Job Responsibilities

• Provide general oversight, training, and technical guidance to adapt existing methodologies on Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets (CoAHD).
• Engage in the preparation of case studies on CoAHD) as prototypes and dissemination of results obtained from methodologies adopted. This includes\:
o Participating in joint consultation meetings with national and regional stakeholders and partners
o Assess the current capacity of countries and the level of readiness to apply the methodologies adopted. This includes looking at the level of availability of food price data, existing nutrition guidelines and other data relevant to the CoAHD analysis.
o Propose content for case studies, prepare and/or review materials and documents of countries and partners on the Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets (CoAHD).
• Lead the adaptation of existing Global Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ) and/or other simple tools that countries can easily use to collect information on food consumption patterns. This includes\:
o Participating in joint consultation meetings with national and regional stakeholders and partners
o Providing guidance and overseeing the adaptation of existing methodological tools, practices and experiences relevant to the targeted countries.
• Provide training and guidance to countries in their effort to incorporate methodologies and tools adapted to their national practices for recurrent reporting on SDGs and others.
• Participating as panellists and/or presenters in cross-country learning and training and regional meetings and seminars organized within the framework of the CoAHD, analysis of food consumption patterns, and diet assessment
• Support the preparation of policy briefs, guidelines and other documents relevant for policy positioning, cross-country learning and others.