Technical Advisor - Technical Assistance and Capacity Development (Nutrition Projects)

About the role

GIZ Kenya is recruiting a Technical Advisor for the Capacity for Nutrition (C4N) programme, which supports coherent nutrition policies and works with the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. The advisor supports the regional implementation of C4N from Nairobi, providing technical assistance (TA) and capacity development (CD) to SDC cooperation offices and partner countries, with a focus on nutrition-sensitive programming in fragile contexts and across the Human-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus. The role reports to the Project Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate with SDC cooperation offices and SUN structures in the region.
• Provide TA and CD to SDC cooperation offices and partner countries on nutrition-sensitive programming, especially in fragile contexts and across the HDP nexus.
• Strengthen partnerships with regional organisations such as the African Union, implementing partners and other development actors.
• Organise and facilitate peer-to-peer learning formats for partner countries and regional actors.
• Ensure coherence and synergy with EU Delegations, German and Swiss cooperation offices and regional initiatives such as CADDP.
• Strengthen information exchange and complementarity with other GIZ programmes in the region.
• Contribute to reporting and knowledge management, including documentation of good practices and lessons learned and support for monitoring and evaluation.

Required profile

• University degree in nutrition, food and nutrition security, public health, international development or equivalent.
• Several years of experience in development cooperation programmes in nutrition, food and nutrition security, agriculture or public health.
• Experience with nutrition-sensitive programming in fragile contexts and in a regional or multi-country African setting.
• Proven experience in complex cooperation systems and stakeholder management, and familiarity with GIZ projects and SDC cooperation structures is a strong asset.
• Excellent written and spoken English (C2); willingness to travel, including to fragile contexts.

Required skills

• Strong organisational, communication, analytical, research and report-writing skills.
• Office 365, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
• Willingness to follow GIZ's administrative and financial procedures.