Technical Lead – Health and Nutrition

Department: Technical Practice
Reports to: Technical Practice Director
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Position

Frontieri Consult PLC is seeking a Technical Lead – Health and Nutrition to provide methodological and technical leadership across research and consulting assignments in health, nutrition, WASH, gender, and related development sectors.

The Technical Lead will be responsible for the technical substance of assigned engagements, from proposal development and methodological design through analysis, reporting, and technical quality assurance. The position will work across a portfolio of projects and collaborate closely with Project Director, Project teams, data teams, and other technical specialists.

Depending on the requirements of an assignment, the Technical Lead may lead specific technical components, including methodological design, analytical work, technical reporting, or provision of senior technical advice. The role is primarily focused on technical expertise and quality rather than line management.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Design and Methodology

• Lead the development of technical and methodological approaches for proposals and live assignments in health, nutrition, WASH, gender, and related development sectors.
• Formulate robust study designs, complex sampling approaches (cluster, stratified, multi-stage), power/sample size calculations, analytical frameworks, and select mixed-methods research protocols appropriate to assignment requirements.
• Develop technical specifications and content for digital data collection tools in coordination with the data team.
• Review and strengthen technical approaches to ensure methodological rigor, feasibility, and alignment with client requirements, international technical standards, and donor requirements.
• Provide technical input to the Project Director during project start-up so operational work plans reflect the approved methodology

Research and Analysis

• Direct high-level quantitative and qualitative data analysis and supervise statistical modeling and thematic qualitative coding
• Apply appropriate statistical and qualitative analytical methods to generate robust findings.
• Interpret complex data to draft clear, evidence-based findings, policy recommendations, and actionable insights tailored to institutional clients.
• Provide technical guidance on data quality, analysis, and interpretation throughout project delivery.

Technical Delivery and Quality Assurance

• Provide technical leadership for assigned components of live projects.
• Review technical outputs, reports, analytical products, and other deliverables for methodological quality and consistency.
• Work with the Project Director and Project teams to ensure technical requirements are appropriately reflected in project implementation and reporting.
• Participate in technical review sessions and provide input to strengthen project deliverables.
• Identify significant methodological or technical risks and recommend appropriate corrective action.

Proposal Development and Business Development

• Contribute to technical proposals, expressions of interest, and other business development opportunities within relevant areas of expertise.
• Support technical presentations and client discussions where required.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of Frontieri’s technical approaches, tools, and knowledge resources.

Knowledge and Technical Development

• Contribute to the firm’s technical knowledge base through documentation of methodologies, tools, lessons learned, and research findings.
• Maintain current knowledge of relevant developments in health, nutrition, WASH, gender, and related development research.
• Contribute to internal technical learning and peer review activities.

Technical Competencies

Research and Analytical Skills

• Advanced proficiency in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and statistical analysis.
• Practical knowledge of experimental/quasi-experimental study designs, sample-size determination, power calculations, and complex survey weighting.
• Demonstrated capability to design and specify digital data collection tools and their content for digital field deployment.
• Ability to interpret research findings and translate analysis into clear technical conclusions and recommendations.

Data Collection and Analysis Software

• Working knowledge of digital data collection platforms, such as KoboToolbox, SurveyCTO, Survey Solutions, or other CAPI tools, is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of statistical and qualitative analysis software, such as SPSS, Stata, R, ATLAS.ti, NVivo, MAXQDA, or similar tools, is an advantage.
• Experience with digital data collection and analysis workflows is desirable.

Technical Writing and Presentation

• Strong technical writing, editing, and reporting skills suitable for donor and institutional clients.
• Ability to present technical findings clearly to clients and other stakeholders, including through visual formats such as infographics and data visualization
• Sound facilitation and presentation skills for technical discussions and client engagements.
• Peer-reviewed publication experience is an advantage.

• Master’s degree or higher in Public Health, Health Sciences, Nutrition, Epidemiology, Development Studies, Gender Studies, WASH, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of relevant research and consulting experience for candidates with a Master’s degree or MPH, or 8 years for candidates with a PhD. Experience may be cumulative and is not required to have been acquired after completion of the highest academic degree.
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop technical proposals and research reports, including methodology design, data analysis, and preparation of client-ready deliverables, with relevant exposure to health, nutrition, WASH, gender, or related development sectors.
• Experience in research design, data analysis, technical reporting, and methodological development.
• Experience working with donor-funded or institutional clients is an advantage.
• A strong record of personally developing technical proposals and producing evidence-based reports is desirable.
• Excellent written and spoken English and the ability to explain complex findings clearly.