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About Evidence Action

At Evidence Action, we deliver data-driven interventions that transform lives at an unprecedented scale. We identify neglected global health issues and deploy proven solutions, forging healthier futures for generations.

Our model operationalizes leading academic research (including from Nobel-winning economists). We measure progress and outcomes at every stage to ensure we're making a real impact for people living in poverty and suffering from preventable or treatable health issues. Operating across 11 countries, our team of 900+ has reached over 500 million people, working closely with governments to scale these interventions.

• Our Deworm the World program has delivered over 2 billion treatments, significantly reducing worm prevalence and generating more than $23 billion in lifetime productivity gains. 
• Through Safe Water Now, we've saved the lives of over 15,000 children. 
• Our Accelerator explores untapped opportunities in global health, testing low-cost interventions with the greatest potential to save and improve lives. 

At Evidence Action, your colleagues are your greatest asset. You'll partner with high-caliber colleagues in an environment blending innovation, autonomy, and teamwork. Our team excels in disruptive thinking and believes in rolling up our sleeves to get things done. If you're looking to work flexibly and with purpose, join a team that delivers measurable change for millions.

About the Nutrition Team

On the Nutrition team, we collaborate with country-based and cross-cutting functional teams, governments, partner organizations, and technical experts to design and scale high impact, cost-effective nutrition programs. We support Evidence Action's established Deworm the World (DTW) and Equal Vitamin Access (EVA) programs, as well as earlier stage exploration of new nutrition interventions. We are a passionate team that aims to foster continuous growth and embraces new challenges as learning experiences. 

We are seeking a Manager, Nutrition who will play a key role in helping to strengthen our existing footprint and support the expansion of our nutrition programs which currently includes iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation for children, small quantity lipid based micronutrients (SQLN-S) to prevent micronutrient deficiencies among infants and young children. This may grow to include additional nutrition interventions that are identified through Evidence Action's Accelerator process. 

In this role you will report to our Program Manager, Nutrition, and assist our Executive Vice President across strategic projects and team coordination.

This is a time-bound position (currently scoped at 12 months), with role extension possible depending on portfolio needs.

You Will:

Program Management and Execution (20%):

• Provide technical, project management, and strategic support for the implementation of an existing EVA program (particularly SQLN-S in Nigeria), ensuring technically sound implementation and government alignment: 
• Support country team members with strategic and technical guidance, tools, and resources for implementation of the program in their relevant country context.
• Support in developing and monitoring program  workplans, budgets and milestone trackers to ensure timely, quality implementation. 
• Provide technical and research support to inform long-term goals and implementation pathways.
  

Support Growth Across the Nutrition Portfolio (50%):

• Contribute to the expansion of Evidence Action's existing and new nutrition programs by conducting scoping activities in Africa and Asia to understand the partner landscape, government buy-in, and potential impact and feasibility of program expansion in those geographies.
• Support development of reports to inform the organization's internal understanding on the potential design, impact and cost-effectiveness of expansion activities.
• Review the evidence base, cost-effectiveness and implementation feasibility of nutrition interventions in the Accelerator pipeline. As interventions progress through the pipeline, support development of initial plans for scoping and piloting interventions as needed. 

Engagement with internal and external stakeholders (30%):

• Support our Executive Vice President across strategic team initiatives; this may include coordinating team level objectives, supporting development and execution of key strategic initiatives, and drafting presentations for leadership decision making.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (i.e. cost-effectiveness and monitoring, learning and evaluation (MLE)) to design cost-effectiveness models, theories of change, MLE frameworks, implementation research studies, surveys and evaluations. 
• Support identification and engagement with values-aligned donors, including development fundraising materials (pitches, slide decks, budgets), and tracking of fundraising work-plans
• Provide input on cultivating strategic partnerships with external stakeholders (technical experts, government, multilaterals and other development partners) to enable effective collaboration and advocacy. 

Requirements

• You hold a bachelor's degree and 5-7 years of work experience designing and implementing global health or international development programs.

• You have experience managing global health/nutrition programs, including the development and management of budgets and workplans. 
• You build relationships across departments, levels, geographies and backgrounds with an ability to influence a variety of stakeholders in multicultural settings, including researchers, implementing partners, donors, and government officials.
• You have experience engaging in fundraising activities and supporting development of donor reports
• You have strong writing skills to draft donor reports, pitch decks, and briefs, with the ability to communicate evidence-based programming and results to a non-technical audience. 
• You build decks and documents for external use (e.g. case studies, reports, concept notes, articles/blog posts).
• You have  experience in data analysis with the ability to work through large data sets, create budgets, and manage pivot tables in Microsoft Excel. 
• You have worked in an international organization.
• You have a passion for Evidence Action's core values, mission, and programs.

Location

This role can be remote within the United States, however, given the nature of the role, will be working with colleagues in Africa and Asia so an east coast base is preferred. 

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of a U.S. employment visa at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for roles based in the U.S.

Benefits

The expected role range for this US position is listed below. We consider multiple factors when determining the base salary for a role, including but not limited to: role scope, program budgets, internal equity, and a candidate's qualifications and/or prior experience.

Note: Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role specifications, local statutory requirements, and the cost of labor in the markets where we operate. 

The expected pay range for this full-time role is $71,400 - 80,000 per year.

For US based roles, Evidence Action provides comprehensive benefits including international health care, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement plans with a matching component, generous and flexible leave options, as well as other employee perks on a reimbursement basis. For more information visit our careers page or ask our recruiting team!

Evidence Action is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.