Nutrition Specialist (Health) (NO-3), FT, #137971, Colombo - Sri Lanka, APR (Sri Lankan nationals only)

UN Children's Fund - UNICEF

Staff Closes 26 Aug 2026 3 days left

Overview

Support programme development, planning, management, monitoring, and delivery of results in nutrition and public health. Provide technical and operational support, foster partnerships, and contribute to innovation and capacity building.


Key Responsibilities
  • Support to programme development and planning
  • Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Technical and operational support to programme implementation
  • Networking and partnership building
  • Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Required Experience

A minimum of five years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant, and child health/nutrition care or any other related field.

Qualifications

Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.

Other Details
Languages Required
English - Proficient/Fluent
Languages Preferred
Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language (fluency in Sinhala and/or Tamil).
Contract Duration
Not specified
Work Modality
Not specified
Remuneration
Not specified
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