International Consultancy: Regional Scale-Up of Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition, ESAR at UNICEF

How can you make a difference? 

• Under the overall supervision of the Regional Nutrition Specialist, MIYCN, ESARO, supported by the Regional Nutrition Advisor and Nutrition Manager, Wasting, the consultant will provide technical support in conducting mapping of nutrition services for disabled children, inclusion of gender actions in nutrition programs, profiling of MMS intervention and execution of cost-effective analysis of MMS.

Activities and Tasks:    

• To examine the extent to which country policies and programme guidance are inclusive of disability and gender issues.
• To examine existing services (quality, availability of tools, compliance with recommended standards), the referral pathways and availability of trained staff including health worker support materials at each level of the health care system (community, primary health care and tertiary) for disabled children specifically those with feeding difficulties.
• To examine the coverage of screening, assessment, management of children with feeding difficulties.
• To profile the pilot approaches currently implemented for MMS intervention in the countries with the aim of developing a harmonized approach.
• To conduct a cost effectiveness analysis for MMS intervention.
• To facilitate dissemination of the mapping assessments for gender, disability and MMS approach.
• To conduct capacity development of at least 5 countries in the region to mainstream disability, and or gender transformative actions.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Education: An advanced medical or university degree in nutrition, public health, pediatric health, child health, or other health related science is required. *A first university degree in a relevant field combined with at least ten years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
• Experience: Minimum eight (8) years progressively responsible professional level experience in nutrition programming, including child survival, infant and young child nutrition, wasting management and/or maternal, neonatal and child health and nutrition programs including experience in developing countries. Experience in gender and disability as it relates to health/nutrition will be an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.