JOB VACANCY - UNICEF - Consultant JOB VACANCY - UNICEF - Consultant
UNICEF Indonesia
Request for Individual Consultant
Nutrition Sector Assessment NAD/ National Consultant
Proposed level NOC / Special service agreement
Under the Health and Nutrition Annual working Plan NAD the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Development Planning Board of Aceh (Bappeda), seek hiring a consultant to support the conduct of Nutrition sector assessment for the province of Aceh . The Assessment process will also include capacity-building for and development of Nutrition Strategy outline to 2015 and beyond. UNICEF will enter into a consultancy agreement with the consultant found to be the most suitable for this assignment.
Background
During last decades, Aceh province had suffered from a military conflict and devastating tsunami, which led to deterioration of quality and access to public health services and low uptake of adequate practices of child care. As a result, Aceh nutrition indices are ranked as lowest in Indonesia, with stunting, underweight and anemia affecting up to 40% of children under five and wasting indices rising as high as 17% in some districts.
Numerous analyses and reports take note of the staggering dynamics of malnutrition and suggest that its nature relates to chronic poverty and low status of human development and justify the conduct of a sector-large and multi-factorial Assessment of the performances and gaps of the Nutrition Sector, including household-based food security issues. The purpose of the Assessment is to explore the causes of malnutrition in Aceh and figure out the opportunities for improvement, with special focus on improved programming and capacity-building and positive change of carrying practices. The Assessment’s results will inform and shape near-future nutrition and household-based food security interventions and will offer a major input into developing the province’s five year mid-term Health Strategic Plan 2010-2015.
Duration
20 working days from August 18 to September 12 2008
Work Assignments
The Consultant will be expected to significantly contribute to the conduct of Assessment and, particularly, lead in preparation and conduct of area-based assessment and analysis while significantly contributing to the adjustments of the Assessment Frame and Plan to reflect national/ regional priorities. The Consultant is expected to facilitate the process of ensuring Aceh/ national ownership of the Assessment and will work with Aceh sectoral specialists, facilitating identification of relevant sources of data for the assessment, assisting the Desk Study and writing of Assessment report and validating the outline of Nutrition Strategy Aceh. The Consultant will team with one international expert recruited for the task.
Travel Requirements:
Travel to two selected districts to obtain area-based insight& findings will be required as part of this assignment. The estimated duration for travel is one week.
Required qualifications:
§ Advance university degree in nutrition, agriculture& food, rural/community development or other relevant.
§ Eight years of progressively responsible professional work experience at national level related to evaluation and/or sector/ systems research (nutrition, health, food security, household) as well as financing/economics of nutrition sector, local development, decentralization;
§ Proven knowledge of Indonesian policy framework, existing procedures and frameworks pertaining to nutrition sector.
§ Proven experience in drafting policies and advising to the Government.
§ Ability to conduct action-oriented research and to organize and lead results-oriented workshops.
§ Good communication and advocacy skills, ability to facilitate participatory exercises
§ Advanced command of Indonesian and advanced reading, writing, and speaking skills in Bahasa
§ Helpful to have familiarity and contacts in the sectoral Ministries, provincial Administrations, private sector, donor community, etc
How to Submit a Proposal Should
Interested candidates submit an expression of interest, not later than1 August 2008 to: Human Resources Specialist, UNICEF Wisma Metropolitan II, 11th Floor Jl. Sudirman Kav. 31 Jakarta 12920 or via email tojakartahr@Unicef.org, Nutrition Consultancy sector assessment of Aceh. The submission package
Should include:
1. Completed and updated Personal History Form (P.11). The Personal History Form (P11) in MS Word format can be downloaded from UNICEF website: www.unicef.org.
2. Updated curriculum vitae , including list of contact people at non-profit organizations who have been your clients during the last 18 months, whom we can call on as references.
3. The finalists will be invited for an interview.
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