Nutrition & Health Specialist Consultant

About the role

iDE Innovation Lab, the social innovation lab of iDE based in Asia and Africa, is looking for an experienced Nutrition & Health Specialist Consultant based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The consultant works with a team of designers, researchers and changemakers to turn research and design into new interventions for child wasting prevention and nutrition, and collaborates with government and cross-disciplinary partners. Cambodian candidates are strongly preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Review Cambodian national nutrition policies, strategies, clinical guidelines and programme documents on child wasting prevention, identification, referral, treatment and follow-up.
• Build knowledge of nutrition service delivery models, referral pathways and health-system capacity, and identify gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify root causes of child wasting in target areas and develop intervention packages covering prevention, identification, mitigation and relapse prevention.
• Integrate child wasting interventions into maternal and child health, infant and young child feeding, growth monitoring and community outreach programmes.
• Act as technical expert in nutrition for research and implementation, taking part in stakeholder and end-user interviews and observations, and helping analyse and synthesise results.
• Provide technical guidance on designing evidence-informed interventions and co-design user-centred models with the Human-Centred Design team.
• Recommend monitoring indicators, data sources and learning approaches, and contribute to technical reports and programme documentation.
• Engage government health and nutrition stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health, provincial health departments and operational districts, and present findings to UNICEF, government and partners.

Required profile

• At least 5 years of experience in nutrition and/or health, particularly maternal, infant and young child feeding (MIYCF).
• Demonstrated experience working in Cambodia; experience in other countries or remote areas is an advantage.
• Experience conducting interviews and observations on nutrition or health topics in Cambodia.
• Experience leading design projects, developing strategies and interventions, and communicating with donors and partners.
• Experience facilitating workshops, including co-creation workshops; experience with Human-Centred Design is a bonus.
• Fluent English; fluency in Khmer is ideal.

Required skills

• Strong digital literacy, including Google Workspace.
• High proficiency in English across listening, speaking, reading and writing.
• Ability to analyse and synthesise research findings and turn them into actionable strategies.