National Consultant: For Development of National Action Plan/Roadmap on Prevention and Management of Child Wasting (2 Consultants-1 Lead & 1 Co-Lead), Kathmandu, Nepal (Only for Nepalese Nationals)

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National Consultant: For Development of National Action Plan/Roadmap on Prevention and Management of Child Wasting (2 Consultants-1 Lead & 1 Co-Lead), Kathmandu, Nepal (Only for Nepalese Nationals)

National Consultant: For Development of National Action Plan/Roadmap on Prevention and Management of Child Wasting (2 Consultants-1 Lead & 1 Co-Lead), Kathmandu, Nepal (Only for Nepalese Nationals)

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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, result

To achieve the SDG targets on child wasting a crucial policy and programming shift is needed, increasing efforts to

prevent all forms of malnutrition. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for a more purposeful, systematic,

integrated, transparent and accountable collaboration that leverages the collective strengths of all stakeholders –

including governments, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector for the prevention and management of child

wasting. It is in this context that the five UN agencies (FAO, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHO) developed the Framework

for Action for the UN Global Action Plan on Child Wasting (hereafter ‘GAP Framework’) to accelerate progress in

preventing and managing child wasting. The GAP Framework identifies four outcomes to achieve the SDG targets on

child wasting and to improve the early detection and treatment for those who need it: (1) reduced incidence of low birth

weight, (2) improved child health, (3) improved infant and young child feeding and (4) improved treatment of children

with wasting. For each of these outcomes, the GAP Framework defines proven pathways to accelerate the delivery of

essential actions and to create a more enabling environment for their success. The GAP Framework aims to support

prioritisation and coordination of the delivery of preventive and treatment actions across four key systems: food, health,

social protection and water, sanitation, and hygiene.

In addition, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched a new guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) in infants and children under 5 years. The guideline provides evidence-based recommendations and good practice statements on prevention and management of wasting in young children under the age of five. The implementation of the guideline is a crucial to support the design, implementation and scaling up of programmes for the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema.

UNICEF is supporting the Government to implement the multi-sector nutrition plan of action (MSNP) and in accelerating efforts to reduce the number of children suffering from the more severe forms of wasting and in increasing the coverage of the number of children with severe forms of wasting who access treatment.

How can you make a difference?

The objective of this consultancy is to provide technical support for a consultative process to develop a National Action Plan/Roadmap on Wasting Prevention and Management based on the Global Action Plan on Child Wasting Framework. The consultancy will support mapping of relevant national policies, strategies, and programmes and reviewing key priority actions against the outcome areas in the GAP framework. Under this consultancy, there is provision of two individual consultants (Lead and Co-lead) to complete the tasks. The Lead Consultant will be accountable for the overall tasks, communication with UNICEF while the Co-Lead Consultant will support and report to Lead Consultant to deliver the task. The lead consultant with the co-lead can develop a workable division of responsibilities based on expertise and experience to deliver the task on time in with high quality. The lead consultant is expected to share with UNICEF the responsibilities between the two consultants and how they will work together at the inception phase.

By leveraging both international insights and local experiences, the national action plan and roadmap is expected to provide robust framework for addressing wasting in Nepal. It will also reflect the recommendations and changes in the latest WHO guideline on wasting to inform the development of the context specific action plan and roadmap for Nepal.

Scope of Work:

1. Develop an inception report with overall approach on the how he/she delivers the task, the timeline and cost for developing the action plan, roadmap.

2. Conduct a desk review of other country action plans and roadmaps including key lessons and better practices to inform the adaptation of approach and processes to the Nepal context.

3. Conduct a comprehensive desk review of national policy and programme documents, guidelines, on child wasting, map actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas and summarise in a spreadsheet/ database.

4. Facilitate and conduct in-depth technical and programmatic consultations with UN agencies, Government counterparts and development partners at national and sub-national level to agree on programme priorities, review mapping of actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas.

5. Undertake field visits to seven provinces to gather insights and information on integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM) program implementation in sample areas.

6. Lead drafting of the Nepal Country Action Plan and roadmap with clear prioritised actions, commitments and targets based on an agreed format.

7. Organise and facilitate validation workshop of the action plan/ the roadmap in consultation with Ministry of Health and Population/ Family Welfare Division and UNICEF.

8. Organize the meetings of the NuTEC for technical consultations and feedbacks.

9. Finalize the Action Plan/roadmap by incorporating all the comments and feedback and submit to UNICEF Nepal.

10. Organise final one-day meeting to ratify the commitments and launch the GAP action plan/ the roadmap.

Duration of Contract (For Lead Consultant): The total duration of the contract for Lead Consultant is 55 working days within a period of 3 months tentatively starting from 15 May 2024.

Duration of Contract (For Co- Lead Consultant): The total duration of the contract for Lead Consultant is 35 working days within a period of 3 months tentatively starting from 15 May 2024.

