National Consultant: School-Based Food and Nutrition Education (SFNE)- Accra, Ghana/Health and Nutrition, 11.5 months (remote)

Job no: 580028

Contract type: Consultant

Duty Station: Accra

Level: Consultancy

Location: Ghana

Categories: Nutrition, Health and Nutrition

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential. 

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone. 

And we never give up. 

For every child, good nutrition 

How can you make a difference? 

Work Assignment 

● To develop Ghana School-based Food and Nutrition Education (SFNE) standards, competencies, and materials.

● Draft a manuscript summarizing the process and findings of the previously conducted capacity needs assessment in school-based food and nutrition education conducted in the the previous phase of the work.

● Support the Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service to establish a national multi-sectoral School food and nutrition coordination body.

● Lead the process for developing supplementary/complementary teaching materials for the existing curriculum.

● Lead the pilot of the implementation of the newly developed standardised nutrition education materials in selected schools.

Find here Download File ToR-Individual Consultancy to facilitate the development of SFNE.pdf TOR for more details on the assignment. 

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

● An advanced university degree (Master’s level) in Public Health, Public Health Education, Nutrition, Social Sciences or Education.

● A minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience at the national or international levels with a focus on education and the development of age-appropriate curriculum.

● Fluency in English is required. 

Desirables 

●  Experience in providing technical guidance on public health policy and or education policy in Ghana, a strong asset

● Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset. 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

Advertised: 13 Feb 2025 Greenwich Standard Time

Deadline: 19 Feb 2025 Greenwich Standard Time.

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