Senior Technical Advisor - Alive & Thrive (A&T) Initiative (Apply by: December 19, 2015)

JOB DESCRIPTION
Senior Technical Advisor, Alive & Thrive (A&T) Initiative
New Delhi

1. POSITION VACANT: Senior Technical Advisor, Alive & Thrive Initiative, New Delhi

2. ORGANISATION/ PROJECT BACKGROUND:

Alive & Thrive (A&T) is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to enable all children to lead healthier and more productive lives. A&T is scaling up improved infant and young child feeding and maternal nutrition through large-scale programs in several countries in Asia and Africa and through strategic technical support and the dissemination of innovations, tools, and lessons worldwide. A&T is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of Canada and Ireland.

In India, the initiative focuses on the transfer of lessons, tools and approaches, in Bihar and UP, in association with BMGF partners. A&T will work closely with the government to   improve Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN).

For more information about the A&T project, please visit http://aliveandthrive.org/

3. JOB DESCRIPTION/ RESPONSIBILITIES:

Individual Consultant - Technical - UNDP (Apply by: July 23, 2015)

Location :	New Delhi, INDIA
Application Deadline :	23-Jul-15
Type of Contract :	Individual Contract
Post Level :	National Consultant
Languages Required :	English
Starting Date : (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)	01-Aug-2015
Duration of Initial Contract :	30 working days during the period 01 August, 2015 to 31st October,2015

Background

UNDP is implementing a project preparation on “Development and evaluation of spray foam Polyols systems for buildings using HFOs as blowing agent” in coordination with Ozone cell, Ministry of Environment, Forest & climate change, Government of India.