E T Consultant Nutrition Specialist

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group (WBG) is seeking a Nutrition Specialist to provide technical, analytical, and coordination support for key workstreams within the Nutrition Program. This role involves supporting the integration of nutrition into digitally enabled Primary Health Care (PHC), multi-sector convergence, healthy diets policy, and knowledge management. The specialist will contribute to accelerating impact on malnutrition in all its forms, supporting WBG corporate commitments, and enabling an environment for healthy diets. The position is within the Health Policy and Regulation Team of the Global Health Directorate, which leads the WBG's health agenda by partnering with governments and the private sector to strengthen health systems and improve health outcomes.

Requirements

Advanced degree in nutrition, public health, health policy or other related disciplines.
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience working on nutrition policy and programing in developing country contexts.
Demonstrated experience in portfolio analytics and performance monitoring, knowledge synthesis and evidence translation, and stakeholder and partnership dialogue applied to nutrition.
Demonstrated technical and analytical expertise in at least one of the thematic priorities (nutrition integration in PHC, multi-sector convergence, healthy diets).
Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present ideas clearly and concisely, engage in a strategic dialogue with key stakeholders (internal and external).
Excellent written and spoken English essential.
Ability to work in cross-cultural, multidisciplinary teams and adapt to resource-constrained environments.
Enthusiasm, energy, and composure under pressure.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience with World Bank operations will be an advantage.
Fluency in a second language is a plus (Spanish, French preferred).

Responsibilities

Lead systematic portfolio reviews of nutrition-related operations and produce concise synthesis outputs, dashboards, and insights to inform decision-making.
Lead the monitoring, reporting, and learning related to the Nutrition Multi Donor Trust Fund.
Lead day-to-day oversight of partner engagement strategies, and support the preparation of briefing notes, and technical materials for partner engagement.
Support implementation of a comprehensive knowledge and learning strategy aligned with client and WBG needs.
Support delivery of structured learning programs, including learning series, training models, webinars and communities of practice.
Provide technical support for the development of operational ‘playbooks’ across the thematic workstreams, including associated knowledge content for application through relevant platforms (e.g., CoP, JLN, K360).
Support the design, development, operationalization, and refinement of diagnostic tools and operational solutions to integrate nutrition across PHC systems, including digital health platforms and diverse delivery channels (including low-capacity and FCV settings).
Contribute to shaping the conceptual framework and toolkit on nutrition convergence and translating this into practical guidance for country application. This work will include synthesizing global and WBG experience into high-quality case studies and good practice notes and supporting stakeholder convenings and strategic dialogues, as needed.
Support synthesis and packaging of analytical outputs on economic and jobs returns from healthy diets, ensuring accessibility for policy audiences.
Contribute to development of a coherent package of policy, fiscal, and regulatory tools addressing nutrition, obesity, and NCDs, together with partners and WBG stakeholders supporting food systems and nutrition policy.