Advocacy and Communications Officer (Level 8)

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

LI-BIRD provides a collegial and supportive working environment where young professionals with a learning attitude thrive and succeed. LI-BIRD provides unparalleled mentoring support while challenging its staff to learn, innovate and acquire skills and experiences that will become foundational for the rest of their careers.

LI-BIRD is implementing a project entitled “Strengthening Adaptive and Inclusive Food Systems for Improved Nutrition and Climate Resilience” funded by BMZ with support from Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. (WHH) from January 2026 to November 2029. LI-BIRD is a leading an advocacy initiative at provincial and national levels. The project aims to improve food and nutrition security of vulnerable communities in Nepal through inclusive and climate resilient food systems. The expected outcome is that the government and civil society decision makers at local, provincial and national levels apply community based and cross sectoral approaches to sustainably reduce chronic and malnutrition.

LI-BIRD invites applications from eligible and qualified Nepali citizens who are committed and have the ability to deliver results with the highest integrity for the following position.

1. Advocacy and Communications Officer (Level 8) - (1): (Women only vacancy-To be based at Birendarangar, Surkhet)

Job Summary: Reporting to the Strategic Programme Lead, the Advocacy and Communications Officer (ACO) will be responsible to lead efforts to empower and capacitate civil society actors, their networks and food and nutrition system champions especially women and youth to advocate for and promote multisectoral coordination, peer learning and inclusive public service systems and governance for improved and sustained food and nutrition security. The ACO shall work closely with project partners and LI-BIRD's relevant projects and is responsible for supporting province in strengthening cross sectoral planning, integrating nutrition-sensitive actions into annual plans and budgets. Further, he/she will coordinate with the national and province planning commission to improve the Multisector Nutrition Plan (MSNP) Coordination Mechanism. The ACO needs to guide and support projects and partners in strengthening cross sectoral planning and coordination mechanisms at local levels and promoting community-based learning and innovation hubs linking nutrition education, climate resilient agriculture, WASH and livelihood opportunities.

Education and Experience: Master's degree in nutrition, public health and related subjects with three years of relevant experience in promoting nutrition-sensitive interventions, evidence-based advocacy and communication, coordinating multisectoral mechanisms for strengthening inclusive nutrition services.

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Please visit our website at: https://libird.org/career/ for organizational details and full announcement, including detailed job descriptions, skills/competencies requirements, and application instructions.

LI-BIRD offers competitive remuneration and other fringe benefits as laid out in its personnel policy. Interested candidates are requested to submit their applications with CV, including three references, citizenship certificate, motorbike/scooter driving license and relevant testimonials, by 25 February 2026 (13 Falgun  2082) by filling an application in the link https://bit.ly/vacancy-nsciii Applications should be submitted with a complete set of required documents, otherwise they will not be considered for further processing. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the interview.

Telephone calls will not be entertained and could lead to disqualification.

LI-BIRD promotes workforce diversity and applies positive discrimination to candidates from discriminated groups (women and candidates from Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi/Terai and other minority communities).

Please apply to: Human Resources Manager, LI-BIRD, Pokhara, Kaski.