
Project Coordinator, United Nations Joint Nutrition Programme
Category | Grade:Professional | CONDeadline:16 Jul 2026Job ID:594400Posted on:10 Jul 2026
Overview
Coordinates Sierra Leone's United Nations Joint Nutrition Programme, supporting steering committee processes, programme delivery, monitoring, partnerships and evidence generation across nutrition, food security and climate-resilience work.
Languages
Required: English
Job Functions
- Programme and Project Management
- Healthcare and Medical Services
Minimum Experience
5 years
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Organise Joint Nutrition Programme Steering Committee meetings
- Coordinate delivery and monitoring of programme results
- Provide technical and operational support during implementation
- Manage partnerships, coordination and collaboration for cash transfer and nutrition work
- Support evidence generation and knowledge management
- Coordinate technical specialists across agencies
- Prepare technical and donor reports, policy briefs and presentations
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in economics, agriculture, food systems, food security, nutrition, climate change, environmental science, sustainable development, international development or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in programme management of development or humanitarian programmes or projects
- At least 4 to 6 years of experience managing multi-stakeholder or multi-partner programmes or projects in Sierra Leone
- Experience in nutrition and food security programming and familiarity with climate resilience and adaptation approaches
- Experience with donor-funded programmes, including proposal development, financial management and reporting
- Experience in monitoring, evaluation and learning, nutrition and food security indicators, food systems, climate resilience and results-based management
- Fluency in English
Skills
Programme ManagementNutrition ProgrammingFood SecurityClimate ResilienceResults-based ManagementMonitoring and EvaluationDonor ReportingStakeholder ManagementBudgetingRisk ManagementPartnership Coordination
Additional info
- National consultancy for 12 months
- Role is office-based
- Assessed as an elevated-risk role for child safeguarding purposes
- Applicants must submit a TMS profile, CV, cover letter and financial proposal
- Financial proposal must use the linked template