Technical Health and Nutrition Program Manager at World Vision in Freetown

Job description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Employee Contract Type: Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term) Job Description: Job Summary The Health & Nutrition Programme Manager provides strategic leadership and technical direction for the development, implementation, quality assurance, monitoring, evaluation, learning, and resource mobilization of World Vision International Sierra Leone’s Health and Nutrition portfolio. The position leads efforts to improve maternal, newborn, child, adolescent, and community health and nutrition outcomes through evidence-based programming, health systems strengthening, disease prevention, referral mechanisms, and community engagement. The role ensures the delivery of high-quality, integrated, child-focused, and gender-responsive programmes across Area Programmes, Private Non-Sponsorship (PNS) projects, and grant-funded initiatives. It strengthens programme effectiveness through technical support, capacity building of staff and partners, knowledge management, and the application of best practices and evidence. The Health & Nutrition Programme Manager also plays a key role in donor engagement, proposal development, resource acquisition, and external representation with government institutions, development partners, technical working groups, and other stakeholders. The position ensures that all health and nutrition interventions are aligned with World Vision standards and approaches, approved programme frameworks, national health priorities, donor requirements, and international best practices, ultimately contributing to improved well-being and sustainable outcomes for vulnerable children and communities. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES Strategic Technical Leadership: Programme Design and Quality Assurance Lead development and or review of the National Office Health & Nutrition Technical Programme strategy, plans and priorities. Ensure alignment with the National Strategy and priorities, World Vision technical approaches, Future Ready Sponsorship, approved IPFs/Results Frameworks and donor requirements Roll out, set and maintain technical standards, protocols, guidelines, tools and quality benchmarks across Area Programmes, projects and partners. Lead technical reviews of programme designs, theories of change, logframes, indicators, Detailed Implementation Plans (DIPs) and Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT). Ensure safeguarding, gender equality, disability inclusion, child participation, resilience and advocacy are appropriately integrated into program design. Provide technical input into annual planning, budgeting and portfolio prioritization. Promote integration with WASH, education, child protection, livelihoods, sponsorship and other technical programmes. Programme Implementation, Technical Oversight and Budget Management Provide technical oversight and support to Area Programme Managers, Project Officers, project teams and partners. Roll out designed programs, logic models and agreed Health & Nutrition implementation plans across relevant Area Programmes, projects and grants. Provide technical leadership on maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, nutrition, community health, prevention, referral and health-system strengthening. Guide the delivery of DIPs through the review of monthly and quarterly implementation plans and provide timely guidance to address gaps, risks and bottlenecks. Review activity concept notes for the appropriateness of approaches, models, quality benchmarks and required outputs/deliverables. Support management of Health & Nutrition budgets, forecasting, cash needs, procurement and appropriate use of supplies and equipment. Review relevant technical report