The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the world's leading organization working for the rights of children, is seeking to recruit the following staff:

Nutrition Specialist
The incumbent will be responsible for facilitating and influencing the State Government's policy, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, for the Child Development and Nutrition programme within one State in India. S/he will under the daily supervision of the Programme Manager, Bhopal and will work at the both State and District level. S/he will also take sector specific guidance from the Child Development and Nutrition section (Technical Centre of Excellence) in Delhi.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience: Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s). Five years of progressively responsible professional work experience in social development - preferably in child development and nutrition at state level, project administration, monitoring and evaluation.

Location: Bhopal

For more details on the above position, please visit the UNICEF India website at www.unicef.in and click on "Careers at UNICEF" at the bottom of the pane. Only applications of the short listed candidates will be acknowledged. These vacancies are open to Indian Nationals only.

Application consisting of a cover letter and an up-to-date CV should be sent to  by 10th February 2012. In order to ensure that your application is sorted correctly, please clearly mention the post title and location in the subject line of your e-mail/application.

UNICEF does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.

UNICEF is a non-smoking working environment. Applications from qualified women are encouraged.