Nutritionist (French and/or Spanish speaking)

What we do

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to supply safety and humanitarian help to individuals affected by battle and armed violence. We take motion in response to emergencies and on the identical time promote respect for worldwide humanitarian regulation. We are an impartial and impartial group, and our mandate stems basically from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work carefully with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation with a view to guarantee a concerted, rational and fast humanitarian response to the wants of the victims of armed battle or every other state of affairs of inner violence. We direct and coordinate the worldwide actions carried out in these conditions.

The ICRC has over 18 000 workers throughout 90 international locations and is funded by voluntary contributions from the States social gathering to the Geneva Conventions; nationwide Red Cross and Red Crescent societies; supranational organizations and private and non-private sources.

Your Role on the ICRC

The ICRC nutritionist is a part of the Economic Security (EcoSec) division that seeks to enhance the livelihood of individuals unable to assist themselves due to an armed battle. The EcoSec division ensures the distribution of aid objects equivalent to meals, hygiene or home goods but in addition money or vouchers, grains, seeds, agricultural tools and vaccinations for livestock.

The nutritionist is accountable for designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating nutrition- particular packages. They conceive and supervise interventions to revive, defend, or enhance the meals consumption and dietary standing of civilian populations or individuals disadvantaged of freedom. They take part to the therapy of malnutrition in main well being facilities, hospitals or locations of detention. This needs to be executed in compliance with ICRC’s tips and requirements.

Furthermore, as a result of individuals develop into malnourished for a lot of causes – not simply because they aren’t consuming sufficient nutritious meals, but in addition as a result of they lack well being care, clear water, sanitary services and safety and are weak to diseases that trigger malnutrition. Therefore, he/she is accountable for advising and supporting the Economic Security group, in addition to the others division of Protection and important companies at delegation stage, to develop nutrition-sensitive approaches in packages, built-in into the assorted phases of the undertaking cycle.

For extra info please observe this hyperlink: https://www.icrc.org/en/document/working-icrc-nutritioniste

Main obligations

As a nutritionist with us, you’ll:

• Evaluate/monitor the diet state of affairs, alert when required and take part within the fast response to crucial conditions.
• Design, plan and implement the diet part of EcoSec assessments.
• Understand the causes of malnutrition and use this information in programming and sensitization technique.
• Design, plan and implement the diet part of EcoSec program to forestall and deal with acute malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and different types of malnutrition in civil inhabitants and/or locations of detention.
• Provide suggestions to orient the ICRC program’s coverage, technique and focusing on as regards to diet.
• Include diet concerns in financial safety packages by facilitating, designing and implementing methods to enhance the dietary standing of family members.
• Contribute to inner reporting and analyses of program outcomes.
• Review and adapt diet inputs/interventions in emergency and restoration responses Evaluate the influence of diet/financial safety interventions, and modifications in inhabitants setting/livelihoods, and adapt the packages accordingly.
• Support capability constructing of ICRC workers and companions.
• Participate in inner/exterior workshops and seminars, and nutrition-related boards.
• Promote the ideas of the Red Cross and of worldwide humanitarian regulation.
• As a consultant of the ICRC, keep contact and negotiate with authorities authorities and different events to the battle – civilian and army – with a view to perform the work as successfully as doable.

Required Qualifications and Desirable Skills/Experiences

• Excellent command of Spanish and/or French is necessary (on prime of English); every other language information (e.g. Arabic, Russian) is an asset
• Master’s diploma in Nutrition or Public Health or equal skilled expertise.
• Minimum 5 years subject expertise within the subject of diet.
• Professional expertise in worldwide humanitarian work and subject missions overseas, particularly in emergencies.
• Possessing good capability to analyse and summarise complicated conditions.
• Ability to take related selections inside a given framework.
• Sound understanding of the undertaking cycle, establishing acceptable (SMART) goals and indicators is required.
• Good organizational, managerial, planning, reporting abilities.
• Strong capacities to recruit, handle, coach and inspire a small group of nutritionists.
• Excellent written and oral communication abilities.
• Readiness and capability to work in a multidisciplinary group involving different sectors linked to the financial safety and collaborating with Red Cross and Red Crescent motion members.
• Fully conversant with phrase processing, spreadsheet software program and primary diet pc packages
• Strongly motivated by humanitarian work.
• Open-minded and adaptable, empathic and diplomatic
• Excellent means to work beneath strain in a probably harmful setting.
• Ready to work in troublesome contexts and spend time within the subject, or to handle packages with out direct entry to the affected inhabitants.
• Experience of labor with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is an asset.

Our operational & Field Constraints

• In line with the precept of neutrality, the ICRC doesn’t assign personnel to a rustic of which they’re nationals
• Candidates should be in good well being and must do a medical check-up previous to departure within the subject
• Candidates should possess a driving license (for guide transmission automobiles)
• Candidates should be ready to just accept unaccompanied postings (i.e. no partner, associate, kids or dependents) for a minimum of the primary 24 months
• All profitable candidates should conform to a background and reference verify earlier than a mission may be supplied

What we provide

• Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural setting
• A two-week orientation course and different alternatives for additional in-house coaching
• Generous social advantages
• Competitive employment package deal
• Institutional onboarding programs
• Length of project: 12 months
• Opportunity to affix an ICRC expertise pool and be thought of for future assignments elsewhere to expertise totally different contexts, fields and challenges

Note: This posting is a pool recruitment place. Successful candidates shall be validated to affix the nutritionist pool for a interval of two years, and shall be proposed a mission as quickly as one turns into accessible.

Additional info

Diversity Statement

The ICRC values variety and is dedicated to creating an inclusive working setting. We welcome purposes from all certified candidates. Women are particularly inspired to use for this place.