Chief Nutrition

Lead UNICEF Malawi's nutrition portfolio across development and humanitarian settings, directing a multidisciplinary team, scaling evidence-based maternal and child nutrition programmes, strengthening national systems and information, steering policy and advocacy, coordinating partners and mobilizing investment.

Department: Malawi Country Office, Nutrition

• Set strategic direction for UNICEF Malawi's nutrition portfolio
• Lead programme planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting
• Manage a multidisciplinary nutrition team and strengthen accountability
• Scale evidence-based maternal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition interventions
• Strengthen national nutrition systems and information systems
• Lead policy dialogue and evidence-based advocacy with government
• Coordinate partners, donors, civil society and academia
• Mobilize resources and investments for national nutrition priorities

• Advanced university degree in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global health, nutrition research, policy, management, health sciences or a related field
• At least eight years of relevant nutrition, public-health or programme-management experience
• Experience leading large-scale international nutrition programmes
• Experience leading nutrition policy, strategy and national coordination mechanisms
• Experience managing teams and humanitarian nutrition responses
• English fluency

• International professional position based in Lilongwe
• Role is classified as elevated risk for child safeguarding
• International mobility is a condition of employment