Duty Station: Nutrition Section Family Welfare Division/Department of Health Services/MOHP, Kathmandu, Nepal

Deliverables: For Lead Consultant

Tasks/Milestone	Deliverables/Outputs	Timeline	Proposed Fee (In Nepalese Currency)
Develop detailed inception report with overall approach to developing the action plan/roadmap including work plan to conduct the key assignments with timeline and activities.	Deliverable 1: Submission of inception report	By 24 May 2024 (5 workdays)
Develop information collection tools, share draft to NuTEC, incorporate feedback and finalize the tools.	Deliverable 2: Submission of data collection tools for partners consultations	31 May 2024 5 workdays
Conduct desk review of other country GAP action plans/roadmaps and national policies, strategies, and program documents related to child wasting prevention and management and map actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas	Deliverable 3: Submission of desk review report Summary mapping of programme priorities, actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas	14 June 2024 (10 working days)
Conduct consultation meetings/interviews at federal, province and local levels (2 meetings at federal, 1 meeting at each province, covering all the 7 provinces (Provincial Health Directorate, Provincial Logistics Management Center, Provincial Policy and Planning Commission, Ministry of Social Development/Ministry of Health, 2 health offices in each province and selected OTC and NRC managers). (Co-Lead consultant lead this process with support from Lead consultant)	Deliverable 4: Submission of consultation reports	05 July 2024 (15 working days)
Draft the national action plan and roadmap on wasting prevention and management with clear prioritised actions, commitments and targets based on an agreed format.	Deliverable 5: Submission of draft Action plan, roadmap	19 July 2024 (10 workdays)
Coordinate among partners for national level consultation workshop to review and validate the draft action plan and roadmap on wasting prevention and management. Organise final one-day meeting to ratify the commitments and launch the GAP action plan/ the roadmap (Co-Lead Consultant leads this activity with support from Lead Consultant)	Deliverable 6: Submission of consultation workshop report	26 July 2024 (5 workdays)
Finalize the Action plan with recommendation and roadmap on wasting prevention and management	Deliverable 7: Submission of final action plan	By 31 July 2024 (5 workdays)

Deliverables: For Co-Lead Consultant

Tasks/Milestone	Deliverables/Outputs	Timeline	Proposed Fee (In Nepalese Currency)
Develop information collection tools, share draft to NuTEC, incorporate feedback and finalize the tools. (Co-Lead consultant support the lead consultant)	Deliverable 1: Submission of data collection tools for partners consultations	By 31 May 2024 ( 5 working days)
Conduct desk review of other country GAP action plans/roadmaps and national policies, strategies, and program documents related to child wasting prevention and management and map actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas (Co-Lead consultant lead this process with support from Lead consultant)	Deliverable 2: Submission of desk review report Summary mapping of programme priorities, actions/activities including indicators, baselines and endline targets across systems and GAP framework outcome areas	By 14 June 2024 (10 working days)
Conduct consultation meetings/interviews at federal, province and local levels (2 meetings at federal, 1 meeting at each province, covering all the 7 provinces (Provincial Health Directorate, Provincial Logistics Management Center, Provincial Policy and Planning Commission, Ministry of Social Development/Ministry of Health, 2 health offices in each province and selected OTC and NRC managers). (Co-Lead consultant supports the Lead consultant)	Deliverable 3: Submission of consultation reports	by 05 July 2024 ( 15 working days)
Coordinate among partners for national level consultation workshop to review and validate the draft action plan and roadmap on wasting prevention and management. Organise final one-day meeting to ratify the commitments and launch the GAP action plan/ the roadmap (Co-Lead Consultant leads this activity with support from Lead Consultant)	Deliverable 4: Submission of consultation workshop report	By 26 July 2024 ( 5 working days)

To qualify as an advocate for every child the consultant will have…

Academic Qualification:

Master’s in nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Public Health or related field.

Work Experience: For Lead Consultant

A minimum of five years of professional experience in nutrition field, specifically working on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition programmes. Excellent technical skills and knowledge about CMAM/IMAM programmes essential.
Sound knowledge of Nutrition, specifically on wasting prevention and management policy and program.
Previous experience to support national Gov and /or CSOs in the development of national action plan, roadmap related to health and nutrition.
Familiarity with the child nutrition issues in Nepal, particularly on the management of wasting, highly skilled in development of technical guidelines and has excellent communication skills.
Fluency in English and Nepali

Work Experience: For Co-Lead Consultant

A minimum of THREE years of professional experience in nutrition field, specifically working on Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition programmes. Excellent technical skills and knowledge about CMAM/IMAM programmes essential.
Sound knowledge of Nutrition, specifically on wasting prevention and management policy and program.
Previous experience to support national Gov and /or CSOs in the development of national action plan, roadmap related to health and nutrition.
Familiarity with the child nutrition issues in Nepal, particularly on the management of wasting, highly skilled in development of technical guidelines and has excellent communication skills
Fluency in English and Nepali

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

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Remarks:

Request to submit financial proposal (Nepalese currency) based on the deliverables for this assignment.

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.

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