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UNICEF Zimbabwe is inviting applications for a national individual to develop and document updates on key nutrition interventions, strategies, and technical guidelines while enhancing south-to-south learning and knowledge exchange.

BACKGROUND

The Ministry of Health and Child Care with support from UNICEF has been capacitating an extensive network of cadres such as health workers, community cadres, nutrition technical staff to implement nutrition programs. Nutritionists serve as nutrition program managers responsible for the design, implementation, support, and mentorship to other government cadres and communities and hence are ultimately responsible for program quality.

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Continuous capacity development of nutrition cadres is critical for adaptation, scale of relatively new programs such as the school nutrition program and the roll out of new guidelines on the management of malnutrition. MoHCC and UNICEF have supported continuous capacity development through national and subnational review meetings, and this has served as a key platform for knowledge exchange, professional networking and south-to-south learning exchanges amongst themselves.

Assignment 1: Facilitate a dynamic and participatory 4-day Nutrition Technical Review Meeting in Zimbabwe.

Tasks:

• Develop a detailed agenda that encourages open discussions among participants from various sectors.
• Prepare facilitation techniques, schedule and coordinate training sessions
• Develop a survey or assessment tool to gauge the skills and knowledge of nutrition personnel.
• Analyze the data to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
• Identify specific training needs based on the assessment results.
• Document key discussions, decisions, and outcomes throughout the meeting.

Assignment 2: Document key actions and expected results from the meeting for Zimbabwe.

Tasks:

• Compile all notes, discussions, and key outcomes into a comprehensive report tailored for Zimbabwe.
• Define specific actions for stakeholders based on the meeting’s discussions.
• Share the final report with all participants and relevant stakeholders to ensure accountability and follow-up.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

• Demonstrated ability to include all participants and ensure all views are heard.
• Demonstrated analytical and concise writing and editing skills, including ability to convey detailed information in a clear manner to a diverse audience.
• Flexible and able to respond to and accommodate change easily.
• Administrative skills and self-motivation with the ability to set priorities and manage multiple tasks under minimal supervision in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ability to work under pressure and respond to deadlines without sacrificing quality.
• Languages – Excellent writing and communication skills in English.
• Software – Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Technical proposal: The Technical Proposal should articulate an understanding of the TOR and include the proposed Tasks/Milestones, Deliverables/Outputs, Timeline and level of effort by deliverable. The similar table provided in the TOR is indicative. Applicants may use the indicative table as a guide or deviate as per the proposed approach. The proposal should also cost-effectively propose the local travel proposed by the applicant to undertake the assignment.

Financial proposal: The Financial Proposal should include the costs (providing a daily rate as justification) for each task, including consultant fee, proposed travel costs and perdiem, communications costs and any other proposed cost.