This consultancy is an opportunity to strengthen UNICEF’s regional efforts to prevent childhood overweight and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean. The consultant will support the finalization, publication and dissemination of key evidence and knowledge products developed in 2025, ensuring they are strategically positioned and widely used throughout 2026. Working under the guidance of the Food Systems Specialist, the role includes final technical review of publications, coordinating the publication process, and developing dissemination plans and materials. The consultant will also design webinars, virtual launches and technical briefings, and provide inputs for digital and social media outreach to enhance evidence uptake across the region.

Contract Duration- Approximately 10 months

Working arrangement: Remote/Home based

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Background:

Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions most affected by overweight childhood and obesity globally. Recent regional estimates indicate that more than 4 million children under five years of age and nearly 50 million children and adolescents aged 5–19 years are living with overweight. In several countries, prevalence among school-age children and adolescents exceeds 30 per cent, reflecting a sustained increase over the past two decades.

UNICEF is currently advancing a pipeline of regional publications, including reports, policy briefs, methodological guidance and technical studies. To ensure that this body of evidence effectively informs policy dialogue, advocacy and programme implementation, there is a clear need to strengthen technical support for finalization, dissemination and uptake, ensuring consistency of messages, accessibility of content and effective use by decision-makers at regional and country levels. The evidence and analytical work to be disseminated in 2026 was generated and technically developed during 2025. The focus of this consultancy is therefore to ensure the finalization, publication, strategic positioning and effective dissemination of this body of evidence throughout 2026.

Strengthening knowledge generation, management and dissemination is therefore essential to enhance the use of existing evidence, support Country Offices and partners, and contribute to UNICEF’s LACs priorities on the prevention of childhood overweight.

Key Responsibilities:

Under the overall guidance of the Food Systems Specialist, the consultant will provide technical and analytical support to strengthen the publication, dissemination and use of UNICEF’s regional evidence on childhood overweight prevention, food systems and healthy food environments, as well as targeted technical inputs related to urban food environments for children. Key activities include:

• Developing and proposing a regional dissemination and positioning plan for evidence generated in 2025 and scheduled for publication and strategic dissemination in 2026.

• Conducting the final technical revision and editorial readiness of regional knowledge products developed in 2025, ensuring they are finalized and prepared for publication and strategic dissemination in 2026., focusing on clarity, coherence and accessibility in line with UNICEF standards. Covering thematic areas such as food systems, nutrition policies for childhood overweight prevention, school food environments and social and behaviour change, monitoring and regulation of digital marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages, commercial complementary foods, and mental health and nutrition.

• Deliver the publication process, including follow-up on timelines, preparation of final manuscripts and review of outputs prior to publication.

• Design and deliver webinars, virtual launches and online technical briefings, including drafting agendas, preparing presentations, background notes, key messages and supporting materials.

• preparation of presentation materials, background information, key messages and speaking points, under the guidance of the supervisor.

• Developing technical dissemination materials to support uptake and use of evidence by Country Offices and partners, including presentation decks, executive summaries, briefs and digital dissemination inputs.

• Providing technical inputs to digital and social media dissemination, in coordination with communications colleagues, including drafting key messages and developing content to increase the visibility and reach of evidence.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: Download File Term of Reference TMC0001315.pdf

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Minimum requirements: (Qualifications/Experience/ Knowledge/Expertise/Skills)

Education:

Master's degree in public health, Nutrition, Public Policy, or other relevant disciplines aligned with the objectives of the ToR.

Knowledge/Expertise/Skills required:

  • At least 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience in areas such as public health, nutrition, policy evaluation, knowledge generation, evidence translation or strategic dissemination, with demonstrated ability to work with evidence-informed products.
  • Solid experience in technical and academic writing and editing, including the ability to translate complex evidence into clear, accessible and policy-relevant products (reports, briefs, presentations and advocacy materials), including peer-reviewed publications and policy-oriented outputs.
  • Proven experience (minimum 4 years) supporting knowledge generation and dissemination, evidence uptake and strategic communication, including preparation of materials for webinars, online events, policy dialogues or advocacy purposes focused on nutrition.
  • Demonstrated experience with nutrition and food systems (minimum 5 years), including experience working with or supporting nutrition-related evidence, policy evaluation, regulatory or fiscal measures, and food environment interventions
  • Experience working with evidence in Latin America and the Caribbean and understanding of the policy context and evidence needs of the region.
  • Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams, including technical specialists, communications colleagues and external partners, and to deliver high-quality outputs with limited supervision.
  • Desirable: Experience contributing to peer-reviewed public health or nutrition publications and demonstrated ability to translate complex technical evidence into accessible, policy-relevant and communication-ready materials.
  • Full professional proficiency in Spanish (written and oral) is required. Strong working proficiency in English (written and oral) is desirable.

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