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  • Posted: Nov 7, 2024
    Deadline: Not specified
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  • UNICEF is 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, foun...
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    International Consultancy - Analyzing the Landscape of School-age Children and Adolescent Nutrition and School Food and Nutrition Environments

    The objectives of the study are to:

    • Analyse available data sources to understand the nutritional status of school-age children and adolescents, disaggregating the data across demographic factors to identify trends and gaps.
    • Collect and analyze data on dietary intake and school-age children and adolescents’ knowledge and attitudes on nutrition to inform targeted interventions and policies.
    • Collect and analyze data to better understand the status of school food and nutrition environments including food availability and affordability.
    • Review and evaluate existing policies, legislation, and programs including youth-led initiatives aimed at malnutrition prevention among school-age children and adolescents, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement.
    • Identify key stakeholders across relevant sectors involved in malnutrition prevention efforts, mapping out their roles and influence to facilitate collaboration and collective action.
    • Estimate the total cost of recommended interventions to improve the nutrition of school-age children and adolescents.

    Work Experience

    • The consultant should have experience in quantitative and qualitative primary data collection, managing field workers including their training, literature review, and writing peer-reviewed articles in the field of public health nutrition, and childhood malnutrition prevention in low-income countries. Excellent documentation and report writing skills (in English and French) and the ability to work in a multicultural environment is necessary.
    • Experience working in ESAR Region, in school environments, and for UN agencies (especially UNICEF) will be considered an asset.

    Specific requirements for the consultant:

    • Essential: Proficiency in English and French is required; experience of a minimum of 10 years in quantitative and qualitative research; field worker management, including training; releasing studies on childhood malnutrition prevention, policy, and programme design for the prevention of malnutrition; stakeholder engagement; intervention costing experience.
    • DesirableKnowledge of school-age children and adolescent nutrition, and school nutrition environments.

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    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to UNICEF on jobs.unicef.org to apply

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