National Consultant (Strengthen Nutrition Policy Initiatives) at UNICEF

How Can You Make a Difference?

• The Nutrition Section in UNICEF Nigeria Country Office is seeking to hire a qualified contractor to provide technical support to the NCN, the NCFN, and the NGF.
• In addition, he/she will work closely with the Nutrition DPG.

Key Deliverables of assignment

• Engaging stakeholders and holding consultations widely to ensure the Federal Government directive on Sugar tax is channeled to Nutrition intervention
• Consult with key Government agencies to ensure the release of the remaining 2.7billion naira from the UNICEF MOU with the government.
• Supporting stakeholders, particularly, the government to bring evidence and rigor to ongoing consultations and dialogues and ensure alignment between global objectives and national priorities and commitments
• Conveying high-level meetings with global and regional participation
• Following up on post-food system summit and N4G commitments at Federal, State, and Local levels.

To Qualify as an Advocate For Every Child You Will Have

• Minimum of Advanced Degree in either Public Health, Health Planning, Policy and Management, Health Economics and Financing, Public Policy, Nutrition, Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Epidemiology, Sociology, and related disciplines.
• Minimum of 7 years experience in Food and Nutrition Systems.
• Experience in policy dialogue and engagement
• Experience in engaging multi-sectoral Food and Nutrition Systems stakeholders.
• Extensive knowledge of the Nigerian health systems and nutrition sectoral policy landscape.
• Experience in managing multi-stakeholder working groups;
• Experience in institutional capacity building at the national level;
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation mechanisms;
• Experience in conducting budget tracking and analysis with the ability to conduct both quantitative and qualitative data analysis.