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ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Heightened under-nutrition and food insecurity continue to ravage the world’s youngest nation. The prolonged civil conflict exacerbated by a severe economic crisis has resulted in two-thirds (60%) of the South Sudan people being severely food insecure of which an estimated 21 percent are children under the age of 5 years. South Sudan presents with a significant burden of under-nutrition even prior to the crisis. Based on the South Sudan Household Health Survey in 2010, nearly one-third of children under 5 were stunted, 23 percent wasted, and 28 percent underweight. Nearly a decade after, per the Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) Survey Round 27 which was concluded during the green harvest period, an estimated 17.1 percent of children under 5 are stunted, 13.3 percent wasted, and 15.2 percent underweight an overall improvement in the general nutrition situation. Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) levels vary seasonally with peaks up to 30 percent in some locations and substantially across states. Sporadic spikes of GAM are also observed in the harvest season. For instance, per the September 2018 IPC analysis, the overall nutrition situation has slightly improved though critical levels (GAM 15.0 – 29.9%) have been reported in 31 counties in of four former states.

This deterioration is an indication of the severity of the crisis, as this region of the country had previous acceptable levels of food security and nutrition. Providing nutrition prevention and treatment services poses a great challenge due to multiple factors including lack of reliable data about the extent of the problem, shortage of sufficiently trained staff, lack of facilities and supplies, commodity pipeline breaks, insecurity and funding constraints. Due to the capacity constraints within the emerging health systems in the country, the bulk of nutrition services are implemented through non-governmental actors, the majority of whom are international agencies. Moreover, due to lack of funding for longer term nutrition interventions, the focus is on provision of emergency nutrition services supported through humanitarian funding and therefore, the objective is predominantly curative. As such the underlying causes of malnutrition remain inadequately unbroken.

In South Sudan, WFP plays a leading role in defining nutrition responses for treating and preventing Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), in collaboration with the nutrition and food security clusters and other key agencies that contribute to better nutrition prevention and treatment programmes. As the lead United Nations agency responsible for addressing and preventing moderate acute malnutrition, WFP continues to shift focus from direct implementation to partnering closely with the government in strengthening the country’s capacity to develop strategies and implement programmes while scaling up high-quality nutrition interventions.

JOB PURPOSE

Under the supervision of the Head of Nutrition (HoN), and in close coordination with the Deputy Head of Nutrition (DHoN), the Treatment Coordinator will support the Nutrition Unit (NU) in providing operational support to WFP’s CMAM activities across the country. The consultant will work with the team to lead improvements in programming quality MAM implementation, ensure guidance and standards for CMAM activities are upheld and serve as the WFP CMAM focal point to the nutrition stakeholder community in South Sudan.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Provide programme quality oversight to CMAM programmes Coordinate with field office nutritionist/focal points, cooperating partners and other team members in the WFP South Sudan Nutrition Unit to ensure effective and efficient implementation of WFP’s treatment of Moderate Acute Malnutrition activities. Ensure programme coverage for CMAM activities is maintained through coordination with the Nutrition Cluster, WFP’s various field offices and UNICEF nutrition team members. Lead the review of WFP’s field level agreements (FLA) for the treatment activities with support from the field office nutrition focal points and the Field Office (FO) nutritionists. Coordinate with FO nutritionists in the annual operational planning of commodity needs. Organize and participate in joint supportive supervision and monitoring visits to health and nutrition sites with the Ministry of Health (Nutrition Department), UNICEF and FO.

Key Accountabilities Continued

f. In collaboration with the Nutrition Supply Chain focal point, oversee commodity management and tracking of SNFs for MAM and alert DHON/HON when action is required. h. Coordinate with M&E on monitoring feedback and follow up on all MAM-related issues. g. Undertake regular reviews of MAM performance indicators and ensure FO nutritionists are alerted in the event of any discrepancies. i. Conduct regular meetings with MAM implementing partners on progress, challenges and lessons learnt.

Key Accountabilities Continued 2

Serve as the technical nutrition CMAM advisor Provide nutrition technical advice and guidance to the FO nutritionist/focal points in implementing treatment of moderate acute malnutrition activities. Define, lead and coordinate capacity building of WFP staff, partners and MoH on CMAM programme implementation and WFP standards for treatment. Contribute technical inputs to the development and review of national guidelines and protocols in coordination with the Ministry of Health Actively participate in the CMAM technical working groups, and other platforms, fora related to acute malnutrition. Provide needs on procurement of MAM IEC and NFI materials.

Additional Key accountabilities

Additional Contribute to building the CO operational research on acute malnutrition. Contribute to annual, quarterly, and monthly reports, briefs, activity sheets, and presentations for the NU for the CMAM programme Represent WFP’s mandate, comparative advantage, and approaches at relevant interagency meetings. Perform other related tasks as required and delegated by the DHoN and/or HoN.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

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

Fluency in oral and written English. Previous experience in South Sudan and a working knowledge of Arabic will be an added advantage.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work. Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area. Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities. Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.People

Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP. Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognize the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries. Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement. Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)Performance

Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries. Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks. Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders. Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.Partnership

Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES