National/International Consultant to Support Rapid Assessments (RECCE), Planning, Coordination and Implementation of Health and Nutrition Outreach Services
Organizational Context
UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential. We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built.
Job Purpose
UNICEF, in collaboration with national and county governments and implementing partners, supports integrated outreach approaches that bring a package of preventive, promotive and curative services closer to underserved communities. The overall objective is to strengthen the targeting, planning, implementation, monitoring and documentation of integrated health and nutrition outreach services in the six target counties through rapid assessments, technical support, supportive supervision, capacity strengthening and knowledge management. Specific objectives include conducting rapid assessments to identify underserved populations and gaps, supporting the development of outreach microplans, strengthening coordination and quality of implementation, improving data collection and analysis, and documenting lessons learned for sustainability and scale-up.
Responsibilities
The consultant will support integrated outreach approaches bringing preventive, promotive, and curative services closer to underserved communities. This includes screening, referral, and treatment support for child wasting; maternal nutrition; infant and young child feeding counselling; growth monitoring and promotion; vitamin A supplementation; deworming; immunization; antenatal and postnatal services; community health services; health education; and referral of complicated cases. The consultant will conduct rapid assessments (RECCE) to identify underserved populations, access constraints, service readiness, and operational gaps. They will support the development or updating of county and sub-county outreach microplans, strengthen the coordination and quality of integrated outreach implementation, and improve the collection, validation, analysis, and use of outreach data. Additionally, the consultant will document lessons, good practices, and practical recommendations for sustainability and scale-up of these vital services.
Work Experience
At least five years of relevant professional experience in public health, nutrition, primary health care, immunization, maternal and child health, humanitarian nutrition and health, monitoring, or integrated outreach programming. This includes at least two years of field-based technical support in fragile, emergency, underserved, or hard-to-reach settings. Relevant prior clinical experience may be considered.
Skills
Operational assessments, Outreach planning, Programme-data analysis and use, Monitoring and supportive supervision, Technical reporting, Development or adaptation of practical tools and guidance, Nutrition performance indicators, Immunization performance indicators, Catch-up vaccination or zero-dose programming, Referral systems, Outbreak preparedness, Gender-responsive nutrition & health programming, Capacity strengthening