Role Purpose: The Programme Coordinator - Nutrition will provide strategic direction and technical leadership for Concern’s Rohingya Refugee Response in Cox’s Bazar. You will ensure that Concern nutrition programmes comply with UN led sector strategy on integrated Health and Nutrition (H&N) and Joint Response Plan (JRP) as well as relevant donor, national, and international standards and Concern guidelines. You will work closely with the Concern team and partners (international and national) in Cox’s Bazar. You will closely coordinate with the Programme Director, Programme Coordinator - MEAL, Operation Director and Country Finance Controller to support designing and delivering a high-quality programme. You will also take the lead in representation, collaboration, and coordination with key stakeholders in Cox’s Bazar. The role also works closely with Concern’s Strategy, Advocacy, and Learning (SAL) unit based in Dublin to enhance program quality and impact.

Main duties & responsibilities:

Technical Leadership and Programme Management

• Provide technical leadership for integrated Health, Nutrition, and Food Security programmes in Cox’s Bazar, ensuring quality, accountability, and sectoral alignment with the Joint Response Plan (JRP), UN sector strategies, and Concern standards.
• Lead annual and quarterly programme planning, budget utilization, and adaptive management in collaboration with MEAL and Finance teams.
• Oversee risk management processes, ensuring proactive identification, mitigation, and response to programmatic and operational risks, including supply chain, staff safety, and reputational risks.
• Ensure strong coordination and complementarity across nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions (e.g., IYCF, CMAM, MHPSS, food security and livelihoods support).
• Strengthening linkages between camp and host community interventions for continuity and sustainability
• Conduct regular field monitoring, data reviews, and technical assessments to inform evidence-based decision-making.
• Lead the preparation and submission of high-quality donors, Concern Bangladesh country office, HQ, UN-led sectors and other stakeholders and internal reports.

Partnership and Localization

• Provide technical and managerial support to local NGO partners implementing camp-based activities, ensuring adherence to Concern’s partnership policy, locally-eld programming and capacity-building plans.
• Promote localization and equitable partnership principles through joint planning, monitoring, and learning.
• Support partners in risk assessment, safeguarding, and FCRM rollout

Learning, Innovation, and Proposal Development

• Lead documentation and dissemination of learning, innovation, and best practices related to integrated health and nutrition service delivery and community engagement.
• Collaborate with MEAL and HQ SAL Unit to strengthen evidence generation and adaptive programming.
• Lead the technical design and development of high-quality project proposals integrating innovation, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with Concern’s Country Strategy and Joint Response Plan priorities.
• Promote innovative models (e.g., local fortified food production, digital accountability, gender-responsive programming).
• Lead Concern’s project planning and submission process for the annual Joint Response Plan (JRP) as well as donors.

External Coordination and Representation

• Represent Concern in relevant coordination fora (Health Sector, Nutrition Sector, Food Security Sector, ISCG, sub-sectors, CiC coordination meetings, etc.).
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with government departments (MoHFW, RRRC, CiCs), UN agencies, and key I/NGOs.
• Support advocacy initiatives that promote inclusive, accountable, and evidence-based refugee response approaches.
• Contribute to strategic communication through sharing programme evidence, success stories, and learning.

People and Team Management

• Supervise, mentor, and build capacity of programme staff to ensure effective performance and career development.
• Ensure clear individual work plans and SMART performance objectives are established and reviewed regularly.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountable team culture aligned with Concern’s core values.
• Ensure all direct reports understand and comply with organisational policies, including safeguarding, PSEA, and security protocols.

Accountability

• Ensure the highest standards of accountability through ensuring good communication and information sharing within and outside the programme and enabling staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders’ participation at all stages of the project cycle in accordance with the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS).
• Comply with Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, Safeguarding, finance, logistics, HR, security management, etc.).
• Support relevant colleagues and partner staff to ensure that the Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM) is functional and accessible, and that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed.
• Support, where possible, relevant colleagues and partner staff to ensure that information about CHS, FCRM, and safeguarding and required staff behavior is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Key requirements

• Master’s degree in Nutrition discipline and / or Public Health (with nutrition specialization)and other relevant qualifications.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in humanitarian programme management, including at least 3 years in a senior technical / managerial / coordination role.
• Demonstrated experience leading integrated Health, Nutrition, and Food Security programmes in humanitarian settings.
• Prior experience in the Rohingya Refugee Response in Cox’s Bazar is highly desirable.
• Proven experience in risk management, AAP/FCRM implementation, and CHS compliance.
• Strong track record in partnership management, proposal development, and donor reporting.
• Excellent coordination, negotiation, and representation skills.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Competencies 

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas:

Closing Date of Application:  26 November 2025

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality. 

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