JOB SUMMARY:
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child, Protection!
Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.
UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among others things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilizers, communities, and families, and of course, the children and adolescents themselves.
In particular, UNICEF will work so that:
To learn more about UNICEF’s work in Pakistan, please visit the country website www.unicef.org/pakistan and videos on YouTube and Vimeo
How can you make a difference?
Major tasks, deliverables, and proposed payment schedule:
Management and advisory support the Nutrition Chief-MoPD&SI
Programme development and planning, monitoring and delivery of results
Coordination and Technical Support
Advocacy, networking, and partnership building
Deliverables:
1. Monthly workplan with brief submitted to UNICEF & MoPD&SI;
2. Consultant’s monthly activity report submitted to UNICEF & MoPD&SI;
3. Monthly summary of minutes of meeting with key actions submitted to UNICEF & MoPD&SI;
4. Training reports/ workshop reports submitted to UNICEF & MoPD&SI.
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit here.
UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Candidates are requested to submit their monthly/lumpsum fee with the application for the consultancy.
Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
ABSTRACT:
United Nations Children’s Fund Nutrition Consultant: Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Scaling up Nutrition (SUN), Islamabad (11.5 months) Req. # 559085 Pakistan UNICEF Jobs 2024
United Nations Children’s Fund looking for “Nutrition Consultant: Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Scaling up Nutrition (SUN), Islamabad (11.5 months) Req. # 559085”. Applicants with an Advanced degree may apply on or before 23-Jul-24.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has published a job vacancy announcement on 18/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of Nutrition Consultant: Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Scaling up Nutrition (SUN), Islamabad (11.5 months) Req. # 559085 to be based in Islamabad , Pakistan. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org
Company Name: United Nations Children’s Fund
Job Title: Nutrition Consultant: Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Scaling up Nutrition (SUN), Islamabad (11.5 months) Req. # 559085
Duty Station: Islamabad , Pakistan
Country: Pakistan
Application Deadline: 23-Jul-24