Nutrition Data Management and Analysis Consultant, Global Practice for Nutrition, 9.5 months, COE, Nairobi, Kenya (Remote) #595196

Organizational Context

UNICEF operates in over 190 countries, dedicated to saving children's lives, defending their rights, and helping them reach their full potential. We are committed to promoting the rights of every child, viewing it as a calling rather than just a job. UNICEF offers diverse opportunities for professional and personal development, fostering a sense of purpose while serving children and communities globally.

Job Purpose

The consultancy aims to enhance the availability, quality, harmonization, and utilization of nutrition data for global analysis, reporting, and decision-making. It will establish the foundational data infrastructure necessary to progressively integrate automation and artificial intelligence (AI) for efficient nutrition data management, analysis, and visualization. UNICEF is actively building its capacity to systematically consolidate, manage, and analyze nutrition data to generate timely and robust evidence for program decisions, advocacy, resource mobilization, and global reporting. Currently, critical nutrition information is fragmented across various sources, formats, and systems, hindering systematic cross-country and cross-contextual analyses. This consultancy will address this gap by supporting the development and strengthening of two complementary, consolidated, and harmonized nutrition databases.

Responsibilities

The consultant will be responsible for the development of a comprehensive Wasting Programming Database, consolidating historical data on SAM and MAM burden estimates, program targets (including HACs and HNRPs), and key program monitoring indicators such as admissions, performance, routine screening, and service coverage. This will enable systematic analysis of needs, targets, reach, coverage, and program performance over time and across countries. Additionally, the consultant will develop a Nutrition Assessments Database, systematically compiling results from SMART surveys, IPC Acute Malnutrition (IPC AMN) analyses, and other relevant nutrition assessments. This will create a structured repository of historical and current nutrition situation data, with appropriate geographic and temporal disaggregation for country, subnational, and trend analyses. The consultant will also provide leadership and technical contribution to the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) – Nutrition Component and contribute to the CNR 2027 – Wasting Programming, ensuring data quality and analytical rigor throughout these processes.

Work Experience

Minimum of 8 years of experience in Nutrition, with a focus on Nutrition Information Management (NIM) and Nutrition Information Systems (NIS). Proven experience in data management, database development, and analysis of nutrition surveys and IPC AMN analyses is required. Proficiency in Excel and statistical software (R, Stata, Python) is essential.

Skills

Data management, Database development, Nutrition data analysis, Statistical analysis, SMART surveys, IPC AMN analyses, Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), Excel, R, Stata, Python, Analytical skills

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