Health Advisor

About the role

World Vision Malawi's Health Advisor leads its health and nutrition programming, supporting integrated health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions alongside the WASH Manager. The role sits in the Business Development and Impact technical team, working with M&EAL, Finance, Communications, sector advisors, local partners and Operations to strengthen programme quality and resource mobilisation. It is a local fixed-term position.

Key responsibilities

• Resource mobilisation: track opportunities, develop fundable health, nutrition and WASH concepts, map donors and government priorities, and lead technical contributions to proposals
• Prepare and run donor and government meetings, document commitments and follow up actions
• Provide technical guidance, standards and tools across 28 Area Development Programmes and grant-funded and emergency programmes
• Lead or co-design programme assessments, needs assessments, theories of change, results frameworks and proposals
• Represent World Vision Malawi in national and district health coordination mechanisms, including the Health Cluster and Ministry of Health working groups
• Develop partnerships with local partners, ministries and institutions, including MOUs

Required profile

• Master's degree in Public Health, Health Systems, Nutrition, Nursing, Medicine or a related field; a relevant bachelor's degree with substantial additional experience may be considered
• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in health, nutrition or WASH programme design, technical advisory, quality or partnership development
• Demonstrated donor and government engagement, proposal design and sector coordination experience
• Experience with local partners and government health structures in grant-funded, sponsorship-funded and/or humanitarian programmes
• Knowledge of Malawi's health system and policies, and of integrated community and facility-based programming

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Standard programme design and reporting tools
• Strong facilitation, analytical, writing and relationship-building skills