Role Description

The purpose of this consultancy is to support countries in the adoption of guidance on women’s and girls’ nutrition in humanitarian settings. The consultant will:

• Facilitate consultations.
• Complete mapping and analysis of uptake of the recommendations from the guidance.
• Assist in the development of country adoption roadmaps.
• Contribute to documentation and learning to inform uptake in other countries.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nutrition, public health, international development, humanitarian studies, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible professional experience in nutrition programming, with a strong focus on humanitarian, fragile, or emergency contexts.
• Demonstrated experience working on maternal, adolescent, and women’s nutrition, including programming for pregnant and breastfeeding women in crises.
• Proven experience supporting multi-country or regional initiatives and facilitating structured, multi-stakeholder consultation and adoption processes.
• Strong familiarity with UN humanitarian coordination mechanisms and programming cycles; prior experience working with UNICEF or other UN agencies is a strong advantage.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, and writing skills, with a track record of producing high-quality technical reports and synthesis documents.

Requirements

• Identify three countries with humanitarian contexts for initial engagement.
• Plan and facilitate initial consultations with Country Office teams and national cluster/sector coordination mechanisms.
• Conduct mapping of the current state of nutrition data analysis, programming, and monitoring for women and girls in humanitarian situations.
• Map existing intervention packages, including monitoring and evaluation, capacity development, supplies, and service delivery platforms.
• Apply a programme cycle approach to identify gaps, bottlenecks, and opportunities for integrating the guidance into existing systems and responses.
• Document lessons learned and prepare a webinar to inform next steps and expansion to additional countries.
• Provide technical assistance to countries and develop country adoption roadmaps.
• Develop a case study and/or operational tools to guide countries on the operationalization of the guidance.
• Resource mobilization strategies to cover the needs for protecting women’s and girls’ nutrition in humanitarian contexts.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.