Global Maternal, Child Health & Nutrition Advisor II

Nakupuna Companies; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 142,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Nakupuna Companies seeks a Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Advisor II to support U.S. Department of State global health priorities and foreign assistance programming under the America First Global Health Strategy.

The Advisor will provide senior-level technical and programmatic support to GHSD and country teams in designing and implementing high-impact maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition programs.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Health Policy, Medicine, Nutrition, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in maternal, newborn, child health, nutrition, or related global health programming.
• Experience managing large-scale global health awards and multi-country initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication, briefing, and facilitation skills.
• Experience working with Ministries of Health and international partners.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level technical and programmatic guidance for maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition programs, including support to country teams and partner governments on program design, implementation, and performance.
• Provide program and activity management for awards implementing maternal, child health, and nutrition programs, including technical oversight, performance monitoring, and identification of corrective actions when needed.
• Support the selection, rollout, monitoring, and continuous improvement of high-impact interventions and biomedical innovations that improve maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition outcomes.
• Contribute to the design, selection, administration, and evaluation of new program instruments, performance metrics, results frameworks, and milestone-based approaches.
• Develop and disseminate technical and operational guidance, tools, training materials, and other resources supporting maternal, newborn, child health, nutrition, integrated service delivery, biomedical innovation, and award management.
• Monitor program performance against established metrics and milestones; identify implementation gaps, risks, and emerging challenges; and recommend adaptive strategies to strengthen results.
• Work collaboratively with Ministries of Health, U.S. Embassies, donors, implementing partners, and other stakeholders to strengthen program implementation, coordination, and sustainable country capacity.
• Provide technical assistance, training, and capacity building to country teams and local counterparts to strengthen sustainable, country-led maternal, child health, and nutrition programming.
• Prepare and support timely and accurate Congressional reports, leadership briefings, technical analyses, and other internal and external reporting products.
• Document and disseminate lessons learned, effective practices, and recommendations to inform global and country-level policy and program implementation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

MCH & Nutrition

Program management

Award management

Technical assistance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Health Policy, Medicine, Nutrition, or related field

Job description

Nakupuna Companies seeks a Maternal, Child Health and Nutrition Advisor II to support U.S. Department of State global health priorities and foreign assistance programming under the America First Global Health Strategy.

The Advisor will provide senior-level technical and programmatic support to GHSD and country teams in designing and implementing high-impact maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition programs.