Nutrition Youth Engagement Intern

Mission and objectives
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfil their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
For every child, early moments matter

Relevant Experience
• 1 year

Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition Specialist with oversight from the Chief Nutrition and Child Development, the Intern will undertake the following tasks:
• Contribute to the development of concepts which ensure youth and adolescents participate in nutrition, improvement of food systems and food environments.
• Contribute to development of nutrition polls which collect views and opinions from young people and help measure participation of young people in nutrition programming.
• Contribute to promotion of nutrition information through youth groups and organizations to reach more young people with nutrition messages.
• Facilitate dialogues with school aged children, adolescent and youth on nutrition to raise the voice of youth
• Working with the Nutrition Specialist and SBC, develop nutrition content for nutrition campaigns for both staff and communities.
• Work with the Youth Nutrition Ambassador and provide nutrition technical support to the ambassador for all nutrition engagements.
• Work with and mentor youth advocates, youth leaders and junior parliamentarians as agents of change for nutrition and bring out the voice of youth on nutrition.
• Promote the utilization of technological innovations to promote nutrition.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor

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