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SUMMARY
OVERVIEW
National consultancy to support the co-design of Large-Scale Food Fortification three-year (2027–2030) project workplan and its MEAL plan. Tanzania. Apply now Job no: 596850 Contract type: Consultant Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam Level: Consultancy Location: United Republic of Tanzania Categories: Nutrition UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, 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. We offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive Compensation and
BENEFITS
- package.
- Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
- For every child, the right to health Large-scale food fortification (LSFF) is a proven, cost-effective, sustainable and environmentally friendly approach to improving micronutrient intake through commonly consumed staple foods and preventing micronutrient deficiencies among children, women, adolescents and the public.
- Tanzania is one of 15 countries participating in UNICEF’s Fortifying Futures LSFF initiative, which aims to scale up national food fortification programs by strengthening mandatory fortification legislation, improving industry compliance and promoting effective delivery models for fortified foods.
- Achieving sustainable results requires agreed priorities, clear institutional
RESPONSIBILITIES
- , realistic costs and timelines, and a practical framework for monitoring progress, ensuring accountability and generating learning.
- This consultancy will facilitate a government-led, participatory process to co-design and validate a prioritized, costed project workplan (2027 – 2029) and an integrated monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) plan for Tanzania, and support project inception.
- The plans will define activities, implementation sequencing, institutional
RESPONSIBILITIES
- , resource
REQUIREMENTS
- and measurable results, aligned with national nutrition and food-system priorities.
- How can you make a difference?
- Facilitate evidence review, stakeholder consultations, co-design, costing and validation of a project workplan and an integrated MEAL plan aligned with two primary outcomes: (1) institutionalized governance systems that guide the adoption and implementation of adequate LSFF standards and regulatory frameworks; and (2) integrated information systems that support compliance monitoring, accountability and evidence-based decision-making.
- Both plans will reflect the project’s four intermediate outcomes and eight outputs.
- The assignment will include an inception session and documentation of the co-design.
- Key activities Desk review and inception: Review project and national documents and compliance evidence to identify gaps.
- Agree on the methodology, timeframe, coverage, priority food vehicles, funding limits, consultation tools and schedule with UNICEF and government focal points; prepare an inception report.
- Mapping stakeholders and interventions: Map key stakeholders and interventions, [...]
HOW TO APPLY
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