Policy and Systems Researcher - Maternal Nutrition, Child Nutrition and Development Practice, UNICEF Centre of Excellence, Bangkok, Job No #595905
Overview
The role involves providing policy and systems readiness analysis and technical writing services for a report on Maternal Nutrition in Asia. The consultant will contribute to country profiles, case studies, and capacity needs scoping.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop 3-page country profiles for 22 countries, updating 16 existing profiles.
- Identify and develop 22 case studies, at least one per country, focusing on multisystem pathways to scaling results.
- Conduct 1:1 online interviews with 30 UNICEF officers to identify pathways for workforce and institutional capacity building.
- Prepare an Inception Report and Methodology with a data gathering plan.
- Complete data gathering for all three sections of the report.
- Produce first draft edited versions of all three sections for the main report.
- Produce a summary slide deck and policy brief.
Required Experience
At least two years of proven experience on policy and programmes research for improving maternal nutrition in Asia-Pacific. Proven track record of producing high quality qualitative, systems and policy research reports and peer review journal papers on maternal nutrition in Asia. Previous experience working with UNICEF and experience with programming on maternal nutrition and anaemia in Asia-Pacific.
Qualifications
Development Studies, Public Policy and Practice, Health Systems, Systems Research, Nutrition, Nutrition Policy/ Epidemiology or related discipline.