UNICEF, Pakistan is looking for a consultant to conduct Nutrition Causal Analysis in drought affected districts of Sindh province, Pakistan.The NCA aimed to do in depth analysis of causes, which contribute to malnutrition and explore association among them. Background: Pakistan is facing high burden of acute and chronic malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies among children and pregnant and lactating women. According to National Nutrition Survey (NNS, 2011), an estimated 15.1% and 44% children under the age of five year wasted and stunted respectively. High rate of acute and chronic malnutrition is associated with high morbidity and mortality among children and pregnant and lactating women. Micronutrient malnutrition such as Vitamin A, Iron/Folic, Iodine and Zinc deficiencies are also highly prevalent among the target age groups. According to NNS 2011, an estimated 61.9% preschool children and 50.4% pregnant women are anemic, while 54% children and 46% women are vitamin A deficient. The situation is further aggravated by chronic food insecurity, high inflation rates, poor quality of care at delivery point and inadequate access, high incidence of infectious diseases and sub-optimal infant and young child feeding practices. Objective: 1. The main objective of the NCA is to identify and understand the causes of acute malnutrition in the study area in order to improve the advocacy and the design and implementation of nutrition programming. 2. To understand the contributing factors toward high burden of acute and chronic malnutrition and explore association among them. The consultant will lead the design and implementation of nutrition causal analysis including data collection, analysis and report writing and will also engage stakeholders/partners at district and provincial level. Tasks: 1. Submission of inception report: which covers; initial preparatory work, secondary review of data source, drafting hypothesis, framework and methodology for study and study timeline 2.Submission of research tools and timeline: finalization of data collection tools, pretesting and translation, recruit and train team and finalized time line in consultation with stakeholders 3.Submission of NCA first draft report 4. Stakeholders workshop to share findings. 5. Submission of final NCA report. Contract duration: 04 months Qualification and experience: ? Post graduate degree in Social Sciences, Anthropology, Public Health or Nutrition; ? Minimum of five year relevant experience ? Good understanding of research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative data analysis and report writing; ? Previous experience of research in similar capacity in the field of nutrition in emergency context; ? Previous experience of conducting nutrition causal analysis in similar context ; Application process: Interested candidates should submit by December 31st 2015 : - A letter of interest, detailing previous experience relevant to the consultancy - A Curriculum vitae to Dr. Umar Khan, ukhan@unicef.org