International Consultant - Assessment of Implementation of Simplified Protocols for Management of Wasting in Pakistan

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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!

Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.

UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among others things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilizers, communities, and families, and of course, the children and adolescents themselves.

In particular, UNICEF will work so that:

• Every child survives and thrives -- being in good health, immunized, protected from polio, and accessing nutritious food.
• Every child learns.
• Every child is protected from violence and exploitation and registered at birth.
• Every child lives in a safe and clean environment, with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.

To learn more about UNICEF’s work in Pakistan, please visit the country website www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo

UNICEF is seeking a highly skilled National Consultant to assess and document the Implementation of simplified protocols for the management of wasting in Pakistan. The findings will be used for further strengthening the community-based nutrition programming, as well as an input for the revision of the CMAM guideline.

You can make a difference by executing following tasks and deliverables:

Tasks

Desk review:

• Review of national documents on wasting, including the guideline on the simplified protocols.
• Review of provincial nutrition program and supply approach towards simplified approach, recording and reporting, community engagement and capacity.
• Consultations with stakeholders at national and provincial/regional level on the simplified protocols implementation methodology, findings, bottle necks and way forward
• Design the study protocol in consultation with UNCIEF including design, methods, workplan, timelines and data collection tools.

Assessment Phase:

• Developing in-depth assessment phase, Conducting the assessment as proposed and agreed in the methodology and study design.
• Visit provinces and regions as per itinerary to document the field findings and experiences.

Analysis:

• Data/ Information Analysis and finalizing the study document
• Review and comments by UNICEF Staff

Reporting:

• Final report including comments by UNICEF

Deliverables

• Inception report including findings from stakeholders’ consultation;
• Study Protocol, design, methodology, work plan and data collection tool;
• Assessment plan Documentation of field work including excel files, transcripts etc.
• Submission of draft report on key findings from the Desk review, consultation, and assessment phase;

• 1. Final report submitted 2. Best practices and lessons learned documented

  2. Recommendations and way forward documented

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

• University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree preferably a post graduate university degree in Public Health Nutrition, Child Development
• Minimum 05 years of relevant experience in nutrition, and development sector with specific experiences in conducting studies and assessment.
• Proven ability to write briefs, concept notes, nutrition updates, reports.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in English. 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, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

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:

• Estimated Duration: 77 working days spread over period of 3.5 months
• Applicants must submit a financial quotation indicating a monthly fee as part of the application against the assignment (not inclusive of travel amount)
• Islamabad/ with in-country brief travel.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• 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.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.