Program Manager, Nutrition at Jhpiego Nigeria

Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager, Nutrition

Job ID: 2025-7036
Location: Abuja
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Full-Time

Overview

• We are seeking candidates for an upcoming project that implements and provides technical support to nutrition interventions across different levels of the health system and disciplines, and some linkages with communities.
• The project’s multi-sectoral approach draws on global nutrition experience to design, implement, and evaluate programs that address the root causes of malnutrition. Committed to using a systems approach, the project strives to sustain positive outcomes by building local capacity and strengthening the enabling environment to save lives, improve health, and build resilience.
• The project's overall purpose in Nigeria is to implement innovative nutrition-specific and sensitive life-saving interventions and generate evidence to enhance nutrition programming. This will help achieve the overall goal of improving nutrition indices for women of reproductive age and young children, including newborns. This activity will support the donor’s effort to strengthen the enabling environment for innovation, commitment, capacity strengthening, coordination, collaboration, and support for multi-sectoral nutrition policies and programs.
• The Nutrition Manager will provide technical expertise and guidance on nutrition interventions, including assessments, program design, and implementation. The successful candidate will ensure the delivery of high-quality nutrition programs in line with established standards and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and guidance on nutrition interventions, assessments, and program design. Conduct training and capacity-building activities for project staff and community health workers on nutrition-related topics.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of nutrition programs, ensuring compliance with national and international standards.
• Ability to engage with and maintain relationships with relevant ministries, departments, agencies, and other stakeholders
• Develop and adapt nutrition-specific strategies and protocols based on evidence-based practices and guidelines.
• Raise community awareness and consume diversified, nutrient-dense, fortified, and nutritionally adequate foods.
• Improve nutritional status and intervention outcome by increasing the production of diverse and safe foods, increasing household food availability, and implementing live saving interventions.
• Coordinate capacity building and technical support for beneficiaries on nutrition-specific and sensitive agriculture issues, including dietary diversification and nutrient-dense diets, food preparation and utilization, best practices, and energy and time-saving technologies for women.
• Work with the M&E officer to monitor beneficiary adoption of the new nutrition-targeted agricultural practices and food consumption methodologies.
• Promote food safety, including appropriate handling, preservation, processing, storage, and utilization methods.
• Establish linkages and facilitate collaboration across relevant sectors, agencies, and public and private sector stakeholders working with the targeted communities.
• Promote water and sanitation activities in the targeted communities.
• Strengthen and promote community engagement processes in the project areas, particularly identifying project beneficiaries, assessing their needs, and addressing and resolving community issues.
• Perform and document regular monitoring of all project activities in close coordination with the project team.
• Ensure the cost-effective management of allocated Country Budget and resources for nutrition projects and maintain responsiveness in delivering on internal processes and external requests on budget spend in line with approved workplan.
• Manage direct reports by providing guidance, support, performance evaluations, and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Any other duties as assigned from time to time.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in nutrition program management, implementation, and technical support.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing evidence-based nutrition interventions.
• Strong technical knowledge of nutrition and public health principles and practices.
• Excellent training and capacity-building skills.
• Analytical and critical thinking abilities focusing on program quality and impact.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills In English Language, as well as the ability to work with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to work on own initiative with a creative approach to problem-solving.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online