Senior Technical Advisor - Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition (MNHN) at Nutrition International

About the role


The Senior Technical Advisor provides strategic technical leadership to ensure the NOURISH programming is evidence-informed, high quality, and delivers its intended outcomes. The role works across consortium partners and Nutrition International teams to provide technical oversight, strengthen learning and knowledge translation, support performance and reporting, and foster collaboration to maximize program impact.


Key Duties and Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Advisory


Provide high-quality technical advice to support evidence-informed decision-making across NOURISH. Review and oversee partner workplans, technical designs, theories of change, and outputs. Ensure monitoring, evaluation, and data align with investments, strategic priorities, and outcomes. Enable application of the latest evidence, best practices, and learning across implementation.


Knowledge Translation & Learning


Lead synthesis and translation of program evidence and technical outputs into accessible knowledge products. Support development and dissemination of technical briefs, guidance, reports, and learning products. Contribute to and help lead the NOURISH learning agenda, fostering continuous learning and adaptive management.


Representation & Stakeholder Engagement


Represent NOURISH in technical meetings, working groups, partner engagements, and relevant forums, internally and externally. Build and maintain effective relationships with consortium partners, donors, government stakeholders, and technical networks.


Collaboration & Partnership


Work collaboratively across the NOURISH team, including finance, health financing, MEAL, and consortium leadership, to deliver integrated, high-quality outputs with efficiency. Engage with Nutrition International's regional and HQ teams, mobilizing technical expertise through clear workplans and deliverables. Support partners in implementing workplans, synthesizing learnings, enabling cross-learning, and providing technical support and coordination.


NOURISH Reporting and Performance Management


Provide technical leadership in partner reporting, ensuring evidence-based reporting that demonstrates progress against deliverables, KPIs, commitments, and program objectives. Review performance data to identify opportunities for strengthening implementation and results.


People Leadership


Provide line management and technical supervision to assigned staff, supporting performance, professional development, and accountability. Foster a collaborative, high-performing team culture with shared ownership of NOURISH objectives across teams and partners.


Supervisory Responsibilities


The Senior Technical Advisor, MNHN will provide direct supervision and line management to the Technical Advisors.


Requirements

Education/Professional Designations/Experience


Master's degree (or higher) in nutrition, public health nutrition, maternal health and nutrition, nutrition and international development.
Minimum 10 years' experience providing senior technical leadership in international development, public health, nutrition, health systems strengthening, or a related field.
5-7 years of experience at a regional level in Senior Technical roles in nutrition programs in international development / Public Health / NGO environments.
Experience working in a senior technical capacity across multiple African countries, including within consortium-based or multi-partner settings.
Demonstrated upstream and downstream health system experience with nutrition actions for a positive pregnancy, including micronutrient supplementation - MMS and calcium supplementation.
Experience working in the public health/nutrition sector in Africa; understanding of health systems.
Demonstrated experience providing strategic technical advice and translating evidence into programme and policy decisions.
Significant experience reviewing technical designs, theories of change, implementation plans, and technical deliverables.
Extensive experience supporting monitoring, evaluation, learning, and the use of data to improve programme performance.
Proven experience leading knowledge translation, including synthesising evidence and developing technical guidance, reports, learning products, and dissemination materials.
Experience working on large, multi-country, donor-funded programmes and coordinating across multiple partners.


Other Specific Skill Requirements:

Skills


Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Demonstrated understanding of results-based management, performance measurement frameworks and fundamentals of program monitoring and donor reporting.
Demonstrated experience in project start up processes.
Demonstrated understanding and/or experience operationalizing child safeguarding principles and policy.
A working knowledge of French is an asset.


Competencies


Organization: Exceptional organizational and planning skills with a proven ability to prioritize and work in a dynamic fast paced environment.
Leadership: Confident leader with a proven ability to motivate and support project teams.
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
Relationship Building: Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with team members, project stakeholders and partner organizations.
Cultural Sensitivity: Ability to navigate diverse cultural environments and tailor solutions to country and regional contexts.
Project Management: Strong project management skills, with experience in the direct management of international development projects.