Early Childhood Development Officer; NO Temporary Appointment

Position: Early Childhood Development Officer (NO-A), Temporary Appointment, #135392

Early Childhood Development Officer (NO-A), Temporary Appointment, #135392

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• Job no: 588708
• Contract type:
  Temporary Appointment
• Duty Station:
  Lima
• Level: NO-1
• Location:
  
  Peru
• Categories:
  Early Childhood Development

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UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.

For every child, hope.

How can you make a difference?

The ECD Officer reports to the Health Specialist for close guidance and supervision. Level 1 is an entry professional level and should therefore be normally used as a trainee level for the purpose of acquiring organizational knowledge of rules, regulations and processes to supplement academic and theoretical knowledge of the profession for upward mobility to higher responsibilities. Incumbents at this level are not expected to remain for an extended period of time in the post.

The ECD Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for Early Childhood Development (ECD) within the health sector, with an integrated focus on nutrition in early childhood, including growth monitoring, anemia prevention, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and early identification of malnutrition.

The Officer applies theoretical and technical skills in researching, collecting, analyzing and presenting technical programme information related to ECD and nutrition, while learning organizational rules, regulations and procedures to support ECD–health–nutrition programme formulation under the Country Programme.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

• Support to ECD 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

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum Requirements And Desirables

• Education:
  
  A university degree in one of the following fields is required: public health, nutrition, child development, family studies, or another relevant technical field.
• Work Experience:
  • A minimum of one year of professional experience in early childhood development and/or nutrition‑related areas is required in social development planning and management. Three or more years of professional experience will be considered an asset.
  • At least one year or more of working experience in early childhood nutrition (breastfeeding, complementary feeding, growth monitoring, anemia prevention) is an asset.
  • Relevant experience in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset.
  • Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is highly desirable.
• Language Requirements:
  • Fluency in Spanish and proficiency in English are required. Knowledge of another indigenous language of Peru is considered an asset (Quechua, Kandoshi, Shipibo, etc).
  • Knowledge of another UN language is desirable.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values.

The UNICEF Competencies Required For This Post Are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self‑awareness and ethical awareness
• Dri…