SBC & Nutrition Coordinator at CARE International

Job Summary

CARE Nigeria is seeking a SBC & Nutrition Coordinator who will provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and quality assurance for all nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive SBC interventions under CASCADE. The coordinator ensures that program activities align with global best practices, are evidence-driven, and produce measurable improvements in maternal, adolescent, and child nutrition outcomes. The role requires strong technical expertise in MIYCN, adolescent nutrition, behavior change methodologies, community engagement, multi-sectoral nutrition, and working with diverse partners. The coordinator will play a cross-cutting role, supporting integration of nutrition and SBC across all CARE Nigeria program areas, including Food Security & Livelihoods, Gender, Protection, Resilience, WASH, and Humanitarian Response portfolios. CARE implements CASCADE in Nigeria across multiple states, partnering with government MDAs, community institutions, civil society, private sector actors, and national partners to deliver high-impact nutrition interventions. The project is positioned to accelerate progress toward improved maternal and child health outcomes, build resilience, and support national priorities for reducing malnutrition. The SBC & Nutrition Coordinator will lead CASCADE’s developmental nutrition and Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) components, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based interventions that address the underlying causes of malnutrition. The role will supervise a team of four Nutrition and Health Officers who work with national partners to strengthen community-level SBCC delivery. The coordinator will also drive accelerated implementation and—if the 2027 extension is approved—continue providing sustained technical support.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Technical Leadership in SBC and Nutrition

• Lead the design, rollout, and adaptation of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive SBCC strategies across project states.
• Provide high-level technical guidance on MIYCN, adolescent nutrition, dietary diversity, micronutrient deficiencies, and positive deviance approaches.
• Develop and refine SBC packages, community-dialogue tools, job aids, counseling materials, and digital content tailored to local contexts.
• Ensure SBC activities reflect evidence-based models, including community conversations, Social Analysis and Action (SAA), gender-transformative approaches, and systems-focused behavior change.
• Conduct barrier analyses, formative research, and rapid assessments to inform SBC design.
• Provide technical input into cross-sectoral approaches linking nutrition with agriculture, markets, social protection, gender equality, resilience, and WASH

Job Responsibility #2: Quality Implementation & Program Management

• Supervise four Nutrition & Health Officers and ensure strong collaboration with national partners for SBCC roll-out.
• Build capacity of project staff, government workers, and partner organizations on SBC, MIYCN, and integrated nutrition programming.
• Lead development of program implementation tools, SOPs, curricula, guidelines, and training modules.
• Strengthen systems for community mobilization, peer-support groups, adolescent engagement, and caregiver behavior change.
• Ensure nutrition is positioned as a cross-cutting theme across all CASCADE components.
• Support alignment with national guidelines, state-level nutrition strategies, and global standards.

Job Responsibility #3: Monitoring, Learning & Evidence Generation

• Work closely with MEAL teams to develop indicators, tools, and dashboards to track SBC and nutrition performance.
• Ensure systematic documentation of lessons, success stories, case studies, and best practices.
• Use evidence to refine SBC approaches and contribute to program learning agendas.
• Support evaluations, operational research, and assessments as required.

Job Responsibility #4: Coordination, Partnership & Representation

• Strengthen coordination with MDAs (MoH, SMoA, RUWASSA, SPHCDA), nutrition TWGs, and state-level actors.
• Represent CARE in nutrition and SBC forums, working groups, and cluster coordination platforms.
• Maintain strong relationships with national partners, civil society groups, and private-sector stakeholders involved in CASCADE delivery.
• Ensure coherence and synergy across donor-funded CARE projects, promoting integrated and complementary programming.

Job Responsibility #5: Donor Engagement & Reporting

• Provide high-quality technical inputs to donor reports, including quarterly, interim, annual, and ad-hoc submissions.
• Ensure compliance with donor quality standards, strategies, and technical guidance.
• Contribute to resource mobilization efforts, concept notes, and proposals.

Job Responsibility #6: Team Leadership & Management

• Provide direct supervision, coaching, and mentorship to four Nutrition & Health Officers.
• Foster a culture of learning, collaboration, and accountability within the team.
• Support training, orientation, and ongoing skills development of staff and implementing partners.
• Promote gender equity, inclusion, and safeguarding across implementation.

Resource Mobilization

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform any other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

• Master’s degree in nutrition, Public Health, Social/Behavioral Sciences, Development Studies, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in nutrition, SBC, MIYCN, or related fields in development or humanitarian settings.
• Strong technical expertise in SBC design, MIYCN implementation, and multisectoral nutrition programming.
• Experience engaging donors such as the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union, Global Affairs Canada, UN agencies (e.g., WFP), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and producing high-quality donor-compliant reports.
• Proven experience supervising and mentoring field teams and supporting local partners.
• Demonstrated ability to design formative research and apply evidence to refine SBC strategies.
• Strong writing skills, analytical abilities, and experience producing tools, guidelines, curricula, and training materials.
• Familiarity with community systems strengthening, gender-transformative SBC, and resilience programming.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Willingness to travel frequently to project locations.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Comfort around Higher management
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Agility