Strategic Technical Consultant on Sugar-sweetened Beverage Taxation and Healthy Food Fiscal Policies (Internationals only, Remote with possible travel to Beijing)

Contract Duration – 12 months

Working arrangement: Remote with possible travel to Beijing

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                                                         TERMS OF REFERENCE

China is experiencing a growing burden of childhood overweight and obesity, driven by changing dietary patterns and increasingly unhealthy food environments. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are recognized globally as a major contributor to excess sugar intake and obesity risk among children and adolescents. UNICEF China is supporting efforts to advance healthier food environments for children through evidence generation, policy dialogue and strategic advocacy. As part of this agenda, UNICEF China aims to explore the feasibility and policy relevance of fiscal measures, including sugar-sweetened beverage taxation and related healthy food fiscal policies. Recognizing the technical complexity and political sensitivity of fiscal policy development and reform, UNICEF seeks an international consultant with recognized expertise in health taxation to provide high-level strategic and technical advisory support to UNICEF and its national partners.

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here:  Strategic Technical Consultant.pdf

Minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced degree in Economic...