Programme Policy Officer (Nutrition) CST-II

Job Description

TERMS AND CONDITIONSJOBTITLE: Programme Policy Office (Nutrition)TYPE & LEVEL OF CONTRACT: International Consultant Level IIUNIT/DIVISION: RBC Regional School Based Programme and Nutrition unitDUTY STATION(City, Country):Cairo, EgyptREPORT TO:Regional Head of School Based Programme and NutritionDURATION OF CONTRACT:11 monthsJOB PURPOSEBehavior changes are required among individuals and households but also changes and leveraging of the food, health, education, and social protection systems. Improving knowledge and practices supports availability, accessibility, and consumption of healthy diets as well as uptake of essential complementary health and nutrition services. Healthy diets are crucial to reduce the risk of all forms of malnutrition, promote healthy growth and development and prevent obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) throughout life. The scale of cash/CBT programming and the increased focus on food system, food value chains and on social protection present unprecedented opportunities to influence diets, and SBC is required in order to empower recipients of this assistance to meet their essential needs and maximize the nutritional value of their purchases.The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is undergoing a nutrition transition. The coexistence of insecurity, food insecurity, undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, overweight obesity alongside migration, urbanization, and COVID-19 is a growing challenge in the MENA region.The scale up of SBC in MENA region is critical, many countries requested technical support to initiate or continue integrating this approach. The new WFP MENA SBCC strategy will allow RBC countries to move forward.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)Under the supervision of the Regional Head of School Based Programmes and Nutrition, the purpose of this consultancy is to support the country offices in the design and implementation of quality nutrition programmes including the nutrition integration and the scale up of the demand, availability and access to healthy diets across WFP COs operations and countries food, health, social protection and education systems.

1. Provide technical assistance to country offices on nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming and policy issues including the choice of objectives, activities, transfer modalities and commodity choice in line with WFP standards and processes.
2. Contribute to emergency preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations on contingency planning, risk analysis and early warning related to nutrition risks, providing response capacity as required.
3. Provide guidance and technical support on how to make WFP and national school meals programmes more nutrition sensitive.
4. Contribute to knowledge management around nutrition integrated approach, including the documentation of processes, good practices, and learnings.
5. Other as required in agreement with the supervisor.

1. A significant contribution is made to the development of the RBC nutrition vision, strategy, plan of work, and actions in accordance with the priorities of the COs, the multi-year Country Strategic Plans (CSPs), and the Interim Country Strategic Plans (ICSPs).
2. In country and remote nutrition technical assistance provided to enhance emergency planning and response related to nutrition, particularly in Yemen, Syria, Algeria, and other countries experiencing a food crisis.
3. The integration of nutrition across RBC/regional priorities (emergency response, refugee self-reliance, youth engagement, climate and water scarcity, social protection), across systems (food, health, education, social protection), and across WFP COs operations is supported by regional, in-country, and remote technical assistance.
4. Support provided to RBC and COs on nutrition related M&E, assessments, studies, evaluation, analysis including on transfer modalities (in-kind/CBT/rations? optimization, nutritional adequacy), SBCC formative research and food fortification.
5. Working closely with the RBC School Feeding Focal Persons and in relation to the Regional Implementation Plan (RBIP) for the School Based Programme:

• An analysis is conducted of RBC school meals/school feeding rations and school feeding models including the available evidence.
• To improve the nutritional value of the snacks and school meals including nutritious fresh foods, recommendations and country support are given.
• A mapping is done, and an analysis is conducted of where WFP stands in the region with the integration of nutrition awareness in the school feeding programme.
• Countries benefited from recommendations and support to scale up the nutrition integration including the development of nutrition awareness materials and the school health and nutrition interventions implementation.
• Support countries especially Libya to develop a nutrition sensitive Home-grown school feeding Theory of Change including the M&E framework.

1. Countries are better able to integrate nutrition into their operations and to contribute to government capacity strengthening.
2. Other as required in agreement with the supervisor.

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