Consultancy: Maternal Nutrition operational guidance documents, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), Bangkok

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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 fulfilling their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a better future

UNICEF works to ensure the rights of all children in the East Asia and Pacific Region. This means the rights of every child living in this country, irrespective of their nationality, gender, religion or ethnicity, to:

• survival – to basic healthcare, peace and security;
• development – to a good education, a loving home and adequate nutrition;
• protection – from abuse, neglect, trafficking, child labour and other forms of exploitation; and

• participation – to express opinions, be listened to and take part in making any decisions that affect them

  How can you make a difference?

The Nutrition Section, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), is seeking an individual consultant to provide technical support to the EAP Regional Office on developing regional operational guidance documents for maternal nutrition.

Work Assignment:

1. Model Maternal Nutrition Curriculum
   • Review draft model curriculum for maternal nutrition and other supporting materials provided by UNICEF EAPRO.
   • Develop draft outline of model curriculum for maternal nutrition using a competency-based framework including core competencies and identified learning outcomes for each section/chapter and following the style and structure of the Investing in Child Nutrition Course for IYCN.
   • Develop additional materials for the competency-based curriculum and integrate existing material from the draft model curriculum for maternal nutrition into the approved outline.
   • Draft the competency-based model curriculum for maternal nutrition and circulate to UNICEF EAPRO Nutrition section for feedback.
   • Integrate comments and edits to finalize content of the competency-based model curriculum for maternal nutrition.
   • Liaise with the UNICEF EAPRO graphic designer to design and format the competency-based model curriculum for maternal nutrition.
2. Model Maternal Nutrition Counselling Guide
   • Review existing materials on maternal nutrition counselling guidance available at the regional and global level.
   • Develop outline structure of the counselling guide including structure for a decision framework to guide health worker decision making on targeting counselling messages to pre- and post-natal women at defined contact points.
   • Draft the model maternal nutrition counselling guide to support health workers to conduct maternal nutrition counselling.
   • Facilitate review of the draft model maternal nutrition counselling guide by UNICEF EAPRO and Country Office colleagues and integrate comments and feedback.
   • Finalize model maternal nutrition counselling guide.
   • Liaise with UNICEF EAPRO graphic designer on final design and format of the model maternal nutrition counselling guide with support and oversight of UNICEF EAPRO.

Deliverables:

• Final approved Model Curriculum for Maternal Nutrition
• Final approved Model Maternal Nutrition Counselling Guide

Duration of Contract: 45 working days during November 2021 – March 2022

Working Location: The consultant will work from own premise.

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

• An Advanced University Degree in Public Health, Nutritional Epidemiology, International Health and Nutrition or Maternal and Child Nutrition
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience in public health/nutrition planning, management, policy research at the international level, including experience in low and middle-income countries in South and Southeast Asia.
• Demonstrable experience on maternal nutrition programming in LMICs
• Experience in developing competency-based curriculums for health or nutrition topics
• Experience developing guidance documents for application in multiple contexts.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Demonstrable analytical and research skills including review and synthesis of data and information.
• Specific experience working with UNICEF is considered an asset
• Excellent oral and written English skills.

Interested candidates are requested to submit CV or P-11, full contact information of minimum 3 references, availability, and proposed daily professional fee in USD by 23 November 2021****.

P11 Form.doc

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People, and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

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UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.