Job Title: Senior Technical Advisor – Maternal and Newborn Health and Nutrition (MNHN)
Date Posted: 08/07/2026
Job Type: Hybrid
Employer: Nutrition International
Industry: Medical
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 25/07/2026
Looking for a medical job in
Kenya? Nutrition International is hiring a Senior Technical Advisor – MNHN
skilled in clinical nutrition, maternal and newborn health systems, and
technical advisory.
About the role
- The Senior Technical
Advisor provides strategic technical leadership to ensure the NOURISH
programming is evidence-informed, high quality, and delivers its intended
outcomes.
The role works across consortium partners and Nutrition International teams to provide technical oversight, strengthen learning and knowledge translation, support performance and reporting, and foster collaboration to maximize program impact.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Technical Leadership &
Advisory
- Provide high-quality
technical advice to support evidence-informed decision-making across
NOURISH. Review and oversee partner workplans, technical designs, theories
of change, and outputs. Ensure monitoring, evaluation, and data align with
investments, strategic priorities, and outcomes. Enable application of the
latest evidence, best practices, and learning across implementation.
Knowledge Translation &
Learning
- Lead synthesis and
translation of program evidence and technical outputs into accessible
knowledge products. Support development and dissemination of technical
briefs, guidance, reports, and learning products. Contribute to and help
lead the NOURISH learning agenda, fostering continuous learning and
adaptive management.
Representation & Stakeholder Engagement
- Represent NOURISH in
technical meetings, working groups, partner engagements, and relevant
forums, internally and externally. Build and maintain effective
relationships with consortium partners, donors, government stakeholders,
and technical networks.
Collaboration &
Partnership
- Work collaboratively
across the NOURISH team, including finance, health financing, MEAL, and
consortium leadership, to deliver integrated, high-quality outputs with
efficiency. Engage with Nutrition International’s regional and HQ teams,
mobilizing technical expertise through clear workplans and deliverables.
Support partners in implementing workplans, synthesizing learnings,
enabling cross-learning, and providing technical support and coordination.
NOURISH Reporting and
Performance Management
- Provide technical
leadership in partner reporting, ensuring evidence-based reporting that
demonstrates progress against deliverables, KPIs, commitments, and program
objectives. Review performance data to identify opportunities for
strengthening implementation and results.
People Leadership
- Provide line management
and technical supervision to assigned staff, supporting performance,
professional development, and accountability. Foster a collaborative,
high-performing team culture with shared ownership of NOURISH objectives
across teams and partners.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- The Senior Technical
Advisor, MNHN will provide direct supervision and line management to the
Technical Advisors.
Requirements
Education/Professional
Designations/Experience
- Master’s degree (or
higher) in nutrition, public health nutrition, maternal health and
nutrition, nutrition and international development.
- Minimum 10 years’
experience providing senior technical leadership in international
development, public health, nutrition, health systems strengthening, or a
related field.
- 5-7 years of experience
at a regional level in Senior Technical roles in nutrition programs in
international development / Public Health / NGO environments.
- Experience working in a
senior technical capacity across multiple African countries, including
within consortium-based or multi-partner settings.
- Demonstrated upstream and
downstream health system experience with nutrition actions for a positive
pregnancy, including micronutrient supplementation – MMS and calcium
supplementation.
- Experience working in the
public health/nutrition sector in Africa; understanding of health
systems.
- Demonstrated experience
providing strategic technical advice and translating evidence into
programme and policy decisions.
- Significant experience
reviewing technical designs, theories of change, implementation plans, and
technical deliverables.
- Extensive experience
supporting monitoring, evaluation, learning, and the use of data to
improve programme performance.
- Proven experience leading
knowledge translation, including synthesising evidence and developing
technical guidance, reports, learning products, and dissemination
materials.
- Experience working on
large, multi-country, donor-funded programmes and coordinating across
multiple partners.
Other Specific Skill Requirements:
Skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft
Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated
understanding of results-based management, performance measurement
frameworks and fundamentals of program monitoring and donor reporting.
- Demonstrated experience
in project start up processes.
- Demonstrated
understanding and/or experience operationalizing child safeguarding
principles and policy.
- A working knowledge of
French is an asset.
Competencies
- Organization: Exceptional
organizational and planning skills with a proven ability to prioritize and
work in a dynamic fast paced environment.
- Leadership: Confident
leader with a proven ability to motivate and support project teams.
- Communication: Excellent
written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively
communicate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Relationship Building:
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with team members,
project stakeholders and partner organizations.
- Cultural Sensitivity:
Ability to navigate diverse cultural environments and tailor solutions to
country and regional contexts.
- Project Management:
Strong project management skills, with experience in the direct management
of international development projects.
How to Apply
