Director of Programme Development and Strategy

This position will provide strategic and operational oversight to World Obesity Federation programmes and overall workplan, working alongside colleagues leading on advocacy/convening, training/capacity building, data and evidence, and finance and communications.  The position will help shape and provide operational alignment across current and new projects and supporting the CEO and volunteers in securing resources to develop new programmes and deliver on the new three-year workplan.  The position is part of the senior leadership and will have 1-2 direct reports and operate in a matrix structure.

Core responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Strategy: Work with the CEO, senior staff and volunteers on implementing the new three-year plan for 2025-27.  Building on the success of the 2019-24 strategy, the new plan will retain the core pillars of advocacy, convening, education and science, and focus on key priorities across the globe. 
• Ensure the delivery of the key metrics of the three-year plan, creating initiatives and strategies to meet targets through national programmes
• Overall responsibility for the programme portfolio, ensuring sound management and administration of projects in accordance with our procedures and those of funders.
• Build and cultivate trusted relationships and networks with partners and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with CEO and team to develop and deliver an aligned strategy across programme areas.

Programme Strategy and Alignment

• Ensure delivery of new programmes and projects are aligned and leverage skills and opportunities across projects
• Work with education and advocacy staff to ensure delivery of their programmatic responsibilities
• Identify gaps and opportunities across other areas including Global Obesity Observatory, World Obesity Day and annual World Obesity Atlas, International Congress on Obesity and Global Obesity Forum.

Programme Development

• Work with CEO, team and committees to identify new areas for impact and delivery on the three year plan, with a particular focus on building capacity to address obesity in low- and middle-income countries and as part of the WHO Acceleration Plan to STOP Obesity.  This may include projects focusing on priority countries and topics.
• Develop funding proposals and work with CEO and team to identify and cultivate resource opportunities.
• Build evaluation into all projects to demonstrate impact and reinforce the integrated approach to addressing obesity through the life course and across prevention and management.
• Support organisation and stakeholders in taking multistakeholder approaches to addressing obesity and amplify the importance of this in developing new programmatic opportunities.

Organisational Impact

• Serve as Senior Team member in representing World Obesity and its mission and three year plan
• Support culture of evaluation, innovation and learning
• Develop staff and support their growth
• Represent World Obesity Federation externally as needed.

• Advance degree in public health, medicine, epidemiology or equivalent experience in the same field is highly desirable
• Minimum of 8 years work experience in global health; project management including budgets and workplans; resource mobilisation including proposal writing; effective communication across sector and cultures, and with both external and internal stakeholders.
• Good IT skills
• Fluent in English with strong written communication skills
• Excellent spoken communication and interpersonal skills
• Right to work in the UK
• Willing to travel internationally

• An understanding of health systems global health and development, and health education, with experience in noncommunicable disease and/or risk factors, nutrition, organisational management and strategy skills
• experience working in small organisations, and with staff working remotely
• Additional languages spoken and written at intermediate or advanced level

• Accountability - Accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost effective results.
• Initiative - Able to spot and implement opportunities for improving processes and procedures.
• Problem Solving / Decision Making - Identifies and analyses problems weighing the relevance and accuracy of available information. Generates and evaluates alternative solutions and makes effective and timely decisions.
• Quantity & Quality of Work - Pays close attention to detail.  Strives to achieve accuracy and consistency in all tasks.
• Team Working - Being able to work well in a team and willingness to help your team members.
• Flexibility / Adaptability - Responds positively to change and adapts to new situations quickly. Able to take on a diverse range of tasks equally effectively.

Benefits include 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), office closure between Christmas and New Year, a generous pension scheme and the possibility of flexible working.

World Obesity celebrates fostering a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, parental status.