About Evidence Action
Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development – we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by GiveWell , The Life You Can Save , and Charity Navigator .
We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs which deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our Deworm the World Program has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.8 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. Safe Water Now provides sustained safe water access to over 10 million people in Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.
We drive innovation: Our Accelerator builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most like a venture capital model. We are ruthless in exiting programs which do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.
We are global. Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background – with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.
We have big ambitions. Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action – because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.
We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as it does us, we invite you to join us.
Job purpose
Evidence Action is seeking a State Coordinator – Nutrition for Kaduna State to provide technical assistance (TA) to the state government for the rollout of the SQ-LNS program. Kaduna is one of nine high-burden states (Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Plateau and Sokoto) where Evidence Action is recruiting one State Coordinator per state. The State Coordinator will work closely with relevant state officials to strengthen program planning, implementation and monitoring, and will support program planning and management, supply chain activities, training, and community sensitization at the state level.
Duties and responsibilities
Program Planning and Coordination
Coordinate with the state Ministry of Health, Primary Health Care Development Agency, and other relevant government departments on operational planning and effective implementation of the SQ-LNS program.
Coordinate and collaborate with other SQ-LNS partners and implementing organizations active in the state
Support state officials to develop a comprehensive SQ-LNS operational plan aligned with national guidelines and state context
Monitor implementation of state-level workplans and identify and resolve bottlenecks
Support state officials to use the national SQ-LNS allocation tool for geographic targeting and quantification for SQ-LNS programming
Facilitate state- and LGA-level planning, review, and dissemination meetings with government stakeholders
Facilitate engagement with the state government for resource allocation for the procurement of SQ-LNS and sustained program delivery
Training
Organize the…