National Nutrition Consultant – Unicef
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Under the Kigoma Regional Secretariat and UNICEF, and in close collaboration with the PMO-RALG, the consultant will provide technical assistance to develop a five-year costed Kigoma Multisectoral Nutrition Strategy and response plan.
The assignment will involve reviewing the regional nutrition situation, analyzing the key determinants of malnutrition, facilitating stakeholder consultations, developing a multisectoral Theory of Change, and preparing a costed strategy, response plan and results framework to guide coordinated implementation.
Consultant responsibilities
- Prepare an inception report outlining the proposed methodology, detailed workplan, stakeholder consultation approach, data requirements and timeline for the assignment.
- Review relevant national, regional and district policies, strategies, plans, data sources and program documents related to nutrition, health, food systems, WASH, education, social protection and community development.
- Conduct a comprehensive nutrition situation analysis for Kigoma Region, covering nutrition outcomes, determinants, service delivery gaps, vulnerable groups and emerging risks, including climate shocks, food insecurity and population movement.
- Undertake a problem and causality analysis to identify the immediate, underlying and structural drivers of malnutrition and inform strategic priorities for the region.
- Facilitate consultations with regional, district and community-level stakeholders, including relevant sectors, development partners, civil society and refugee-response actors, to validate findings and agree on priority actions.
- Develop a multisectoral nutrition Theory of Change for Kigoma Region, showing priority pathways for coordinated nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive actions.
- Draft the five-year costed Kigoma Multisectoral Nutrition Strategy, including strategic priorities, objectives, interventions, implementation arrangements, coordination mechanisms, financing considerations and risk mitigation measures.
- Develop a costed response plan and results framework with clear outputs, activities, indicators, targets, responsible actors, timelines, budget estimates and monitoring arrangements.
- Present draft deliverables for review, incorporate feedback the Regional Secretariat, UNICEF, PMO-RALG, district teams and partners, and submit final deliverables in line with agreed timelines and quality standards
Minimum requirements:
- Education: A master’s degree in public health/nutrition, epidemiology, health policy and/or management, health education, health promotion or other health related sciences is required.
- Work Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in nutrition, public health, strategic planning, multisectoral program development or related fields, including demonstrated experience supporting government-led nutrition planning, coordination and implementation at national, regional or district level
Skills
- Strong understanding of Tanzania’s nutrition context, including Kigoma or similar vulnerable/refugee-hosting settings.
- Knowledge of multisectoral nutrition approaches across key sectors, including nutrition-specific and nutritionsensitive interventions.
- Expertise in developing multisectoral nutrition strategies, response plans, policies or action plans.
- Skills in situation analysis, causality analysis, Theory of Change, results frameworks and strategic planning.
- Expertise in developing costed implementation plans, budgets and resource mobilization approaches.
- Strong technical writing and presentation skills for strategies, reports, results frameworks and slide decks.
- Strong facilitation, consultation and consensus-building skills with government, partners and communities.
- Experience working with PO-RALG, regional secretariats, LGAs and multisectoral nutrition coordination platforms.
Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Swahili, both written and spoken, is required.
Desirables :
- Experience in Kigoma or similar vulnerable/refugee-hosting contexts.
- Experience integrating nutrition into regional or district plans, budgets and monitoring frameworks.
- Experience developing costed plans, resource mobilization products and implementation tools with government and partners.