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About the Role

World Vision International maintains a roster of qualified specialists to provide flexible, on-demand technical assistance for nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming across development, fragile and humanitarian settings. Specialists support World Vision offices, governments and partners to assess nutrition needs, design and strengthen high-quality programmes, respond to emergencies, and generate actionable evidence. Assignments are matched to each consultant’s demonstrated technical expertise and specific terms of reference.

Responsibilities

Provide assignment-specific technical advice for programme design, implementation, costing, monitoring, evaluation and adaptation.
Support maternal, infant, young child, adolescent and women’s nutrition, micronutrient interventions, food systems and fortification, social behaviour change programming, food-based approaches, and nutrition-sensitive programming for prevention and treatment of undernutrition.
Strengthen integration of nutrition within health systems, agriculture, food systems, social protection and other multisectoral platforms.
Contribute to nutrition policy, governance, financing, investment cases, advocacy and resource mobilization; prepare technical inputs to proposals, budgets and donor reports.
Develop technical guidance, training materials, operational tools and knowledge products; mentor World Vision staff, government counterparts and community partners.
Support rapid nutrition assessments and evidence-based response strategies for disasters, conflict, displacement and disease outbreaks.
Design, adapt and provide technical oversight for community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), including outpatient and inpatient care, and targeted or blanket supplementary feeding as appropriate.
Provide technical guidance on infant and young child feeding in emergencies (IYCF-E), breastfeeding protection, micronutrient interventions and links to food assistance.
Strengthen emergency nutrition surveillance, monitoring, situation reporting and coordination in line with Sphere standards and applicable humanitarian guidance.
Represent World Vision in government, nutrition cluster/sector and inter-agency coordination mechanisms; support response proposals, logframes, budgets and after-action reviews.
Design, conduct or supervise population-based nutrition assessments, including SMART, coverage and IYCF surveys, as relevant to the assignment.
Conduct or support qualitative and causal assessments, including KAP studies, Barrier Analysis, Link NCA and Cost of Diet analyses.
Develop protocols, sampling frames and data-collection tools; train and supervise enumerators and manage field survey quality assurance.
Oversee data cleaning and analysis of anthropometric indices, prevalence estimates and confidence intervals; interpret routine data from HMIS/DHIS2 and other surveillance systems.
Produce clear assessment reports and actionable recommendations; communicate findings to programmes, governments, donors and coordination partners.
Integrate gender equality, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), disability inclusion, child protection and safeguarding considerations throughout assignments.
Manage agreed deliverables, budgets, timelines and field logistics, and provide timely progress updates.
Ensure technical work aligns with relevant national protocols, international standards and World Vision policies.

Requirements

Advanced university degree in nutrition, public health, epidemiology, statistics, food science, development studies or a related field; a bachelor’s degree with substantial additional relevant experience may be considered for appropriate assignments.
Typically at least 5 years of progressive experience in nutrition or nutrition-sensitive programming for global technical assistance assignments; emergency nutrition and assessment-focused assignments may consider candidates with at least 5 years of directly relevant experience.
Demonstrated technical depth and successful deliverables in at least one roster specialty, such as programme designs, assessment reports, evaluations, publications or guidance materials.
Relevant experience in low- and middle-income countries, working with governments, international NGOs, multilateral organizations, local partners and/or donors.
Strong analytical, technical writing, communication, cross-cultural collaboration and project management skills.
For emergency deployments: demonstrated humanitarian experience, familiarity with Sphere and applicable IYCF-E guidance, and ability to work in rapidly changing or hardship settings.
For survey assignments: relevant training and experience in population-based survey design, implementation, quality assurance and analysis.
Professional proficiency in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and/or Arabic as required by the assignment.
For the dedicated SMART survey roster track, applicants must document at least five validated SMART surveys and five SMART consultancy assignments, with reports available for review; SMART training certification with distinction; and recommendation letters from at least two organizations where they managed SMART surveys.
Consultants engaged specifically as SMART capacity-building trainers must hold SMART Master Trainer certification and have facilitated at least one SMART training.
Commitment to World Vision’s Christian identity, mission, values and Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy.
Sound independent judgment, professionalism, adaptability and ability to deliver quality results under pressure.
Strong partnership-building, cultural sensitivity, teamwork and ability to translate evidence into practical recommendations.

Skills

Multisectoral nutrition, health and food systems strengthening; nutrition-sensitive agriculture and social protection
Maternal, infant and young child nutrition; adolescent and women’s nutrition; micronutrients and fortification; food-based approaches; nutrition social behaviour change programming; Positive Deviance/Hearth (PDH)
Nutrition policy, governance, financing, investment cases, implementation research and programme evaluation
Emergency nutrition, CMAM, IYCF-E, supplementary feeding, humanitarian coordination and surge response
Nutrition surveys, SMART/coverage/IYCF assessments, qualitative and causal analysis, and Cost of Diet
Nutrition information systems, HMIS/DHIS2, surveillance, data quality and statistical analysis
Gender equality and social inclusion; private-sector engagement and capacity strengthening
English
French
Spanish
Portuguese
Arabic
SMART/ENA for SMART certification or equivalent specialized assessment training
Mentoring national staff
Delivering remote or field-based technical assistance under tight deadlines
World Vision programming approaches
Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs systems
Christian identity and mission

Location

Global

Work Type

Consultancy
Humanitarian Response
Development Programmes
Remote
In-country

Experience Level

5+ years

Education Level

Advanced university degree
Bachelor's degree with substantial additional relevant experience

About the Company

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!
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organisation with a mission centred on following Jesus Christ in service to the world´s most vulnerable children.

Equal Opportunity

Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted
In all locations to the fullest extent legally permissible, the successful applicant will affirm our core documents, observe conduct compatible with Christian principles, serve at a high level of professional ethics and strive to act in accordance with cultural sensitivities.
Regular attendance with team and office devotions, chapel and prayer gatherings are expected in line with policies in the World Vision host location and its departments.