Regional Technical Advisor, Child Survival, West Africa at Nutrition International

About The Role

• As part of the Child Survival portfolio team, and reporting to the Senior Special Advisor, Child Survival, the Regional Technical Advisor, Child Survival, West Africa is responsible for providing technical leadership to support high quality and innovative programming in VAS and diarrhea treatment with zinc and ORS for Child Survival. At the heart of this role, the Regional Technical Advisor, Child Survival, West Africa is responsible for bringing technical and programmatic expertise in the subject matter and applying this in a “hands-on” way to three countries in West Africa. These are: Chad, Nigeria and Senegal.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to program design – support country team to collect evidence and information needed to inform program design, and recommend the most strategic actions for NI to take in each specific country context
• Co-develop Project Implementation Plans, work plans and budgets with the country teams, review and recommend for approval.
• Together with the Global Senior Technical Advisors, guide country teams in identification of project areas that need corrections or require further investigations
• Provide quality inputs to reporting processes, working closely with global and country portfolio and MDL teams
• Keep abreast of the regional landscape. Draft presentations, prepare and brief the portfolio leadership (e.g. briefing notes, program and research summaries), prepare and disseminate key takeaways to the wider Child Survival portfolio team
• Contribute to the development of concept notes, proposals and meetings with potential donors
• Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of portfolio level strategy.

About You;

You have;

• Graduate degree in nutrition or public health, Master’s level minimum
• 10+ years of work experience with NGOs, UN agencies or similar working on public health. Of which 5+ years working on child survival and/or other public health nutrition programs delivered through the health system
• Experience with results-based program design and implementation, and data for decision-making
• Experience with mobilizing resources and leveraging other funds and programs to achieve greatest program impact
• Experience with donor engagement, including budgeting, reporting, and ensuring compliance with donor requirements
• Experience working with governments and development partners
• Analytical: Ability to analyze and interpret data for decision-making, program improvement, and
• donor reporting.
• Project Management: Strong project management skills, with experience in overseeing complex, multi-country programs.