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For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children’s survival, protection and development. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Assignment
The main purpose of the consultancy is to
- Coordinate with countries for early submission of quality data
- Generate relevant data for donors reporting and proposal (Sahel regional grants)
- Technical support to USAID- FFP/OFDA countries in reviewing country plans
Assignment Tasks / Expected Deliverables
The consultant will be based in the regional office with direct interaction and supervision from the regional Nutrition adviser and the emergency nutrition and resilience specialist.
The consultant will interact with Cost supported by USAID-FFP for specific tasks and consolidate the information for review and use at different levels of the nutrition as well as sharing it with the donor. The consultant will have to travel to different countries for technical support
- Key tasks, Deliverables, Timeline and Management
Area of responsibilities
Key tasks
Deliverables
Timeline/
Deadline
Scaling up management of SAM
Technical support on desk review of progress made and bottlenecks faced for scaling-up SAM services in order to improve coverage and quality of the management of SAM
Situation analysis report (progress, bottlenecks, solutions, national scale up plan) finalized and disseminated to countries
In 3 weeks after the commencement
Country support and visits ( Monitoring and evaluation, Country work plans)
Technical support to develop/review country action plans for addressing key challenges and bottlenecks to effective management of SAM
– Country work plans for technical support finalized
– An implementation plan of identified solutions to the bottlenecks is finalized
November 30th 2017-
In collaboration with country offices and partners, facilitate BN training/workshop in country level (community health workers (CHWs) on screening, referrals and follow up of SAM children (Burkina, Mali, Mauritania and Chad)
– Workshop/training BN report:
– Workshop presentations
– Discussions and outcome of the workshop
End March 2018
Technical support for follow up and webinar with CO/partners for capacity building in supply chain management and community mobilization
Consultant report on the outcome of the supply chain training/trip report submitted
February 2018
Reporting and review of proposal writing
Collect data on the implementation of program activities in the FFP supported countries
– Report on consolidated country inputs program activities is provided
– in March 2018
Technical support in reviewing and providing feedback on Concept note/proposals to Cos
– Recommendations and comments made after CN/proposal review
By the end of November 2018
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
Education
At least a master degree in nutrition or public health or related field – or equivalent professional experience
Years of relevant experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of nutrition or public related programmes (Job level: L3).
LANGUAGES: Fluency in French and English
Competencies of Successful Candidate
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Please indicate your ability, availability and daily/monthly rate (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference above (including travel and daily subsistence allowance, if applicable). Applications submitted without a daily/monthly rate will not be considered.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
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