Director, Nutrition

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international organization is seeking a strategic leader to drive initiatives in nutrition and public health finance. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing relevant programs, mobilizing resources, and fostering team excellence. The position offers a hybrid working environment and a competitive salary along with a generous benefits package.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Training allowance

Wellbeing allowance

Life insurance

Medical insurance

Qualifications

• Proven track record in nutrition and/or public health finance.
• Deep understanding of international development funding flows.
• Exceptional leadership and team development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives in nutrition focus areas.
• Mobilise public and private finance for nutrition and health.
• Build and manage a high-performing team.

Skills

Leadership

Public health finance

Analytical skills

Negotiation

Cross-cultural collaboration

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic initiatives in one or more of CIFF’s nutrition focus areas, delivering measurable impact across priority geographies.
• Mobilise public and private finance for nutrition and public health, leveraging deep knowledge of government and multilateral mechanisms.
• Work with partners to advance innovative financing solutions for nutrition (e.g. debt swaps, taxation reforms, institutional reforms).
• Apply cost‑benefit and ROI methodologies to inform strategy and business planning.
• Build and manage a high‑performing team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
• Represent CIFF externally with credibility and professionalism, championing our programmes to diverse audiences.
• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with global institutions, governments, NGOs, and academic partners.
• Contribute to the performance of CIFF’s active global nutrition portfolio (circa $200 million and growing), managing personal pipeline and delivery targets.

Qualifications

• Proven global track record in nutrition and/or public health finance, especially in LMICs.
• Deep understanding of international development funding flows (ODA, MDBs, philanthropic, PPPs).
• Strong analytical skills and financial literacy, with experience in business process improvement.
• Exceptional leadership and team development capabilities.
• Skilled in influencing, negotiation, and cross‑cultural collaboration.
• Comfortable working in complex, data‑rich environments to draw sound strategic conclusions.

CIFF operates a hybrid work policy across all locations, which means employees work in the office and some of the time from home. We are happy to provide more information on this as part of the recruitment process.

Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a generous benefits package here at CIFF that includes, but is not limited to the following.

• Annual leave – 25 days per annum. Increasing by 1 day after each year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Bonus – CIFF currently operates a discretionary bonus scheme.
• Training allowance
• Wellbeing allowance
• Life insurance
• Medical insurance

Please submit your application on or before Friday 24 October 2025. CIFF reserves the right to close the job advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.