Maternal Health and Nutrition Advisor

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Nutrition International

Hybrid
  • Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Not specified
  • Remuneration: KES 5,169,242 KES-KES 6,000,000 KES / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 29/07/2026
  • Location: Kenya
Economic justice Food security & Nutrition Health Sexual & reproductive rights (SRHR)
About Us
Founded in 1992, Nutrition International is a global organization dedicated to delivering proven nutrition interventions to those who need them most. Working in partnership with countries, donors and implementers, our experts conduct cutting-edge nutrition research, support critical policy formulation, and integrate nutrition into broader development programs. In more than 60 countries, primarily in Asia and Africa, Nutrition International nourishes people to nourish life.

About the NOURISH Investment
The NOURISH investment (Nurture the ecosystem, Optimize the market, Unlock financing, Reinforce ANC platforms, Integrate and Scale MMS and Calcium for Healthy Futures) is an exciting new multi-country investment designed to accelerate the sustainable scale-up of MMS and strengthen systems for the integration of calcium supplementation across Africa. NOURISH takes a comprehensive, systems-based approach that brings together expertise across the critical areas required for successful scale-up: strengthening health systems, improving local product quality, affordability and availability, advancing sustainable health financing, and fostering the enabling policy and implementation environment needed for long-term success. 

At the heart of NOURISH is a commitment to placing women and their nutritional needs at the center of program design and implementation, while ensuring strong government leadership and ownership throughout the scale-up journey. NOURISH connects partners in a coordinated and complementary way, aligning technical expertise, implementation support, and country priorities to accelerate impact.

About the role
The Technical Advisor provides technical support to ensure NOURISH programming is evidence-informed, high quality, and contributes to achieving intended outcomes. The role works closely with consortium partners and Nutrition International teams to provide technical input into programme implementation, support knowledge generation and learning, contribute to reporting and performance monitoring, and facilitate collaboration to strengthen programme impact.

Requirements
Education/Professional Designations/Experience
  • Master's degree (or higher) in nutrition, public health nutrition, maternal health and nutrition, nutrition and international development.
  • Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible technical experience in international development, public health, nutrition, health systems strengthening, or a related field.
  • Over 5 years of experience supporting nutrition programmes in international development, NGO, or public health settings, with demonstrated technical knowledge of maternal nutrition interventions for a healthy pregnancy, including multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMS) and calcium supplementation.
  • Experience supporting maternal nutrition programmes in one or more African countries.
  • Experience supporting implementation of nutrition and health systems strengthening programmes.
  • Experience contributing technical advice and translating evidence into programme implementation.
  • Experience reviewing technical documents, implementation plans, and programme deliverables.
  • Experience supporting monitoring, evaluation, learning, and use of programme data.
  • Experience contributing to development of technical reports, guidance documents, and knowledge products.

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