Overview
The Project Manager-Nutrition is responsible for leading and ensuring high-quality, timely, and effective implementation of the Wasting Prevention and Treatment Programme across target provinces and districts, in alignment with UNICEF requirements, national guidelines, and SCI standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and be accountable for overall programme implementation, ensuring alignment with UNICEF agreements, national policies, and organizational procedures
- Manage and supervise the project through setting up PRIME system of SCI, supervise project staff and coordinate closely with technical, MERL, operations, and finance teams
- Strengthen coordination and partnerships with MoH at national, provincial, and district levels, as well as with UNICEF and other stakeholders
- Ensure the development and implementation of detailed action plans, and oversee delivery of programme activities across community and facility platforms
- Ensure strong monitoring systems are in place, with timely, high-quality reporting (monthly, quarterly, annually) in line with donor requirements
- Promote adaptive management through regular performance tracking, data use, and documentation of lessons learned and best practices
Required Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in managing public health, nutrition, or health systems strengthening programmes.
- Strong experience working with government counterparts (MoH, PHO, DHO), including capacity building, training, and supportive supervision.
- Demonstrated experience in coordination and representation with UN agencies, donors, partners, and government stakeholders.
- Strong skills in team leadership, mentoring, and performance management.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data interpretation skills, including use of programme and monitoring data.
- Solid understanding of programme design, implementation, and community-based approaches.
- Effective communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills, with cultural and political sensitivity.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong coordination and process management skills, ensuring quality and timely delivery of outputs.
- Proven experience in project management, including planning, implementation, budget oversight, and multi-grant management.
- Desirable: Familiar with the Nutrition program of Lao PDR
- Desirable: Previous experience of working on Nutrition program and projects
- Desirable: Trained on IMAM, IYCF, SBCC and other nutrition interventions.
- Desirable: Advanced knowledge of the Health System and structure of Laos
- Desirable: Experience working with UNICEF
Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or master’s Degree, preferably in public health (MPH), Nutrition
