Consultant – Brunei National Nutrition Survey Coordinator, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), Bangkok, Thailand

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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 overarching coordination for the Brunei National Nutrition Survey with specific technical assistance on the design and implementation of the survey.

In 2022, The Ministry of Health for the Nation of Brunei plans to undertake a National Nutrition Survey amongst children under 5 years of age. This survey will include a representative sample of households with children under 5 years of age to generate robust information on critical issues related to food security, nutrition, health, education, and WASH status. The National Nutrition Survey in Brunei will enable the Ministry of Health along with UNICEF and partner organizations to support the development and scale of relevant policy and programmatic decisions.

The National NNS Consultant (NNC) will support and provide guidance to UNICEF Malaysia Country Office and UNICEF EAPRO and the MoH Brunei for the preparation, implementation, and completion of the National Nutrition Survey in Brunei (BNN). The NNC will advise the MoH Brunei, especially the Survey Coordinator and sampling and data processing experts, during survey planning, questionnaire design, sampling, training, fieldwork, data processing, data analysis, dissemination and archiving, ensuring that standard protocols and recommendations are being followed at all times. The NNC will communicate effectively between the UNICEF CO, UNICEF EAPRO and MoH Brunei, responding promptly to survey related needs and issues as they arise.

The NNC will be responsible for coordinating and supporting the work to provide technical assistance to the BNN Survey process. The consultant will work in close collaboration with the survey team, the stakeholders, and will represent UNICEF in meetings and workshops in relation to the survey as needed.

Work Assignment:

The consultant will provide overarching technical and coordination support for the National Nutrition Survey in Brunei from design to analysis and reporting stage.

• Lead provision of technical support to Ministry of Health (MoH) Brunei for the development of research protocol, and tools including survey questionnaires, sampling frame, and weighting methodology.
• Ensure that standard MICS methodology, questionnaires and data analysis tools are applied to the Brunei NNS.
• Finalise, in collaboration with Moh Brunei and UNICEF CO/RO, the Survey Plan, including timetable.
• Coordinate with MoH Brunei on the analysis with potential focused independent analysis, review results and advice on advance statistics.
• Identify key results in collaboration with MoH Brunei and partners.
• Support development of the Brunei NNS report with focus on summarizing key findings, interpretation of findings and recommendations for application of findings.
• Communicate regularly with the UNICEF CO and RO responding to all BNN survey related issues in a timely manner.
• Coordinate the work of MoH survey specialists and UNICEF CO/RO to support different survey stages.
• Ensure that all survey related documents and deliverables are properly archived throughout the survey process (for example: Survey Plan, questionnaires, manuals, sample design, training/pre-test reports, expert reports, output and tabulation plan tables, syntaxes, datasets, Survey Findings Report (and Final Report), dissemination materials etc.).
• Ensure that lessons learned, problems, and good practices are documented throughout the BNNS process and rapidly shared with UNICEF CO and RO.

Work Schedule:

Time allocation: All deliverables to be completed in 34 days within a period of 11.5 months

Activities

Days

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

1. Support for survey planning and development to Brunei MoH

12 days

x

x

x

2. Oversee implementation of BNNS and coordinate between Brunei MoH, UNICEF CO and RO

10 days

x

x

x

x

x

3. Provide technical support for data analysis and report writing for BNNS

12 days

x

x

x

x

x

End Product(s):

• Monthly Progress Report of activities, describing activities undertaken during the month and highlighting problems met and solutions put in place to mitigate them.
• Presentations and training materials used in trainings, workshops, and other meetings.

Duration of Contract: 34 working days over 11.5 months (8 November 2021 – 15 October 2022)

Working Location: The consultant will work from his/her premises.

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

Education:

• PhD Degree in economics, public health nutrition, demography or a related field combined with over 10 years of relevant experience or advanced/master’s degree with at least 15 years of relevant experience

Skills and Experience:

• Proven minimum of 8-year experience in the coordination and/or management of quantitative household surveys (prior MICS or Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)requested.
• Strong computer skills and strong expertise in statistical analyses (familiarity with data processing and data analysis software, particularly SPSS).
• Experience with mobile data collection.
• Training experience and ability to organise and facilitate training and presentations.
• Experience in data analysis and survey report writing.

Other competencies:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communications in language(s) required.
• Familiarity and previous experience of working in country and/or in the region highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish harmonious and effective relationships both within and outside the organisation, more specifically with National Statistical Offices.
• Demonstrated leadership, managerial and supervisory ability.
• Previous experience in working with UNICEF or other UN agencies is considered an advantage.

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 31 October 2021****.

FORM P11.doc

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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.

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