security, as well as policy level support on nutrition (specifically SUN) and food security. Given this context, it is expected the proposed position shall play a key role in providing effective support to the Ministry for policy and coordination on food security and nutrition. 10. Type of Assignment Place: Assignment without family 11. Description of tasks: The proposed candidate shall serve as the focal person for WFPs ongoing efforts on capacity building of the MNFSR on food security and nutrition. Under the direct supervision of the Head of the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit and in close consultation with the nutrition unit, the UN Youth Volunteer will undertake the following key tasks: Conduct mapping of the existing capacity of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFSR) in terms of policy, food security analysis, and coordination; identify the gaps and prepare the way forward for consideration by MNFSR and WFP; Prepare a work plan for the capacity building of the MNFSR and the support from the WFP in collaboration with FAO for the same; Provide policy level inputs on food security and nutrition to the Ministry as desired ; Make recommendations for effective linkage for implementation of food security and nutrition between the federal, provincial and grass root levels. Assist in coordination of food security and nutrition related activities within the Ministry, with other institutions within the Government, and with WFP and other development partners; Support the Ministry for food security monitoring system with support from WFP and FAO; Provide technical support to food security and nutrition working groups, as part of Strategic Priority Area (SPA) - 6, chaired by WFP, under the One UN Programme; SPA-6 Food security and nutrition working group Assist in the planning and implementation of policy level visits and trainings of relevant officials as agreed between MNFSR and WFP, and also in coordination with FAO, where applicable; Assist the Ministry in providing coordination between food security and nutrition related activities and provide inputs to SUN (scaling up nutrition activities) as needed; Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to: Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities; Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including participation in ongoing reflection activities; Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences for publications, websites, newsletters, press releases, etc; Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UNV 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. Produce, as much as possible, communication materials that reflect their period of assignment such as multimedia items (photos, videos, audio recordings, etc). 12. Results/Expected Output: Mapping of the existing resources at the Ministry for food security analysis and monitoring, and for policy and coordination on food security and nutrition; and identification of gaps; A plan of action for the