister of Finance and Development Planning or Ministry of State.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in public policy or administration, management, public health, nutrition, agriculture, or related field.
• At least 7 years of professional experience in managing nutrition, food security, public health programs, policy processes.
• Working knowledge of English.
• Candidate should be national of Liberia.

FAO Core Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Technical background in nutrition, food security, and/or public health; OR technical background in management and change management.
• Knowledge of the SUN Movement is an asset.
• Proven ability to strengthen capacity of national counterparts and partners to sustain activities and decentralised processes.
• Strong skills in facilitation, project management, team building, and conflict resolution or mediation.
• Ability to manage and conduct large and complex analyses, including collating and presenting multi-source data, monitoring and evaluation and progress reporting.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work in a team and good interpersonal skills.
• Good computer applications skills.
• Good planning and organizational skills.
• Sense of initiative and anticipation.

Selection Criteria

• Extend of experience in nutrition, food security, and/or public health; OR technical background in management and change management.
• Independent worker and excellent skills working as part of a team.
• Excellent reading, writing and communication skills in English
• Very high skills/knowledge of background related to the ToR’s Requirements
• Experience with UN, and public sector would be an asset
• Experience in managing multi-parties and multi-sector working groups.
• Experience in institutional capacity building at the national level.
• Experience in the Liberia country context.
• Previous working experience with governments, donors and civil society organizations is an asset.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in decentralization processes is desirable.