Nutrition Program Manager- NigeriaMaiduguri, Borno

Bachelor’s degree required. A master’s degree (M.A., M.S., M.Sc., or equivalent) in Nutrition, Public Health, or a related field is preferred. Relevant technical certifications are an asset.

Minimum of

10 years of progressive experience

providing technical support in a relevant field, including:

Proposal development, including writing and technical analysis.

Demonstrated strong theoretical and applied knowledge in the field of expertise.

The Nutrition Program manager is a key role in the Mercy Corps’ Nigeria Humanitarian team. The role is critical to the mission and is responsible for delivering quality and impactful technical programming across the Mercy Corps Nigeria mission. The position supports programs across the portfolio funded by multiple donors, supports lessons learned, incorporates MC's global technical expertise, and ensures new business development incorporates technical expertise and experience.

The Nutrition Program Manager is a member of the technical support unit in the country and contributes to conversations within the team, shares lessons learned, and visioning across the mission. S/he will actively participate in relevant coordination mechanisms to share back with relevant stakeholders within the mission, as well as ensure participation at the sub-office level through technical coordinators and program staff.

S/he plays a key role in program development, proposal writing, and shaping Mercy Corps’ overall program strategy for emergency to resilience programming.

The Nutrition Program Manager will be responsible for providing technical direction and scale-up of the nutrition sector component through program design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting. He/she will take the lead and provide technical support to teams in the set-up as well as scaling up nutrition interventions across country operations, help monitor and improve program quality and relevance, stay current on industry innovation and best practices, write competitive proposals for submission to donors, deliver training, and disseminate information to internal and external partners. S/he will take the lead role in representation at various fora/clusters. The position will monitor the context and implementation environment as well as the program quality to ensure it remains conducive for Nutrition intervention expansion; work with other sectors, i.e., WASH, MPCA, Protection, Early Recovery, and Market System development (ERMS) for better integration and synergies to maximize the impact for program participants.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

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Now, and for the future.

The Program / Department / Team

Mercy Corps has been present in Nigeria since 2012, focusing its interventions on humanitarian assistance, economic development, and conflict mitigation. With the ongoing insurgency in Northeast Nigeria causing the displacement of millions of individuals, Mercy Corps started its humanitarian response in 2014 to address the rising humanitarian needs.