UNICEF is a UN organization mandated by the UN General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In Lao PDR, UNICEF is working with its partners to support the Government to realize children’s rights on survival, development, protection and participation.

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, support

UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is looking for an international consultant to support the development of operational guidelines on the implementation of the selected package of nutrition interventions in secondary schools. The duration of this assignment is 04 months starting as soon as possible and the consultant will be working remotely “home-based”.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

The overall objective of this consultancy is to provide the necessary resources to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES) to rollout a package of nutrition interventions in secondary schools.

Specifically, the consultant will:

1. Develop operational guidelines for the implementation of the minimum package of nutrition interventions in secondary schools, according to the package prioritized by Laos;
2. Develop a set of training materials for implementers: Central / Provincial / District level officials and school officials;
3. Develop necessary tools (e.g. monitoring, job aids) for the implementation of the minimum package of nutrition interventions in secondary schools.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Qualification and experience:

• Post- graduate degree in public health, nutrition, education, international development or other clearly related disciplines
• At least 10 years professional work experience in related areas

Knowledge and skills:

• Understanding of nutrition programming and particularly school nutrition interventions.
• Relevant work experience in developing operational guidelines and training packages.
• Good analytical and writing skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluency in English is required- both in oral and written communication.
• Understanding of the Lao context will be an added value.

Submission of applications:

Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and upload the following documents:

• Letter of Interest (cover letter)
• CV or Resume
• Performance evaluation reports or references of similar consultancy assignments (if available)
• Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum cost including medical insurance with medivac, travel and accommodation cost for this assignment as per work assignment

Assessment Criteria:

A) Technical Evaluation, 75 points

Degree Education in ……… (5 points)

• Post- graduate degree in public health, nutrition, education, international development or other clearly related disciplines

Knowledge of ……….. (30 points)

• Nutrition programming.
• School nutrition interventions.
• Fluency in English both in oral and written communication.
• Understanding of the Lao context will be an added value.

Experience in ……… (30 points)

• At least 10 years professional work experience in related areas
• Relevant work experience in developing operational guidelines and training packages.

Quality of past work (10 points)

• Assessment of previous work including written skills
• Reference checks

B) Financial Proposal, 25 points

The maximum number of points shall be allotted to the lowest Financial Proposal that is opened /evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum 60 points score in the technical evaluation. Other Financial Proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

The Contract shall be awarded to candidate obtaining the highest combined technical and financial scores, subject to the satisfactory result of the verification interview.

Please find attached the TOR here Terms of Reference (Template)- for Individual consultant_nut package in education INT-001 – TMS.pdf

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, and Accountability (CRITA) and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at here

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

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.