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REACH: Ending Child Hunger and Undernutrition Partnership was jointly established by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Health Organization (WHO), United
Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP). REACH is a global partnership committed to meeting the nutrition needs of the world's most vulnerable children and women, through evidence based analysis and innovative programming that builds government institutional capacity strengthens policy planning skills and prioritizes scarce resources. 

The UN Agencies mentioned above are seeking an expert facilitator to work in Sierra Leone to support a REACH institutional capacity building for improved nutrition and food security governance, strategic planning and analysis, coordination, and monitoring. The facilitator will work in close collaboration with national counterparts and a multi-stakeholder team representing technical staff from relevant ministries, UN agencies, NGOs, and donors.

You can download the Terms of Reference here [Word]

Your profile:
• Advanced University degree in public policy or administration, business or management, communications, economics, or social sciences
• At least 8 years professional work experience in an international setting, preferably with field experience in region of deployment
• Experience in institutional capacity building at the national level
• Experience in managing multiple parties in an international context
• Fluency in spoken and written English is required
• Proven ability to strengthen capacity of national counterparts and partners to sustain activities
• Strong skills in facilitation, project management, team-building, communication, and conflict resolution or mediation
• Ability to influence and interact with senior level decision-makers across different organizations and cultures; to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy in order to resolve issues
• Ability to manage and conduct large and complex analyses, including collating and presenting data, monitoring and evaluation, progress reporting
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams, establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor own work plan and those relevant to the team and partners
• Familiarity with large organizational structures with headquarter, regional, and country level operations
• Advanced skills in Excel, PowerPoint

If you have the experience of working in a similar capacity and want to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, send a detailed curriculum vitae in English, AND a duly completed United Nations Personal History form (available at www.unicef.org/employ), to . Applications should be received by 9 April 2010.

Only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.

The duration of the assignment is for 364 days.

UNICEF’s salary and benefits package is based on the United Nations Common System; visit www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances for further information.

UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff. Well qualified candidates, particularly women are strongly encouraged to apply.