Individual Consultant for Legal Analysis for Developing Laws Addressing Unhealthy Food Environments in Lebanon, 75 days (spread over 4.5 months), Home Based, Lebanon

UNICEF Lebanon is looking for a consultant to conduct a comprehensive legal landscape analysis on unhealthy food environments affecting children and adolescents. The consultancy will assess existing laws and regulations related to front-of-package nutrition labelling, restrictions on the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to children, and taxes on unhealthy foods and beverages. Using UNICEF’s Legal Landscape Analysis Toolkit, the consultant will generate evidence-based recommendations and develop a technical report and advocacy product to support policy development and legislative action aimed at promoting healthier food environments in Lebanon.

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For every child, Nutrition

Lebanon is experiencing a rapidly evolving nutrition situation characterized by the triple burden of malnutrition, including ongoing challenges with stunting and micronutrient deficiencies, alongside a growing prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. Food environments, shaped by existing laws, regulations, and marketing practices, play a critical role in influencing children’s diets and long-term health outcomes. In this context, UNICEF Lebanon is supporting national efforts to strengthen evidence-based policies and legal frameworks that promote healthier food environments, restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods to children, and advance regulatory and fiscal measures aligned with global best practices.

How can you make a difference? 

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here:  2025_NUT_Legal Analysis Consultant - Final ToR.docx

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have… 

Minimum requirements:

• Advanced university degree in Law.  Preferably with specialization in public health law, administrative law, regulatory law, or related fields. A PhD in this same or related discipline is an asset.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in legal analysis, legislative drafting, or regulatory system review is required.
• Proven experience conducting legal or policy landscape analyses in the health, food, or consumer protection sectors is required.
• Demonstrated understanding of government processes, regulatory drafting, and enforcement systems in Lebanon.
• Experience working on FOPNL, marketing restrictions, or taxation of unhealthy commodities is highly desirable.
• Previous work with UNICEF or other UN agencies, and ministries is an asset.
• Strong analytical and legal skills.
• Experience conducting desk reviews and key informant interviews.
• Strong writing, synthesis, and presentation skills, with experience drafting technical reports, policy briefs, and visual dissemination materials.
• Ability to translate complex findings into clear, evidence-based recommendations aligned with UNICEF’s programming guidance.
• Fluency in oral and written Arabic and English is required.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

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UNICEF does not hire candidates who are married to children (persons under 18). UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination based on gender, nationality, age, race, sexual orientation, religious or ethnic background or disabilities. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check, and selected candidates with disabilities may be requested to submit supporting documentation in relation to their disability confidentially.

Remarks:  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process. 

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws. 

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts. 

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