Youth Health & Nutrition Consultant - School Food Reform

Unicef; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global children’s organization is seeking a consultant to support health and nutrition initiatives. The role involves developing strategies, conducting workshops, and creating educational materials for youth engagement. The ideal candidate has an advanced degree in Public Health or Nutrition, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and strong project management skills. Fluency in English is required.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in public health, nutrition, or social and behavior change communication.
• Experience with child and adolescent nutrition, food systems, NCD prevention, and youth engagement.
• Proven capacity-building material development (manuals, job aids, tools).
• Track record of working with government and implementing social and behaviour change strategies.
• Experience in UN or international development organisations is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Write and submit an inception report outlining methodology, workplan, timeline, and package materials.
• Conduct orientation and sensitization workshops in five provinces.
• Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Prepare a comprehensive written report and present findings to UNICEF.
• Identify best practices and lessons learned for scaling up the initiative.

Skills

Project management and coordination

Strong writing, facilitation, and communication

Advanced computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Collaborative work with diverse stakeholders

Education

Advanced degree (MPH, MSc, etc.) in Public Health, Nutrition, or related field

Tools

Canva

Photoshop

Job description

A leading global children’s organization is seeking a consultant to support health and nutrition initiatives. The role involves developing strategies, conducting workshops, and creating educational materials for youth engagement. The ideal candidate has an advanced degree in Public Health or Nutrition, at least 5 years of relevant experience, and strong project management skills. Fluency in English is required.