National Consultant on Wasting Management

UN Atlas; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,661,000 - 2,768,000; Part time

Job summary

UNICEF Philippines seeks a seasoned consultant to provide national technical support for accelerating the scale-up of the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) program. You will work across five CNF components, building capacity, monitoring implementation, and ensuring quality of services from development to emergency contexts.

You will contribute to PhilHealth OTC package rollout, update guidelines, and document progress and lessons learned to inform policy decisions.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of WHO guidelines on wasting prevention and management.
• Experience with PIMAM/CMAM protocols and national health systems.
• Ability to design and deliver TOT and mentor service providers.

Responsibilities

• Provide national technical assistance for scale-up of PIMAM across CNF components.
• Capacity building for service providers and monitor program implementation.
• Support accreditation of primary health care facilities under PhilHealth OTC package.
• Update guidelines and strengthen implementation in development and emergency contexts.
• Document progress, lessons learned, and translate policies from OR research.

Skills

WHO guidelines knowledge

Data analysis

Training of Trainers (TOT)

Public health program implementation

Capacity building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Health/Nutrition/Medicine

Master's degree or higher asset

Job description

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 our mission, offering diverse opportunities for professional and personal growth in a passionate and inclusive culture.

Job purpose: This consultancy aims to provide national technical support to accelerate the reduction of child wasting in the Philippines, aligning with the Child Nutrition Fund (CNF) Programme (2025–2029). The role will focus on strengthening the wasting ecosystem across five key components: improving nutrition service access, building a skilled workforce, enhancing nutrition data systems, ensuring reliable supply chains, and optimizing nutrition financing. The consultant will support the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM Outpatient Therapeutic Care (OTC) package, update guidelines, strengthen implementation, and facilitate the structured closure and policy translation of Simplified Approaches Operations Research.

Responsibilities: Provide national technical assistance to advance the scale-up of the Philippine Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (PIMAM) program across all five CNF components. This includes capacity building for service providers, monitoring program implementation to identify and address gaps, ensuring quality assurance of services, and documenting progress and lessons learned. Specifically, the consultant will support the nationwide scale-up of the PhilHealth SAM OTC package, update guidelines and capacities of service providers, strengthen PIMAM implementation in both development and emergency contexts, and facilitate the structured closure and policy translation of Simplified Approaches Operations Research, including Family MUAC and CHW-led treatment pilots. The role will also involve supporting the accreditation of primary health care facilities nationwide under the PhilHealth SAM OTC package and contributing to improvements in service utilization and admissions, ensuring the achievement of CNF targets.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Medicine, Nursing, Health Economics, Health Policy, Social Development, or a closely related field. A Master's degree or higher is an asset.

Work experience: A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience (with a Bachelor's degree) or five (5) years (with a Master's degree) in public health, child nutrition, or health systems strengthening at national and/or subnational levels in the Philippines. Demonstrated hands-on experience with child wasting programming, specifically PIMAM/CMAM protocols, and proven experience with the Philippine health system are required.

Skills: In-depth technical knowledge of WHO guidelines on wasting prevention and management, Understanding of Simplified Approaches (e.g., Family MUAC, CHW-led models), Knowledge of nutrition supply chain systems and therapeutic commodities, Strong skills in data analysis, interpretation, and visualization, Capacity in designing and facilitating Training of Trainers (TOT), Service provider mentoring, Supportive supervision, Experience with PIMAM/CMAM protocols, Knowledge of Philippine health system (LGUs, DOH, NNC), Health facility accreditation, PhilHealth benefit package rollout, Social health insurance claims systems

Required languages: English, Filipino

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