Various Positions

FHI 360 Nepal Office

Vacancy Announcement

FHI 360 is a global organization that mobilizes research, resources, and relationships so people everywhere have access to the opportunities they need to lead full and healthy lives. With collaborations in over 60 countries, we work directly with local leaders to advance social and economic equity, improve health and well-being, respond to humanitarian crises, and strengthen community resilience. We share data-driven insights and scalable tools that expand access and equity so communities can effectively address complex challenges, respond to shocks, and achieve thriving futures.

FHI 360 has been working in Nepal since 1993. Together with the Government of Nepal (GoN), civil society, and the private sector, FHI 360 works collaboratively in the areas of HIV, family planning (FP)/reproductive health (RH), health security and one health, nutrition, COVID-19 response, procurement, and supply chain management, local capacity strengthening, civil society and media strengthening, governance reform and the environment and climate change.

We request applications from qualified Nepali citizens for the positions mentioned below.

(These positions are required for anticipated USAID Integrated Nutrition and are subject to funding approval and availability.)

1. Technical Advisor – Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition/Family Planning (MCHN/FP) 

The Technical Advisor – Maternal and Child Health, and Nutrition (MCHN)/Family Planning (FP) will lead all FP and MCHN activities for the USAID Integrated Nutrition. The Technical Advisor will ensure timely communication, coordination and arrangements with other program components, teams, staff as well as FP experts from FHI 360 HQ and ensure all MCHN and FP activities are carried out maintaining high technical quality. The person will also ensure FP compliance and requirements and capacity strengthening of USAID Integrated Nutrition staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design and implementation of improving MCHN and FP services in coordination with the federal, provincial and local government departments and units and other consortium partners. 
• Work with all the other program components (nutrition specific and sensitive components) while developing or implementing program interventions which also includes understanding and internalizing the key outputs, interventions and approach of each Intermediate Results (IR) under the USAID Integrated Nutrition 
• Lead the project’s effort to develop innovative, scalable, affordable and sustainable models in MCHN and FP.
• Provide technical assistance to Family Welfare Division and other relevant government offices on MCHN and FP, nutrition and health at all levels to develop the MCHN and FP specific standard operating procedures, policies, action plan strategies, guidelines and protocols.  
• Facilitate and manage research work and assessments to identify gaps in the delivery of MCHN and FP services. 
• Lead the development of supportive supervision, quality assurance and improvement and referral systems and tools on MCHN and FP for facility-based service providers and ensure linkages with other relevant government programs. 
• Conduct regular monitoring and ensure FP compliance and requirements including capacity strengthening of USAID integrated Nutrition and partner NGO (PNGO) staff.
• Provide support in developing suitable job aids and social and behavior change communication materials, and offer technical support for documenting best practices, success stories, and lessons learned.
• Guide improvement of the program performance by continuously monitoring and analyzing the service statistics.
• Contribute to the preparation of program reports, monthly updates, semiannual report, technical brief and other necessary documents in a through and timely manner. 
• Coordinate with the USAID Integrated Nutrition monitoring, evaluation, research and learning (MERL) team, the Integrated Health Management Information Section (IHMIS) section of the Department of Health Services (DoHS) to review analyses of IHMIS data on MCHN and FP and share with provinces and PNGOs teams for program learning and adaptation. 
• Ensure the integration of Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) principles into nutrition and health services at different levels.
• Represent FHI 360 in the federal, provincial and local level forums and activities. 
• Work with health and nutrition services specialist based in provinces to organize training program and capacity strengthening efforts for government health workers including those at the federal level including other programming efforts.

Requirements

• Master's degree in public health, behavioral and social sciences, or a related field with five to seven of experience in managing public health programs (nutrition preferred), or a bachelor's degree with over seven years of experience as mentioned above.
• Experience and understanding of the national nutrition, MCHN and FP program components and implementation requirements.
• Experience in working and managing diverse team to implement public health programs—preferably with a focus on MCHN and FP. 
• Experience in leadership in establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and partnerships with consortium partners and major stakeholders. 
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.  
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.

