Consultant – Regional Initiative Data Specialist, 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 support the data entry of all label information for commercially available complementary foods intended for children under 3 years of age in Southeast Asia, to provide support to use an online data reporting tool to translate and enter key information from the label of selected commercially available complementary foods purchased in Southeast Asia, also work with National Researcher to independently enter all commercially available complementary food products into the online data reporting tool and verify the entered data through double data verification.

Work Assignment:

1. 1. Enter label information for all CACF products into online data reporting tool
   2. The consultant will use a standardized online data reporting tool to collect information from the labels of selected CACF products for nutrition information and messages. The consultant will translate into English any labels in Khmer directly into the data collection tool. Training and training materials on label translation will be provided.
   3. Data validation
   4. The consultant will review with the National Researcher the results of a double data entry validation conducted on the entered CACF product information and correct any errors due to incorrect data entry. Errors due to translation or interpretation difference between the consultant and second data entry person will be reviewed with UNICEF EAPRO.

   Work Schedule & End Product(s)****:

Deliverables

No. of Days

Target Date*

1. Enter label information for all CACF products into online data reporting tool

13

September 10th

2. Data validation

2

September 30th

Total

15 days

Duration of Contract: 15 working day during the period 15 August – 30 September 2021.

Working Location: The consultant is home-based and will work in his/her own premises but will regularly report to the supervisor.

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

• An Advanced University Degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, International Health and Nutrition, Maternal and Child Nutrition, or other nutrition-related science field is preferable.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in data collection.
• Proven experience in mobile data collection platforms with experience using the ONA platform an asset.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrable data entry and research skills, review and synthesis of data and information
• Excellent oral and written English skills are required.

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 27 July 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.