Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Nutrition Manager (Wasting) or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer Nutrition Specialist will ensure that: • South Sudan’s Ministry of Health develops and disseminates a country roadmap towards the operationalization of the updated guideline on the Prevention and Management of Wasting and Nutritional Oedema – that includes the pilot in the 13 counties, learning and inform post pilot at-scale timelines. • Further, the country has supplemental operations guideline on the Prevention and Management of Wasting and Nutritional Oedema will also include digitalized data collection and reporting plan, alongside the CMAM training package, job aids, and supporting supervision tools, for the initial 13 counties. • With these in place, that Implementing Partners and communities are engaged and sensitized on the new approach in the 13 counties, to ensure execution. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs • As an active UNICEF team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to Ministry of Health and Implementing Partners and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: o Success of a test pilot for the operational training materials operations guideline on the Prevention and Management of Wasting and Nutritional Oedema that will also include the use of the four-color band new MUACs, digitalized data collection and reporting. o Completion of a Training of Trainers on the developed operational materials. o Appropriate capacity enhancements, followed by implementation in the 13 pilot counties. o Supplementation of all children 6-59 months classified as HRM with RUTF, as with SAM. o Supporting the documentation of all stages of the implementation for purposes of internal and subsequent regional and global learning; alongside, supporting periodic publications/ case studies. o Finally, draw a road map for national scale beyond the initial 13 counties. • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment. • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed.