CONTEXT

The Power of Nutrition’s vision is a world where every child has the right nutrition to achieve their full potential.  Our purpose is to raise money and create partnerships to advance the fight against malnutrition in Africa and Asia.

By the end of 2022, we will have helped prevent 600,000 cases of stunting, achieving our headline target several years early, through funding and overseeing 18 large-scale nutrition programmes in 13 countries.

Since being established in 2015, we have:

- Reached 68 million of the world’s most vulnerable people with nutrition interventions, 300% more than our original target.

- Mobilised $534m for nutrition programming through our unique co-investment model and effective fundraising.

- Spent just 3 cents to generate the next $1 for nutrition programmes.

Undernutrition is the underlying cause of 45% of all child mortality. In Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, nearly 4 in 10 children are growing up with stunted bodies and brains – and malnutrition is on the rise due to covid, conflict and climate change.  Putting a stop to malnutrition is one of the best means we have to transform children’s health, education and livelihoods, in turn helping communities and countries end the cycle of poverty. Yet, there is a $10.8 billion annual funding gap in global nutrition.

The Power of Nutrition is a unique partnership platform that brings together diverse organisations to help plug this gap and run best-practice nutrition programmes at scale. We work with investors including the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and donor governments including the UK, Ireland and Australia; as well as implementing partners including The World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, UNICEF, World Food Programme and a range of international NGOs and academic partners.  

This is an exciting time to join The Power of Nutrition. You will play a critical role in delivering our new Strategy for 2022-5 – Transforming global nutrition financing, together – which sees the organisation go beyond stunting to tackle all forms of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiency, overweight and obesity) in high-risk countries, expand into innovative financing and become more of a public good for global nutrition and a tenacious sector champion.

Do you want to help prevent an additional 800,000 cases of stunting, 450,000 cases of maternal anaemia and 17,000 deaths of under-5s by 2025? We're looking for passionate, committed, highly-qualified people to join us on this exciting and critical journey. Further information can be viewed at www.powerofnutrition.org

JOB PURPOSE

The candidate will join the team responsible for ensuring The Power of Nutrition’s programmes - or as we call them, ‘investments’ - are achieving lasting impact for children, adolescents and mothers at scale. S/he will be responsible for:

the management of a portfolio of co-investments in support of national governments’ nutrition programmes, under the supervision of an Associate Director within the Investments and Programmes Team.

collaborating with colleagues in the Investments Team to undertake the necessary due diligence on all new investment opportunities and provide support for the review and management of ongoing investments.

managing relationships with implementing partners and partner governments for programme development and management, under the supervision of the Associate Director.

supporting the fundraising efforts of the Partnerships & Brands team through participating in meetings with potential new financing partners, technical input in proposals (including helping design new programme models), and bi/annual reporting of progress on specific investments and the broader programme portfolio.

contributing to new initiatives of The Power of Nutrition as required; such as: review of internal strategy and processes; review of innovations in programmes and new innovative financing mechanisms; and selection of new implementing partners.

The Power Of Nutrition is partnering with Red Sea Executive Search for the recruitment of this position.  Candidates are invited to see full JD and apply directly through their site at the following link:- https://www.redseasearch.com/job/programme-manager-2/