Programme Management Advisor (Nutrition)

• Lead the analysis,  design, approval, and steer direction of nutrition sensitive and specific projects, taking a bespoke and agile approach when required.  

• Lead the research and report on development trends (e.g., political, social, economic, nutrition, health) for top management to enhance programme growth and added value within the LIFT’s context. 

• Develop strategies to position the nutrition projects within the different stakeholders, by demonstrating a structured, thorough analysis and planning, evidence-based solid recommendations, and quality project execution.  

• Provide strategic, technical, and operational support throughout all stages of the projects by understanding UNOPS processes, preparing materials and documentation, making relevant interventions when necessary, and efficiently adjusting the execution plans when needed. 

Programme management, monitoring, and delivery of results

• Liaise with the project´s leadership, colleagues, and partners to discuss strategic, operational, and implementation issues related to LIFT´s nutrition projects. 

• Provide sound strategic and technical advice for high-level decision-making. 

• Provide guidance, mentoring, capacity building, and continuous support to the technical experts under the Nutrition team, ensuring the programme´s performance.  

• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises/meetings, annual reviews, or similar to the nutrition project’s performance.

• Responsible for leading nutrition programming’s  direction (sensitive+specific) including building strategic partnerships, managing human resource, and ensuring compliance with LIFT’s programme objectives, UNOPS rules and regulations, and donor and interagency commitments. 

• Be aware of issues identified to ensure timely and quality resolution of short/mid/long term risks. 

• Lead the preparation and issuance of regular reports for management, donors, and partners to inform them of programme progress.

Technical and operational support to the programme implementation

• Conduct regular field visits to assess progress and provide strategic and technical support to Programme´s project implementation.  

• Be aware and raise critical issues, bottlenecks, and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.

• Provide sound operational and technical advice to stakeholders on policies, strategies, processes, and best practices regarding nutrition-related issues to ensure efficient and quality results delivery.

Networking and partnership-building

• Build and sustain effective partnerships with nutrition sector counterparts and national stakeholders by actively sharing information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build stakeholders’ capacity.

• Ensure the Nutrition team issues communication and information materials for programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnerships/alliances, and support fundraising for nutrition programmes.

• Liaise with internal stakeholders on other programmes, facilitating nutrition projects to network and benchmark from best practices that could be implemented at LIFT. 

Innovation, knowledge management, and capacity building

• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned to develop knowledge and build stakeholders’ capacity.

• Apply innovative approaches to support the implementation and delivery of effective and efficient initiatives. 

• Participate in capacity-building sessions to enhance the stakeholder´s capacity development. 

• Enhance a development & learning management culture within your team to ensure sustainable and scalable growth.

Education:

• A Master’s degree preferably in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, or other similar field is required.
• A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s), preferably in the above professional fields with 2 additional years of relevant experience, could be considered in lieu of a Master´s degree.

Experience:

• A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience leading programmes or projects in the following areas: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning, Social and Behaviour Change Communication, or similar field is required. 
• Experience managing all levels of internal and external stakeholders is required.
• Team leadership experience is required.
• Experience in guiding programmes in acute malnutrition contexts is highly desirable.
• Experience in advisory roles for large multicultural organizations or projects is preferable.
• Experience working in Southeast Asian countries, and preferably Myanmar, or conflict-affected country contexts is highly desirable.
• Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in the UN system is an asset.
• Experience in international organizations and/or international contexts is required.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

• Knowledge of  Burmese is an asset.