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…
Social protection can play a key role in tackling malnutrition by offering families additional income through cash transfers, which can be used to purchase more nutritious foods while increasing access to services. There is good evidence globally that, by increasing family incomes, social protection schemes can have positive impacts on malnutrition. When recipients of social protection access additional nutrition-sensitive support – including both services and knowledge – to address the multiple underlying causes of malnutrition, the impacts of the transfers are likely to be enhanced. This can be in the form of providing additional services to the recipients of social protection programmes – often known as ‘cash-plus’ programming – or by enabling recipients to access existing nutrition services. Multiple evidence reviews have found that delivering transfers alongside additional interventions can lead to positive impacts on child nutrition.
Building on the results of the Food Security and Nutrition – Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessment (FSN-ISPA) Country Report and the mid-term review of the MNSSP II, a Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection Operational Framework (NSSP-OF) was developed in 2023 under the overall supervision of Ministry of Finance Poverty Reduction and Social Protection (PRSP) Division and the Ministry of Health Department of Nutrition (DN). The Operational Framework sits in the nexus between the National Multi-Sector Nutrition Policy and the National Social Protection Policy and aims to operationalize nutrition-sensitive social protection strategies articulated in both the National Multi-Sector Nutrition Strategy and the Malawi National Social Support Programme II. There is, therefore, strong support from Government for nutrition-sensitive social protection as a component of a broader national strategy to tackle malnutrition and enhance the health of the nation.
How can you make a difference?
The consultant is expected to:
To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Academic qualification:
Work experience:
Technical skills, knowledge and strength areas:
Languages:
Please refer to the attached full Terms of Reference Terms of Reference_To develop Nutrition Sensitive Social Protection training material.pdf for more details on the consultancy and requirements.
For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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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.
HOW TO APPLY…
Interested Individual Consultant should provide the following:
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
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.