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How can you make a difference? 

Purpose of Assignment:

• To establish a robust Nutrition Information Management System supports both development and emergency contexts. This includes field monitoring, visualization, dashboards, and tailored products such as briefs, profiles, and indexes.
• To integrate multisectoral nutrition indicators for comprehensive evidence generation, enabling evidence-based program planning and implementation
• To strengthen evidence-based program planning and implementation and facilitate knowledge management through field monitoring for advocacy and reporting purposes.

Work Assignment: 

1. Inception meeting, and detail consultancy workplan indicating the methodology to review dashboards and identifying areas of optimization.

2. Support municipal teams in data collection and validation for routine services and operational research, update community health volunteer (CHV) visuals/dashboard and add performance-based incentives page.

3. Link CHV and routine nutrition services coverage dashboards, conduct training of DPHO teams on utilization of dashboard for programme management (data analysis and planning) prepare monthly situation brief.

4. Update multisectoral dashboard, conduct cross-sector trends analysis, develop a mentoring plan for data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.

5. Finalize integration of Nutrition & Multisectoral dashboards, conduct automated data quality checks, develop and share sitrep and Mentor data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.

6. Develop municipal data review dashboard, build capacity of DPHO coordinators, Produce mid-year report and mentor data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.

7. Link all three dashboards into one interface, configure access control, develop and share monthly bulletin. Mentor data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.

8. Conduct system testing, incorporate feedback, mentor government focal points, produce performance analysis.

9. Review data consistency, refine visualizations, produce analytical reports, conduct refresher training. Mentor data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer. 

10. Ensure full operationalization of linked dashboards, prepare consolidated sitrep, disseminate through NWG. Mentor data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.

11. Conduct end-of-year review, develop annual analytical report, present findings to IM-TWG. Handover to data focal points from MoH and UNICEF national officer.
12. Submit final report, handover dashboards, datasets, and documentation, develop sustainability plan.

Deliverables: 

1. a. Meeting minutes and reports

    b. Detailed consultancy workplan

    c. Report from the review of dashboards identifying optimization areas.

2. a. Updated routine nutrition service dashboard

    b. data collection operational research dashboard and validation, assist municipal teams

    c. CHV dashboard and incorporating performance-based incentives page.

3. a. A dashboard linking CHV and nutrition dashboards,

    b. A training report for nutrition DPHO teams highlighting percentage knowledge increase

    c.  Prepare monthly situation brief.

4. a. Updated multisectoral dashboard

    b. Analyse cross-sector trends

    c. Report on mentoring of data focal points highlighting recommendations for sustained capacity strengthening

    d. Mentoring plan for data focal points.

5. a. Integrated Nutrition services coverage & Multisectoral dashboards

    b. Automated data quality checks report

    c. Sitrep submitted

    d. Progress report on mentoring of data focal points.

6. a. Develop municipal data review dashboard

    b. Report from training of DPHO coordinators

    c. Produce mid-year report

    d. Progress report on mentoring of data focal points.

7. a. Three dashboards into one interface

    b. Monthly bulletin

    c. Progress report on mentoring of data focal points.

8. a. Report from system testing highlighting areas of attention and recommendations

    b. Report from government focal points

    c. Performance analysis report

    d. Mentoring report.

9. a. A refined data visualization

    b. Analytical reports

    c. Refresher training report submitted

    d. Mentoring report

10. a. Report on operationalization of linked dashboards

      b. Consolidated sitrep submitted

      c. Mentoring report.

11. a. End-of-year review report

      b. Annual analytical report

      c. Handover process report.

12. a. Final report

     b. Including dashboards, datasets, and documentation

     c. Sustainability plan.

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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

• Master's degree in public health, health/nutrition Information Systems, data science, Information Technology, computer science, or a related field  

• At least 5 years of experience in data analysis and data visualization.

• Relevant experience with managing digital health or nutrition data systems; designing and implementing data dashboards (preferably using Power BI or similar platforms); and digitalization of data collection tools and integration with existing systems.

• Proven experience in technical documentation, including drafting operation manuals, SOPs, and update guidelines for digital platforms.

• Ability to work independently and to take initiative and ownership of the task.

• Understanding of nutrition indicators and health information systems.

• Excellent skills in data integration, visualization, and quality assurance.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.

• Demonstrated strong attention to detail and ability to work with accuracy; and

• Ability to work efficiently and adhere to deadlines.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status.

UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic backgrounds, and from people with disabilities, including neurodivergence. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require any accommodation, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF. Should you be shortlisted, please get in touch with the recruiter directly to share further details, enabling us to make the necessary arrangements in advance.

UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

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