[Hiring] Strategic Technical Consultant on Sugar-sweetened Beverage Taxation and Healthy Food Fiscal Policies @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF China is seeking an international consultant with recognized expertise in health taxation to provide high-level strategic and technical advisory support to UNICEF and its national partners. This role is part of UNICEF's efforts to advance healthier food environments for children through:

• Evidence generation
• Policy dialogue
• Strategic advocacy

The consultant will explore the feasibility and policy relevance of fiscal measures, including:

• Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation
• Related healthy food fiscal policies

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Economics, Public Finance, Public Health, Nutrition Policy, Health Financing or related fields.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in health taxation, fiscal policy, public finance, nutrition policy or related areas.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Demonstrated expertise in sugar-sweetened beverage taxation and/or health taxes.
• Proficiency in fiscal modeling, price elasticity analysis, or health impact projection models.
• Experience supporting governments, WHO or international organizations on fiscal policy design and implementation.
• Familiarity with the socio-economic and fiscal context of China or similar high/middle-income countries.
• Excellent analytical, strategic advisory and policy writing skills.

Requirements

• Experience contributing to WHO/global normative guidance is highly desirable.

Benefits

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

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. We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence.