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" Qualified FEMALES are preferred and encouraged to apply. "
WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs) and job holders report to a more senior Programme Policy Officer. Job holders are likely to be working under the close support and guidance of a more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They are typically involved in programme or policy activities or similar nature and analytical work of limited complexity.
BACKGROUND
Nepal is among the few countries that have demonstrated progress in their nutritional status over the last decade. The 2019 Multi Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) demonstrated that the rate of stunting has reduced from 37.4% in 2014 to 31.5%, while the rate of underweight has reduced from 30.1% in 2014 to 24.3% in 2019. On contrary, the rate of wasting (acute malnutrition) has slightly increased nationally from 11.3% in 2014 to 12.12% in 2019. The Nepal Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2011 and 2016 too indicated that the rates of wasting remained unchanged over years in Nepal, and disproportionately higher in the Terai areas, mainly in Province-2.
The seasonal monsoon flooding and other socio-cultural factors aggravating malnutrition are assumed to contribute for the higher rates of wasting in the Terai areas. Province-2 has one of the poorest nutrition statuses in the country, where the prevalence of wasting is the highest (14.4 %), and the stunting prevalence (37.0%) stands at third position higher than the national average of 35.8% (NDHS 2016.
The nutrition situation in Nepal is further challenged by the COVID 19 pandemic that affected the food system through restricting the availability, access and affordability of fresh and nutritious food, mainly amongst the poor and disadvantaged groups, as well as through limiting access to essential health and nutrition services. Modeled estimates of the impact indicated that disruptions in essential health and nutrition services due to COVID-19 pandemic could contribute for up to 20-50% of child mortality in developing countries, like Nepal.
Despite strong program rationale that the BSFP is a good intervention to prevent malnutrition among children and PLW in the context COVID-19, opportunities, operational challenges and lessons for BSFP implementation in the context of COVID-19 have not been documented. Besides, the lack of quantitative data and the impossibility of collecting anthropometric or household data through face-to-face visits during this pandemic restricts analysis and interpretation of the nutrition program and situation.
Hence, it deemed important to have qualitative information to better understand the intervention needs, priorities, perceptions and operational challenges of implementing BSFP in the context of COVID-19. WFP is therefore, seeking for services of a national independent consultant for qualitative strudy to document operational challenges, opportunities, and values of conducting BSFP in the context of COVID-19.
JOB PURPOSE
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Position Title: Consultant (Qualitative Study on BSFP COVID-19 context)
Contract Type: Special Service Agreement (Consultant)
Grade: SSA-9 (Equivalent to NO-B)
Contract Duration: 4 months
Duty Station: Kathmandu
Post: 1 Position (One)
Nationality: Nepalese ONLY
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
Under the overall guidance of a team of experts from Family Welfare Division, Minstry of Health and Population, and WFP, and direct supervision of WFP's Head of Nutrition, the consultant will carry out the following major tasks.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT
(1) Inception Report: to be submitted with five working days of the agreement, and it will be 10 to 15 pages in length and will include the finally agreed the methods, sources and procedures to be used for data collection, timeline of activities and deliverables, and final tools for data collection and analysis.
(2) Draft Final Report of 30-40 pages in length.
(3) A final presentation on methodology and key findings to national stakeholders
(4) Final Evaluation Report, and
(5) Complete raw dataset in electronic format.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Th e consultant must have at least Master's degree in Public Health/Nutrition, Epidemiology, Social Science or other relevant subject.
Language: English and Nepali languages. Knowledge of Maithili language will be a plus.
4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance
Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design.
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher)
Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development.
Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.)
Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring.
Emergency Programming
Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes.
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government
Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes.
DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE
Experience: At least five to seven years of recognized experience in conducting/managing evaluations, researches and/ reviews of emergency programmes in Nepal.
Knowledge and Skills:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Sunday, 17 January 2021
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
This vacancy is archived.