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UNICEF is a UN organization mandated by the UN General Assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), UNICEF is working with its partners to support the Government in realizing children’s rights to survival, development, protection and participation. UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

The Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) is an international household survey programme developed and supported by UNICEF. MICS is designed to collect estimates of key indicators that are used to assess the situation of children and women. Over the past three decades, MICS has evolved to respond to changing data needs, expanding from 28 indicators in the first round to more than 250 indicators in the current seventh round, and has become a key source of data on child protection, early childhood education, and a major source of data on child health and nutrition. In addition to being a data collection tool to generate data for monitoring the progress towards national goals and global commitments for promoting the welfare of children, MICS provided valuable data for Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and currently providing data for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) monitoring and reporting.

Since the inception of MICS in the 1990s, over 350 surveys have been carried out in 118 countries. As part of the global effort to further develop national capacities to generate and analyse high-quality and disaggregated data, UNICEF launched the seventh round of MICS in March 2023, with the results of the first surveys available at the end of 2023. This new round is in accordance with the list of Sustainable Development Goal indicators endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission in 2016, following the global adoption of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The final SDG indicator framework currently includes 231 global indicators, of which around one-third are household survey-based. MICS is well positioned to play a central role in this Agenda alongside other key demographic, health and socio-economic surveys and to complement data from administrative sources and censuses. After undergoing rigorous methodological and validation work to broaden the scope of the tools and include numerous topics that reflect SDG indicators and emerging issues in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development context, MICS7 questionnaires in the new round cover half of the household survey-based SDG indicators. As governments develop national frameworks to monitor progress toward the SDGs, strategic planning and investments will be required to collect robust, more frequent, and timely data. This round of MICS presents a unique opportunity to support this process.

In FSM, UNICEF is working with the Department of Resources and Development (R&D), Division of Statistics to support the Government conduct the FSM MICS 2025, which is named FSM National Social Indicator Survey 2025 (FSM NSIS 2025).

Data collection is scheduled to be conducted between March and May 2025. Many topics and modules on women and child nutrition are included in the FSM MICS 2025 including anthropometry for children under 5 years, children 5- 9 years and women aged 15-49 years. Anthropometry assessment is a critical component of the survey and requires measurers to collect accurate height and weight measurements to meet the expected quality standards. To ensure that the measurers receive adequate training and support during the data collection phase, the UNICEF PMCO will hire a highly skilled MICS Anthropometry Consultant to support the Anthropometry Training and visit the fieldwork teams during the first week of data collection to monitor and assure the quality of the anthropometric measurements. In addition to support the training and visiting field teams, the consultant will also work closely with the national nutrition programme staff at the Department of Health as part of knowledge transfer to local partners.

How can you make a difference? 

Under the overall supervision of the Statistics & Monitoring Specialist and Nutrition Manager, the MICS Anthropometry Consultant will support the training of measurers and visit the field teams during the first week of data collection to monitor the quality of the anthropometric measurements for FSM MICS 2025.

Activity 1:

Initial meeting to discuss travel dates, work assignment and expected output

Deliverable 1

Agreed travel dates, training agenda, data collection monitoring plan and expected outputs

Activity 2

Prepare and/or customize of anthropometry training materials including PowerPoint presentations and Standardization tests

Deliverable 2

Training materials developed including presentations and standardization tests and this activity’s report.

Activity 3

Support training of measurers including field practice and pilot

Deliverable 3

Training report

Activity 4

Visit the field teams to monitor the anthropometric measurements

Deliverable 4

Fieldwork /data collection visits reports for each team visited with clear recommendations.

Activity 5

Documentation of lessons learned problems and good practices

Deliverable 5

End of consultancy report

Please refer to the ToR ( TOR_ MICS_Anthropometry_Consultant.pdf) for further information on the deliverables and the timelines. 

GUIDANCE FOR APPLICANTS:  

Please submit a separate financial offer along with your application. The financial proposal should be a lump sum amount for all the deliverables and should show a break down for the following:

• Daily fees– based on the deliverables in the Terms of Reference above
• Travel (economy air ticket where applicable to take up assignment and field mission travel)
• Living allowance where travel is required
• Miscellaneous- to cover visa, health insurance (including medical evacuation for international consultants), communications, and other costs.

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

Education:

• University degree in, Nutrition, Epidemiology or any other related technical field is required.

Experience

• At least 3- 5 years' experience in anthropometric measurement training
• Previous experience in the implementation of MICS and/or Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS)
• Anthropometry module is an asset.
• Training experience and ability to organise and facilitate training and presentations.

Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Familiarity and previous experience of working in the Pacific region are highly desirable,
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment and to establish harmonious and effective relationships both within and outside the organisation, more specifically with National Statistical Offices,
• Demonstrated leadership, managerial and supervisory ability,
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively in-country.

Language:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset. 

For every Child, you demonstrate… 

UNICEF's values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS). 

To view our competency framework, please visit  here. 

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious or ethnic background, and persons with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. To create a more inclusive workplace, UNICEF offers paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks, and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. Click here to learn more about flexible work arrangements, well-being, and benefits.

According to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. In its Disability Inclusion Policy and Strategy 2022-2030, UNICEF has committed to increase the number of employees with disabilities by 2030. At UNICEF, we provide reasonable accommodation for work-related support requirements of candidates and employees with disabilities. Also, UNICEF has launched a Global Accessibility Helpdesk to strengthen physical and digital accessibility. If you are an applicant with a disability who needs digital accessibility support in completing the online application, please submit your request through the accessibility email button on the UNICEF Careers webpage Accessibility | UNICEF.

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 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.