Consultations on Nutrition Monitoring

UNICEF’s current Strategic Plan (SP 2022-2025) places attention on a life cycle approach to improving the nutritional outcomes of school-age children and adolescents. However, gaps remain in the evidence, data and information related to this population. Without data on the current nutritional status of children (5–9 years) and adolescents (10–19 years), and a better understanding of the evidence, determinants and causal factors that influence their nutritional status, it is challenging to prioritize actions and advocate for funding to support improved nutrition in these age groups. 

UNICEF is leading efforts to improve the monitoring of the nutritional status of school age children and adolescents. To this end, it has established a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on school-age and adolescent nutrition metrics (SAANM-TAG) to develop a draft monitoring framework for school-aged and adolescent nutrition. In consultation with the SAANM-TAG, UNICEF has already developed a draft framework including a set of potential core indicators for global monitoring, as well as additional indicators for country-level monitoring. This proposed set of indicators will undergo discussion with governments/national statistical offices, youth constituencies, as well as additional selected experts and expert groups. 

The primary purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate and provide support to UNICEF staff in conducting the consultations for finalizing the set of core and additional indicators and preparing a narrative report presenting the framework along with the metadata for each indicator. The consultant will work with the Child Nutrition and Development Section and Data & Analytics Section’s Nutrition Unit.

Requirements:

• Completed profile in UNICEF’s e-Recruitment system and
• Upload copy of academic credentials
• Financial proposal that will include/ reflect :
• the costs per each deliverable and the total lump-sum for the whole assignment (in US$) to undertake the terms of reference.
• travel costs and daily subsistence allowance, if internationally recruited or travel is required as per TOR.
• Any other estimated costs: visa, health insurance, and living costs as applicable.
• Indicate your availability
• Any emergent / unforeseen duty travel and related expenses will be covered by UNICEF.
• At the time the contract is awarded, the selected candidate must have in place current health insurance coverage.
• Payment of professional fees will be based on submission of agreed satisfactory deliverables. UNICEF reserves the right to withhold payment in case the deliverables submitted are not up to the required standard or in case of delays in submitting the deliverables on the part of the consultant.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/580087