Health & Nutrition Advisor

World Vision; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

World Vision is seeking a Health & Nutrition Advisor to provide specialist technical leadership that strengthens the charity’s ability to secure, design and deliver high-quality donor-funded programmes. The role requires translating evidence and technical expertise into competitive funding opportunities across institutional donors.

Based in Milton Keynes with a hybrid work pattern, you will work across programme acquisition, quality and reporting, collaborating with donors, partners and internal

Qualifications

• Degree in Health, Nutrition or related discipline.
• Extensive experience designing and proposing health and nutrition programmes for institutional funders.
• Strong understanding of institutional donor funding mechanisms.
• Experience developing theories of change, results frameworks, indicators and logframes.
• Experience delivering technical support and quality assurance for donor-funded programmes.

Responsibilities

• Translate evidence and technical expertise into competitive funding opportunities and effective programme delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across diverse contexts and balance programme quality with donor expectations.
• Collaborate across the charity, partners and donor-funded teams and manage risk.
• Work from Milton Keynes office at least 1 day per week, with hybrid/home days.

Skills

Health/Nutrition degree

Programme design

Proposal development

Donor funding knowledge

Theories of change

Results frameworks

Indicators

Logframes

Technical support

Quality assurance

Gender equality

Disability inclusion

Safeguarding

Community accountability

Stakeholder management

Partnership development

Written communication

Verbal communication

Prioritisation

Education

Health/Nutrition degree

Job description

We are looking for a Health & Nutrition Advisor to provide specialist technical leadership that strengthens the charity's ability to secure, design and deliver high-quality institutional donor-funded programmes.

With 75 years of experience, the focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. The organisation helps children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by Christian faith.

Come join the 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children's life stories!

Location: Milton Keynes/hybrid

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: October 8, 2026. Interviews will be the following week.

About the Role

Working across programme acquisition, programme quality and donor reporting, you will ensure that evidence, learning and technical expertise are translated into competitive funding opportunities and effective programme delivery. You will combine technical health and nutrition expertise with strong donor awareness to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and communities whilst supporting institutional funding ambitions.

You will work collaboratively across the charity, consortium partners and donor-funded programme teams. You will build trusted relationships, influence without direct authority and provide technical leadership across diverse geographical and cultural contexts and balance programme quality, donor expectations and organisational priorities, using sound judgement to support decision-making and manage risk. The role requires strong collaboration, curiosity, accountability and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

This role is based at the Milton Keynes office. You will need to work from the office for a minimum of 1 day per week, with the option to work from home for the remaining days. Please only apply if you live within a realistic commuting distance of Milton Keynes.

About You

To succeed in this role you will need:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Health, Nutrition or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in health and nutrition programme design and proposal development, including demonstrated experience and a successful track-record in the development of proposals for grants and commercial contracts across a variety of institutional funders.
• Strong understanding of institutional donor funding mechanisms and requirements.
• Experience developing theories of change, results frameworks, indicators and logframes.
• Demonstrable experience providing technical support and quality assurance to donor-funded programmes, including managing or supporting rapid-response and demand-led technical assistance assignments (e.g. scoping, mobilisation of experts, quality assurance and delivery oversight)
• Experience integrating gender equality, disability inclusion, safeguarding and community accountability into programme design.
• Strong stakeholder management and partnership development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical issues to non-specialist audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs to challenging deadlines.

About the Organisation

Join an international children's charity working with children, their communities, and with supporters and partners, in almost 100 countries. Through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy the organisation has helped bring lasting change to millions of children, over more than 60 years. As a Christian charity, everything is motivated by faith as we strive to reflect God's unconditional love.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in the workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. The organisation also operates flexible working policies and practices. As a Disability committed employer we encourage qualified individuals with a disability to apply and request a reasonable adjustment if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access as a result of your disability.

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