Health & Nutrition Lead
- locations
- Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
- time type
- Full time
- posted on
- Posted Today
- time left to apply
- End Date: November 28, 2025 (17 days left to apply)
- job requisition id
- JR46277
With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
Health & Nutrition Lead
Location: Milton Keynes / Hybrid 2 days a week in the office
Contract: Full-time 36.5 hours per week. Permanent
Salary: circa £ 42,750
Closing Date: 28th November 2025
Interviews are being held on w/k commencing 1st December 2025
Job Purpose
Help unlock transformative funding for global health and nutrition. World Vision UK is seeking a strategic thinker to drive institutional income growth across key donors and programmatic sectors.
You’ll lead UK-level donor engagement, support Field Offices with in-country strategies, and build strong technical consortiums. Your expertise will shape high-impact proposals that meet donor requirements and deliver measurable outcomes for vulnerable communities.
We’re looking for someone with a degree in Health or Nutrition and a postgraduate qualification in Public Health or International Development. Strong proposal development skills and a passion for global health equity are essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead institutional fundraising efforts for health and nutrition programmes across multilateral and bilateral donors.
- Coordinate UK-level donor prepositioning and engagement through WV partnership.
- Support Field Offices with in-country donor strategy development and positioning.
- Identify and build strategic technical consortium partnerships within and outside the UK.
- Develop and submit high-quality proposals, ensuring alignment with donor requirements and organisational strategy.
- Ensure consistency and integration across programme design documents including theory of change, log frames, budgets, and narratives.
- Apply learning from donor feedback and sector trends to improve proposal quality and win rates.
As an active Christian, this role offers you the opportunity to integrate your Christian faith and be sensitive to its various expressions across cultures and denominations. Inspired by our Christian faith, we serve alongside children of all faiths and none through long-term development projects, emergency responses and advocacy in almost 100 countries.
In addition to the salary offered, we offer good benefits including:
- A flexible and supportive working culture
- Pension scheme (with employer contributions)
- Generous holiday allowance
- Free parking (Milton Keynes office)
- Opportunities for faith-based gatherings, prayer, and devotionals
- A welcoming, purpose-driven team who are passionate about making a difference
Please upload your CV of full employment history explaining any gaps of employment and reasons for leaving your previous employer. This must be accompanied with a covering letter.
Please note that you MUST have the Right to work in the UK documentation as unfortunately, this role is not sponsored, and your application cannot be considered any further without it.
Closing Date for applications: 28/11/2025
Interview Dates: w/c 1st December 2025
We reserve the right to interview candidates and close the ad ahead of the closing date should a strong candidate be identified.
Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere is at the heart of our Christian organisation. We promote diversity of thought, culture and background, which connects the entire World Vision family. As such, World Vision is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in our workforce. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented sections of the community. World Vision UK also operates flexible working policies and practices.
As a Disability committed employer we encourage qualified individuals with a disability to apply and request a reasonable adjustment if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access https://www.worldvision.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ as a result of your disability.
As a child focused organisation, World Vision UK is committed to the safeguarding of children, therefore any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of applicable background checks, including a criminal records check.
World Vision UK is a registered organisation operating the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) and we shall check with your previous employers about your behaviour and conduct. We will be requesting they complete a form known as a Statement of Conduct. For more information see:
The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org)
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About Us
Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
As a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
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Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in 100 countries and 33,000+ staff working towards one vision: life in its fullness for every child.
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