Consultancy: (Re-advertisement) Technical assistance nutrition for school age children and adolescents and child overweight in ESAR, Nairobi (11.5 Months)

Consultant Programme & Policy

Overview

Provide technical assistance for nutrition on school age children and adolescents

You have:

• Advanced University Degree (at least Masters Degree) in public health or nutrition.
• At least eight (8) years experience with proven record of accomplishment and exposure dealing with nutrition programmes.
• Experience of knowledge of legislative measures on overweight and NCDs such as fiscal measures, marketing restrictions and labelling.
• Experience of nutrition or health related research and analysis, including formative research.
• Demonstrated competency in technical (including peer-reviewed articles) and advocacy writing, reviewing, editing, and production/publication.
• Experience of nutrition counseling, SBCC and training.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

Contract

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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 fulfill 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, Nutrition

How can you make a difference?

Please see attached TORs ToR nutrition of SAC adol and overweight individual contractor ESARO.docx

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

• Advanced University Degree (at least Masters Degree) in public health or nutrition.
• At least eight (8) years experience with proven record of accomplishment and exposure dealing with nutrition programmes, especially on overweight prevention and nutrition of school-age children and adolescents at the policy, evidence, advocacy, and programme levels.
• Experience of knowledge of legislative measures on overweight and NCDs such as fiscal measures, marketing restrictions and labelling.
• Experience of nutrition or health related research and analysis, including formative research
• Demonstrated competency in technical (including peer-reviewed articles) and advocacy writing, reviewing, editing, and production/publication.
• Experience of nutrition counseling, SBCC and training
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

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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:

Candidates must provide a Financial Proposal with the application

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.

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