National Consultant – Technical Experts to Review the Scientific Literature for the R3337 Draft Labelling Regulations, Pretoria, South Africa, 108 days (remote)

UNICEF works in among the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. To avoid wasting their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each little one, in all places, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means hand over. 

For each little one, NUTRITION.  

Health UNICEF South Africa

UNICEF South Africa, there for each little one. We consider that guaranteeing a toddler is joyful and wholesome begins earlier than start: from guaranteeing their mom has entry to good well being care to reaching maturity as a wholesome, empowered and knowledgeable younger individual of the following technology. This journey depends on each little one getting access to high quality well being care, good diet, training, and rising up in a secure surroundings free from violence.

Since 1995, South Africa has made substantial progress in remodeling its well being sector, making major healthcare providers out there to thousands and thousands who have been beforehand denied entry. But entry to healthcare stays a problem, with very important healthcare interventions not reaching the areas and those who want them.

South Africa’s HIV burden and vulnerability is difficult by excessive ranges of malnutrition and weight problems. Greater than a 3rd of youngsters below 5 are affected by under-nutrition or are obese. Meals shortage, feeding infrequency and an absence of dietary variety are critical impediments to wholesome ranges of kid diet.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The Well being and Vitamin Part inside UNICEF South Africa is offering technical help to the Division of Well being with the finalization of the regulatory frameworks that search to guard customers, notably kids towards the dangerous meals surroundings practices. The Division of Well being, below part 15 (1) of the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972 (Act No.54 of 1972), revealed for public remark the Rules Regarding the Labelling and Packaging of Foodstuffs (R3337 of 21 April 2023). Further Technical employees are required to supply experience in analysis and analysis of scientific research in relation to the feedback obtained to expedite the overview course of on the R3337 Draft Labelling Rules. No less than 2 technical individuals are required to help the Division of Well being with reviewing scientific literature on the feedback obtained on the R3337 Draft Labelling Rules. It’s towards this background that the providers of technical consultants are required to help the federal government with finalization of the laws.

Below the supervision of the Vitamin Supervisor the consultants will present their technical experience in analysis and analysis of scientific research in relation to the feedback obtained to expedite the overview course of on the R3337 Draft Labelling Rules.

This exercise aligns with the annual workplan on remodeling meals programs in order that they will work for kids. The consultants will work very carefully with the Nationwide Division of Well being’s Meals Management Directorate in executing their duties and the deliverables. It will embody briefing and consultative conferences with the technical managers inside the Directorate and different stakeholders that the consultants could also be required to have interaction with.

The Consultants might be anticipated to carry out the next duties:

• Consider the information/research submitted as a part of feedback obtained from the publication of the draft laws.
• Decide if the information/ research submitted are related and justify consideration when assessing the feedback obtained.
• Help in offering evidence-based responses to the information/research submitted.

Job/milestone	Deliverable/output	Timeline
Develop standards for the analysis of information and research submitted as a part of feedback obtained from the publication of the draft Rules referring to the Labelling and Promoting of Foodstuffs (R3337 of 21 April 2023).	Doc on standards and justification for analysis of the information/research developed.	10 days
Overview and consider the information/research submitted towards the standards developed to find out their relevance and justify consideration when contemplating feedback.	Report on full analysis and overview of all information/research submitted accomplished.	60 days
Report on the overview and analysis of the information/research submitted based mostly on relevance for inclusion and exclusion in remark consideration.	Report on evidence-based responses to the information/research submitted and signed off by the Division.	15 days
Help Auditor, as requested, in creating responses to the information/research submitted by commentators.	Report on help offered to the Auditor in drafting responses to information/research obtained by commentators based mostly on submitted report (above).	10 days
Present help to the Division of Well being, as requested, in finalizing responses associated to information/research submitted.	Studies of duties accomplished to help the Division of Well being in creating their last responses to all commentator’s submissions associated to information/research and report signed off.	13 days

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have… 

• A complicated college diploma (Masters or greater) in Vitamin, Dietetics, Public Well being, drugs, or any related topic.
• Intensive expertise and technical experience in analysis of diet and well being associated analysis research.
• Challenge administration from conceptualization to implementation, with an curiosity or expertise in public well being diet and meals sciences associated tasks.
• Area expertise within the South African well being system is fascinating.
• No less than 5 years of expertise in reviewing scientific analysis research, with particular reference to meals and diet associated research.
• Understanding of the meals and diet associated insurance policies and regulatory frameworks.
• Wonderful understanding and command of English on the native stage.
• Plain English writing and modifying expertise.

For each Little one, you exhibit… 

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please go to  here. 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived kids and our international workforce should replicate the range of these kids. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender identification, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or some other private attribute.

UNICEF presents reasonable accommodation for consultants/particular person contractors with disabilities. This may increasingly embody, for instance, accessible software program, journey help for missions or private attendants. We encourage you to reveal your incapacity throughout your software in case you want cheap lodging through the choice course of and afterwards in your task. 

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict little one safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can subsequently endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background verify. 

Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates might be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of. 

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract won’t be thought-about “employees members” below the Workers Rules and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures, and won’t be entitled to advantages offered therein (akin to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their situations of service might be ruled by their contract and the Normal Situations of Contracts for the Companies of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines. 

The chosen candidate is solely accountable to make sure that the visa (relevant) and medical health insurance required to carry out the duties of the contract are legitimate for the whole interval of the contract. Chosen candidates are topic to affirmation of fully-vaccinated standing towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Well being Group (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which have to be met previous to taking on the task. It doesn’t apply to consultants who will work remotely and will not be anticipated to work on or go to UNICEF premises, programme supply places or immediately work together with communities UNICEF works with, nor to journey to carry out capabilities for UNICEF at some point of their consultancy contracts.