The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the worlds leading organization working for the rights of children, is seeking to recruit following staff for their country Office in India. All positions require fluency in spoken and written English language. Knowledge of local language at the duty station will be an asset.

Nutrition Specialist - Hyderabad (Job Code - UNNSH)
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 in the state of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

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

Social Policy Specialist - Kolkata (Job Code - UNSPS)
The incumbent will be providing support to the UNICEF Field Office and the State Government for social policy, data base and analysis development as well as for providing inputs in the development of monitoring and evaluation systems in support of the cooperation between the Government of India and UNICEF.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required: Advanced university degree in one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, International Relations, Political Science, Public Relations, Media, Communication, or other relevant disciplines. five years professional field work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities.

Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer - Bhopal (Job Code - UNPMEB)
The incumbent will be responsible for providing support to the UNICEF Field Office and the State Government in the area of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation as well as for providing inputs in the development of monitoring and evaluation systems in support of the cooperation between the Government of India and UNICEF.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required: University degree in one of the following disciplines: Social Sciences, Development Planning, Planning, Evaluation, Survey Implementation and Advanced statistical Research. Two years professional field work experience in programme development and implementation including monitoring and evaluation activities.

Communication for Development Officer - Guwahati (Job Code - UNC4DG)
The incumbent will be responsible for the design, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of strategic communication for behavior and community - led social change to contribute to the achievement of Intermediate Results in various programmatic areas.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience Required: University degree in the Social/ Behavioral Sciences (Communication, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Education) or other fields related to the work of UNICEF. Two years progressively responsible work experience in the design, planning and/or implementation of strategic communication programmes.

Education Officer - Lucknow (Job Code - UNEOL)
The incumbent will be responsible for providing support to the UNICEF Field Office and the State Government for planning, implementation and monitoring of education programmes and in support of the Right to Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE 2009). The Post will have a special focus on children and women from disadvantaged groups of the community through innovative, systematic programming and advocacy in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required: University degree in Education or Social Sciences or related fields. Two years of experience at the national/ state level in education or social development programmes. Experience of working with national/ state government involved in education desirable.

Licesing Officer - New Delhi (Job Code - UNLSO)
The incumbent will be responsible for the development and delivery of UNICEF India's licensing strategy and activities with the objective to maximize income and brand visibility for UNICEF. The licensing officer will also handle relationships with key retails chains to explore marketing / brand-building led tie-ups for UNICEF.

Minimum Qualification & Experience Required: University degree in Marketing or Economics or Business Administration. Minimum two years of progressively responsible work experience in consumer products based marketing and/or sales, ideally with at least a year experience in licensing products into retail/ companies. Knowledge of the UN business environment and previous experience in a UN agency will be an asset.

Application consisting of a cover letter and an up-to-date CV should be sent by 11 May-2011. In order to ensure that your application is sorted correctly, please clearly mention the Job Code of the post and location in the subject line of your e-mail/ application. For more details of the posts and full job descriptions. Visit the UNICEF India website at www.unicef.in and click on "Careers at UNICEF" at the bottom of the page. Only applications of short listed candidates will be acknowledged. These vacancies are open to Indian Nationals only.