[Hiring] Nutrition Strategy Consultant @World Food Programme

Role Description

Malnutrition in all its forms remains a significant public health challenge in Palestine, compounded by protracted humanitarian crises, socioeconomic vulnerabilities, restricted access to essential services, and recurrent shocks affecting food systems and health service delivery. Women, infants, young children, school-aged children, and other vulnerable population groups continue to face nutrition-related risks that require coordinated, evidence-based, and multisectoral interventions. In parallel, growing concerns of triple burden of malnutrition related to micronutrient deficiencies, suboptimal infant and young child feeding practices, and the emerging burden of overweight and diet-related non-communicable diseases highlight the need for a comprehensive national response.

The current nutrition landscape necessitates a renewed strategic framework that aligns with national development priorities, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and global nutrition commitments, while responding to the evolving context in the West Bank and Gaza. To guide and coordinate national nutrition actions over the coming years, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with key government institutions, United Nations agencies, academia, civil society organizations, and development partners, is leading the update of the National Nutrition Strategy for State of Palestine 2026-2030 .

To support this process, the Consultant will provide specialist technical advice and lead the technical revision and drafting of the National Nutrition Strategy 2026–2030 and its costed Action Plan. Specifically, the Consultant will:

• Translate national priorities into a coherent and feasible strategic framework with clear objectives, interventions, implementation arrangements, M&E frameworks, and a detailed budget.
• Incorporate lessons learned from previous strategies, existing evidence and policies, stakeholder inputs, and recommendations of the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) exercise.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in Nutrition, Public Health (i.e. Epidemiology or Biostatistics) or other related fields.
• Minimum five (05) years of professional work experience in nutrition or public health in emergency context.
• Demonstrated experience in developing or revising national nutrition strategies and multisectoral action plans.
• Experience in developing M&E frameworks, action plans, and integrating assessment findings and stakeholder input into practical recommendations is highly desirable.
• Fluency in Arabic and English language.

Requirements

• Conduct a comprehensive review and analysis of existing nutrition-related policies, strategies, assessments, surveys, programme reports, and other relevant documentation.
• Integrate the current nutrition and humanitarian context in both the West Bank and Gaza.
• Incorporate findings and recommendations from the Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) assessment.
• Review and synthesize recommendations and feedback received during stakeholder consultations.
• Develop a clear strategic framework, including vision, goal, strategic objectives, priority outcomes, and intervention areas.
• Ensure a multisectoral approach by identifying and defining the roles and contributions of relevant sectors.
• Develop realistic, prioritized, and achievable strategic objectives, interventions, and targets.
• Design a results framework and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework.
• Develop a detailed and costed Action Plan for the implementation of the National Nutrition Strategy 2026-2030.
• Produce and submit the final National Nutrition Strategy 2026-2030 and accompanying costed Action Plan.
• Provide technical guidance throughout the strategy development process.

Benefits

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees.
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across various country, regional, and global offices.
• We offer an attractive compensation package.