2. Technical Advisor – Private Sector Engagement (PSE) 

The Technical Advisor for Private Sector Engagement (PSE) will provide strategic direction for evidence-informed business development approaches under the USAID Integrated Nutrition program in collaboration with the Technical Director and consortium partners. The Advisor will enhance the capacity of local partners through designing training packages, conducting trainings, and providing coaching and mentoring to field staff. Additionally, the Advisor will leverage learnings from PSE to refine training packages tailored to project requirement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design and implementation of PSE related interventions and approaches in coordination with the Federal, Provincial and Local governments, private sector actors, stakeholders, and other consortium partners. 
• Work with other program component (nutrition specific and sensitive components) leads within the consortium while developing or introducing PSE interventions which also includes understanding and internalizing the key outputs, interventions and approach of each intermediate results under the USAID Integrated Nutrition. 
• Lead the project’s effort to develop innovative, scalable, affordable and sustainable PSE models to engage private sector actors with the health and nutrition sector. 
• Advise government departments and units on PSE for health and nutrition sector at all levels to leverage their potential in strengthening access, quality and coverage of nutrition and health services. 
• Support the government at all levels as well as facilitate coordination and collaboration with professional councils and associations to support governments to develop private sector specific standard operating procedures, policies, action plan strategies, guidelines and protocols.  
• Work with Health and Nutrition Services Specialists in provinces to organize capacity strengthening efforts for private sector partners and facilitate and manage research and assessments to identify challenges in PSE for health and nutrition services.
• Lead development/adaptation of supportive supervision, quality improvement and referral systems/approaches and tools for facility-based private sector service providers. 
• Support to develop suitable job aids and social and behavior change communication materials using the digital technology as appropriate
• Contribute to the preparation of program reports, monthly updates, semiannual report, technical brief and other necessary documents in a thorough and timely manner. 
• Provide support for documentation/publication of the best practices, success stories and lessons learned.
• Regular mentoring and coaching of local implementing partner staff.
• Work with health and nutrition services specialists based in provinces to organize training program and capacity strengthening efforts for public/private sector health workers including those at the federal level and Represent FHI 360 in external forums as needed at the federal or provincial level.
• Ensure the integration of Gender and Inclusive Development principles into nutrition and health services at different levels.

Requirements

• Master's degree in business administration, marketing business development, management or related field with five to seven years of experience, or a bachelor's degree with over seven years of experience as mentioned above.
• Experience of working in private sector for at least five years. 
• Experience of working in private sector engagement in health or nutrition sector would be preferred.  
• Experience in leadership in establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and partnerships with consortium partners and major stakeholders. 
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.  
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.

3. Senior Technical Specialist – Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM)

The Senior Technical Specialist – IMAM provides advanced technical expertise and guidance and typically lead the design and implementation IMAM component at federal, province and local government level. The role supports Technical Director to the design of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions, provides technical inputs to nutrition-related policies, guidelines, ensures the effective implementation, coordinates with government and non-government stakeholders, and contributes to monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) activities to ensure program effectiveness and impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall design and implementation context-specific for improving IMAM component in coordination with the Federal, Provincial and Local government departments and units and other consortium partners.  
• Collaborate with all program components (nutrition-specific and sensitive) in developing and implementing interventions, and work to maximize IMAM program coverage, ensuring access for underserved and marginalized communities. 
• Design interventions and work with the government to prioritize early case finding and treatment. 
• Work with all levels of government to strengthen the quality of outpatient therapeutic care center, inpatient therapeutic care center, nutrition rehabilitation homes including management of moderate acute malnutrition so that patients receive care as long as it is needed. 
• Lead the project’s effort to develop innovative, scalable, affordable and sustainable models in IMAM.
• Support government departments and units on nutrition and health at all levels to develop nutrition specific standard operating procedures, policies, action plan strategies, guidelines, and protocols.  technical support to the relevant Federal, Provincial and Local government.
• Integrate quality assurance standards for nutrition service delivery and set up institutional mechanism for ongoing quality improvement measures at point of care and measurement of quality.
• Work with health and nutrition services specialists based in provinces to organize training programs and capacity strengthening efforts for government health workers including those at the federal level.
• Facilitate and manage research and assessments to identify gaps in nutrition service delivery, and lead the development of supportive supervision, quality improvement, and referral systems for facility-based service providers.
• Ensure linkages with community-based integrated management of childhood illness and other relevant government programs. 
• Support to develop suitable job aids and social and behavior change communication materials Contribute to the preparation of program reports, monthly updates, semiannual technical brief and other necessary documents in a thorough and timely manner. 
• Ensure the integration of Gender and Inclusive Development principles into IMAM services at different levels.
• Coordinate with the USAID Integrated Nutrition Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning team, the Integrated Health Information Management System section of the Department of Health Services to review analyses of IHMIS data on IMAM program and share with provinces and partner non-government organization’s teams for program learning and adaptation. 
• Manage local consultants and ensure high quality deliverables as needed and 
• represent FHI 360 in external functions as needed.

Requirements

• Master's degree in public health, behavioral and social sciences, or a related field with five to seven years of experience in managing public health programs (nutrition preferred), or a bachelor's degree with over seven years of experience as mentioned above.
• Experience and understanding of the national nutrition program components and implementation requirements.
• Experience in working and managing diverse team to implement public health programs—preferably with a focus on nutrition program. 
• Experience in leadership in establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and partnerships with consortium partners and major stakeholders. 
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.  
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.

