Senior Technical Advisor, School

Employee Contract Type

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

The Senior Technical Advisor – School Meals serves as the global catalyst for transforming school meal programs into a high-impact, scalable solution for child well-being. This role is pivotal in mobilizing significant resources, driving quality programming, digital innovation and leading evidence generation to position World Vision as a recognized global leader in school meals. By leveraging strategic partnerships, technology and robust research, the Advisor ensures programs deliver quality, efficiency, and measurable impact for the most vulnerable children.

40%
Resource Mobilization & Strategic Partnerships

• Drive innovative funding strategies for food, cash and school meals aligned with global priorities for the Food, Cash, and Markets portfolio diversification and growth.

• Cultivate high-impact partnerships with foundations, corporates, and institutional donors to expand reach and sustainability.

• Champion the school meals marketing offer (Dollar Handle) to position school meals as a top investment opportunity.

• Equip and support Field Offices to embed home grown school meals into national strategies, ensuring integration and scale-up.

25%
Scale-Up Coverage & Quality

• Lead the constant orientation of the School Meals Field Manual across all Field Offices to ensure consistent implementation and quality standards.

• Drive adoption of World Vision school meals standards by governments and implementing partners to enhance program credibility and scale.

• Lead review of existing school meal programs to capture lessons learned and inform future programming and scale-up strategies.

15%
Digitalization of School Meals Programs

• Support digitalisation of school meal program delivery, real-time monitoring, beneficiary feedback, and reporting in priority Field Offices to enhance efficiency, transparency, and data-driven decision-making.

• Build capacity of Field Office teams to effectively use digital solutions for planning and reporting.

15%
Research, Evidence & Knowledge Management

• Lead World Vision’s engagement in donor funded research on access to school meals for refugee children in collaboration with GCNF, ensuring WV’s thought leadership and evidence contribution.
• Develop and disseminate semi-annual external-facing school meals updates in collaboration with the ENOUGH campaign team to showcase impact, innovations, and advocacy wins.
• Maintain and continuously update the School Meals WV Central Page with new information, reports, and data to serve as the authoritative knowledge hub for internal and external audiences.

5%
Advocacy & External Engagement

• Represent WV in global and regional school meals forums.

• Collaborate with ENOUGH campaign and partners.

Postgraduate degree in Public Health, Education, Nutrition, Food Security, International Development, Social Sciences or Business Administration (MBA) is required.

• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in food assistance, school meals, education programming, or related sectors, including at least 5 years in a senior technical or advisory role
  .
• Proven track record in resource mobilization
  , donor engagement
  , and strategic partnerships at global or regional level.
• Demonstrated expertise in multisectoral/integrated program design, scale-up strategies, and digital transformation
  .
• Strong analytical, communication, and partnership-building skills.
• Ability to travel up to 30%, including fragile contexts.

• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the UN and governments.
• Ability to manage and track a wide range of activities and prioritization skills.
• Ability to work and deliver quality results with minimal supervision.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity.
• Mentoring and capacity-building skills.
• Good analytical and writing skills and ability to communicate in verbal and written forms.
• Computer proficiency, experience in MS applications and a good knowledge of digital collaborative platforms.

Fluency in English is essential.

Able to frequently travel and attend meetings to support regional and field offices, including in high-insecurity environments.

Local Applicants Only