Nutrition Consultant

Nutrition is a multi-sectoral issue, and inter-sectoral action is critical to addressing nutritional problems. Sindh province has made progress by implementing a multi-sectoral program ‘Accelerated Action Plan for stunting reduction’ through multi sectoral platform by engaging eight sectors.  AAP is coordinating with all stakeholders.

World Bank is also implementing new health and social protection programs through Department of health and Social Protection Authority Sindh.

The AAP Taskforce Secretariat plays a central role in promoting inclusive, effective, and participatory governance across nutrition and multisectoral programming. However, the existing structure of the Secretariat does not have dedicated technical human resource capacity to effectively support in the implementation of AAP taskforce secretariat portfolio within nutrition governance mechanisms/coordination.

UNICEF is supporting AAP Secretariate for multi sectoral coordination at provincial and divisional level and interventions with focus on maternal and child nutrition, ECD and adolescents’ nutrition, school health and nutrition and PF4N. 

Organizational context and brief project description

To achieve the objectives, under the overall guidance of Nutrition Specialist and Program Coordinator AAP (Accelerated Action Plan) for Stunting Reduction Secretariat, the consultant will provide technical support to AAP Secretariate to guide, implement, monitor and support multisectoral nutrition activities as planned in Multiyear Work plan (MYWP)-2025 to 2026, ECD nurturing framework, Health, Food, Education, WASH and Social Protection systems and institutions at provincial levels have improved capacity, governance, financing and enabling environment to deliver nutritious diet essential services and positive practices for children adolescents and women..

These interventions mainly fall under output 1 (Governance, Functional Multisectoral Coordination and Stronger Systems for Child Nutrition and Development) of the CPD-2023-27/ MYWP 2025-2026.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  National Nutrition Consultant.pdf

• Education: A bachelors or masters degree in one of the following fields is required: Public Health, Nutrition, Health Science, Epidemiology, Child Development, or relevant science fields.

• Work Experience: Masters 2 years, Bachelors 5 years
• Language Requirements: English, Urdu, Sindhi and other regional languages
• Knowledge/Expertise/Skills: A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: Nutrition, Child Development, Public Health, Nutrition & Child Development Planning, and Management.
• Desirables: Experience in nutrition/public health programme/early child development project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.