Nutrition Specialist

E T Consultant Nutrition Specialist Description Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org. The WBG Knowledge Bank In 2026, the WBG launched the Knowledge Bank — a WBG-wide institutional transformation that fundamentally reshapes how the institution generates, shares, and applies knowledge across its public and private sector work. The Knowledge Bank is organized around five cross-institutional Verticals — People, Planet, Prosperity, Infrastructure, and Digital and AI — each bringing together IBRD/IDA and IFC teams under a unified structure to develop enabling policies and scale proven solutions. It is overseen by a Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) at Managing Director level. The Knowledge Bank represents a decisive shift away from siloed, institution-specific knowledge production toward an integrated "One WBG" approach in which global expertise is consistently applied to country-level challenges and private sector opportunities, supported by AI-enabled platforms including Knowledge 360 and Data 360, and by the WBG Academy, which builds capacity among policymakers and practitioners to apply WBG knowledge in their country contexts. People Vice Presidency (People Vertical) The People Vice Presidency promotes investment in our most precious resource — people. It delivers knowledge for impact and provides public and private solutions to operational teams and clients across the WBG to produce scalable impact in support of the WBG’s mission. Better lives and better futures are only possible when all people have equal access to quality health care, education, and social protection, and when all people have the opportunity to build and draw on their human capital throughout life to learn, work, create businesses, and have dignity. The People Vice Presidency works with countries and global partners to: •provide quality, affordable health services to 1.5 billion people by 2030 through a combination of financing, knowledge and partnerships. •cut learning poverty in half by 2030 and empower futures through education and job-relevant skills. •close gender gaps, end gender-based violence, and support women’s health and economic inclusion and empowerment. •connect policymakers, facilitate cross-learning, and foster investments and policy action on human capital through the Human Capital Project—our global network of nearly 100 countries. •reach half a billion people with social assistance programs by 2030. The People Vertical’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. It draws on the immense knowledge base of staff, clients, development partners, and civil society to tailor development solutions that meet the unique circumstances and goals of a country. For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/unit/human-development Global Health Directorate The Global Health Directorate leads the WBG's health agenda, partnering with governments and the private sector to strengthen health systems, improve health outcomes, and accelerate progress to expand access to quality, affordable health care. The Directorate provides intellectual leadership, technical expertise, and operational support to country teams working across the full spectrum of health systems challenges — from primary care delivery and health financing to health emergency preparedness and response and healthy longevity. Collaborating across technical, geographic and institutional boundaries, the Global Health Directorate supports regional teams to deliver on the Bank's corporate health commitments — reaching 1.5 billion people with quality, affordable health services and building resilience in 66 countries — while supporting the creation of more and better jobs. The Global Health Directorate is led by a Global Director supported by two Practice Managers that oversee the Directorate’s two units — Policy & Regulations (P&R) and Solutions and Impact (S&I) — and a Front Office responsible for strategy, partnerships, risk management, external and internal engagement, and talent and budget management. A Central Health Secretariat reports jointly to both Managers and serves as the operational bridge between the two units, managing portfolio and pipeline, Health Compacts, CPF upstream engagement, and regional outreach. Two cross-cutting layers — Methods, Impact Measurement and Innovation and Digital and AI — provide foundational technical support to all programs within the Directorate. Health Policy and Regulation Team The Health Policy and Regulation team within the Global Health Directorate is responsible for the normative, policy, and regulatory frameworks that underpin the WBG's global health agenda. It houses four dedicated programs: Mission 1.5 Billion Health Beneficiaries (health service delivery, health financing, and healthy longevity); Policy and Regulation of Mixed Health Systems (PPPs, health sector value chains, and the Health for Jobs agenda); Mission 66 Resilient Health Systems (health emergency preparedness, response and resilience, climate change, and public health and disease prevention); and Nutrition. Together, these programs generate the evidence, norms, and policy tools that guide both WBG country operations and broader global health policy dialogue. Nutrition The Nutrition Program focuses on four strategic goals, which have been selected with the goal of accelerating impact on malnutrition in all its forms whilst supporting WBG corporate commitments. The first is to support country / regional efforts to make and sustain the case for investing to address malnutrition (including obesity and diet-related Non-Communicable Diseases). The second is to enable integration of nutrition services in digitally enabled PHC as part of Mission 1.5 billion. The third is to support multi-sectoral approaches to address malnutrition – particularly with a focus on service convergence and the required investments in financing, data, and accountability. The fourth is to create a more enabling environment for healthy diets, with a particular focus on supporting stronger policy, regulatory and enforcement measures with the objective of reducing the negative impacts of unhealthy diets on health and productivity. Across all these areas, the global team gives particular emphasis to (1) developing and productizing scalable solutions; (2) supporting operationalization of impactful approaches; and (3) facilitating knowledge and learning among client countries and across the WBG. Opportunity To provide technical, analytical, and coordination support to design, develop, package, and operationalize key workstreams related to: •Nutrition integration in digitally enabled PHC •Multi-sector convergence and FCV solutions •Healthy diets policy and analytical work •Knowledge, learning, portfolio monitoring, and partnerships DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES •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 (outlined below), including associated knowledge content for application through relevant platforms (e.g., CoP, JLN, K360). The ETC Nutrition Specialist will play an important role supporting a number of areas of the work of the Nutrition Program – noting the emphasis across the following themes outlined below will be agreed during onboarding based on business need and the technical expertise of the successful candidate. Nutrition integration in digitally enabled PHC •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) Convergence, public financial management for nutrition, data and accountability •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. Unlocking access to healthy diets •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 Selection Criteria The ideal candidate for this position will be a highly motivated individual with a background in nutrition policy and programing in developing countries. Successful candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, ability to work effectively as part of a team, program management experience, analytical ability, and communication and presentation skills. Additional requirements for this position include: •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, and with 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) •Hands-on experience with World Bank operations will be an advantage. •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; fluency in a second language is a plus. •Ability to work in cross-cultural, multidisciplinary teams and adapt to resource-constrained environments. •Enthusiasm, energy, and composure under pressure. WBG Culture Attributes: 1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results. World Bank Group Core Competencies As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments. 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