4. Technical Specialist – Capacity Strengthening & Pre-Service Curriculum 

The Technical Specialist in Capacity Strengthening and Pre-service Curriculum focuses on enhancing the knowledge, skills, and capabilities of project stakeholders at community, provincial and national level. The role involves designing and implementing training programs, workshops, and technical assistance initiatives tailored to specific needs, assessing capacity gaps, developing strategies to address them, and providing guidance on building sustainable capacities to achieve long-term goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead implementation and oversight of capacity strengthening and pre-service curriculum for USAID Integrated Nutrition including design, implementation, evaluation and coordination of organization development as well as revision update of pre-service curriculum.
• Coordinate and collaborate with relevant universities, education commissions, councils and professional associations for revision/update on pre-service curriculum by integrating nutrition, maternal and child health/family planning (MNCH/FP) components.     
• Organize capacity strengthening related trainings/workshop/orientation for USAID Integrated Nutrition staff, partner non-government organizations (PNGOs), private sectors, nutrition, MNCH/FP service providers.
• Ensure appropriate technical assistance required to PNGOs for planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities as well as adapting new and innovative approaches and activities.
• Develop and update capacity assessment tools, conduct organizational assessments of PNGOs, review capacity strengthening and localization documents, and provide regular technical updates on best practices for long-term sustainability to USAID Integrated Nutrition staff and stakeholders.
• Provide technical assistance to develop or revise/update capacity strengthening strategy/plan of PNGOs and ensure its implementation
• Establish strong relationship and develop ongoing coordination mechanism with independent training institutions, professionals/individuals, and government departments responsible for capacity strengthening in nutrition.
• Contribute to the preparation of program reports, monthly updates, technical brief and other necessary documents in a thorough and timely manner. 
• Ensure the integration of Gender and Inclusive Development principles into nutrition and health services at different levels.
• Provide technical support for documentation of the best practices, success stories and lessons learned.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social sciences, or a related field with three to five years of relevant work experience in development sector with emphasis on capacity strengthening and organizational development, or a bachelor's degree with over five years of experience as mentioned above.
• Experience in program management, organizational development, project cycle management, organizational assessment, strategic planning, training, facilitation and local partner capacity strengthening.
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.  
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.

5. Technical Specialist – Health and Nutrition (4 positions)

The Technical Specialist – Health and Nutrition Services are responsible for developing and implementing quality assurance and quality improvement strategies, conducting assessments and reviews, providing technical guidance to USAID Integrated Nutrition team at the provincial level, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement to enhance the delivery of services and achieve USAID Integrated Nutrition objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Support in context-specific designing and implementation of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to USAID Integrated Nutrition team and partner non-government organizations (PNGOs) at the provincial and local level.
• Provide technical assistance to PNGOs in annual co-creation workshops at the province and municipal levels to formulate a detailed implementation plan for USAID Integrated Nutrition, aligning with the nutritional needs and problems of province and municipality under the framework of the Multi Sector Nutrition Plan implementation.
• Support in developing, managing, and maintaining coordination and collaboration with other consortium leads and partners, as well as relevant government, non-government, and private sector stakeholders at the provincial level.
• Liaise with FHI 360 headquarters and regional nutrition and private sector engagement experts to ensure timely high-quality inputs.
• Provide support to PNGOs in the development, implementation, and monitoring of annual work plans and budgets, and ensure the timely and thorough completion of all reports and documentation requirements.
• Contribute to the preparation of program reports, monthly updates, other necessary technical and programmatic documents and documentation of successes, lessons learned and good practice.
• Ensure the integration of Gender and Inclusive Development principles in health nutrition services at the provincial, district, and local levels.

Requirements

• Master's degree in public health, behavioral and social sciences, or a related field with three to five years of experience in managing public health programs (nutrition preferred), or a bachelor's degree with over five years of experience as mentioned above.
• Experience and understanding of the national nutrition program components and implementation requirements.
• Experience in working in a diverse team to implement public health programs—preferably with a focus on nutrition program. 
• Experience in leadership in establishing and maintaining positive working relationships and partnerships with consortium partners and major stakeholders. 
• Proactive in managing multiple tasks, managing and working in the virtual work environment, and flexible, adaptive and open to managing time as needed for and demanded by the project and for working with different teams in different time zones as needed.  
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, communication, coordination and collaboration, team building and management, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent oral and written English and Nepali including documentation skills.

To apply for this job online, please click on the link https://www.fhi360.org/careers

The final deadline for application is 5:00 p.m. August 9, 2024.

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written tests and oral interviews. FHI 360 reserves the right to reject any or all applications received without explanation.