Nutrition Specialist – Large-Scale Nutrition Project, DRC

About the role

IMA World Health DRC is recruiting a Nutrition Specialist for a large-scale, 2-year nutrition project aimed at reducing chronic malnutrition among children under two and improving outcomes for pregnant and lactating women. The project works through the existing health system, strengthening household practices in the first 1,000 days, community-based nutrition and referral mechanisms, and quality of services in health zones and provincial structures. The specialist manages technical delivery and activities across project locations with minimal management support. Hiring depends on a signed award and donor approval; Congolese nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key responsibilities

• Technical delivery (60%): manage health-zone level nutrition approaches, coach colleagues in best practices, identify grant opportunities, track targets and deliverables, and give input to budgeting and forecasting.
• Coordination and collaboration (25%): contribute to portfolio reviews, program implementation and learning exchanges, and document IMA's technical capacities.
• Data, documentation and reporting (15%): help produce quality data and monthly and semi-annual performance reports, ensure donor compliance, and maintain project documentation in electronic databases.
• Supervise Nutrition Supervisors at health zones.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, medicine or an equivalent field (master's desired); at least 7 years of professional experience in nutrition programs, including 3 years in malnutrition prevention and management.
• Knowledge of national protocols and guidelines (SRMNEA-NUT, PCIMA, ANJE, NAC, CPS, micronutrient supplementation).
• Experience supervising UNTA, UNS and UNTI services and community-based nutrition interventions.
• Experience with international donors (World Bank, US State Department, FCDO) and with host-country counterparts and NGOs.
• Willingness to travel to remote health zones in the DRC (Ilebo, Luebo, Bulape, Mweka, Ndjoko Mpunda, Mutena, Kakenge).

Required skills

• Active screening, growth monitoring, referral and counter-referral of malnutrition cases.
• Training, coaching, mentoring, formative supervision and quality assurance of nutritional services.
• French and English, with excellent communication skills.
• Office 365 (Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint); Salesforce a plus.