[Hiring] Improving Children Food Environments Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

The scope of work includes:

• Review
• Analysis
• Coordination
• Evidence generation
• Review and engagement with stakeholders
• Ensuring the rewriting of the existing R991 Regulations

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor in Public Health, Nutrition, Medicine, or other related disciplines
• Work Experience:
  • A minimum of five to ten years’ experience in health and child nutrition
  • Experience in working in the regulatory development environment in the health sector
• Language Requirements: Strong command of English – both written and spoken
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills:
  • Proven track record of technical expertise on child nutrition and policy development
  • Analytical skills of existing evidence
  • Technical skills on development and writing of regulations
  • Understanding of the World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolutions on child nutrition, Codex Alimentarius standards, and other international guidelines on the Code and child nutrition
• Desirables:
  • A good track record in working with the government and other partners on child nutrition
  • Relevant experience working in the UN or other international development organizations is an asset

Requirements

• UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS)
• Commitment to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status
• Encouragement of applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence
• Reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process
• Zero-tolerance policy on conduct incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF
• All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and benefits package
• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development

Company Description

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built, and we welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture.