Technical Officer - Early Childhood Development (ECD) - Nampula (2 Positions)

About FHI 360 and what this job means

FHI 360 is a non-profit human development organization operating in more than 70 countries. Its team brings together experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, youth, research, and technology — a combination that enables it to respond to interconnected development challenges.

In Nampula, FHI 360 is strengthening the way the Mozambican primary healthcare system cares for children in their early years of life. The idea is simple and powerful: integrate early childhood development (ECD) — nurturing care, early stimulation, and developmental monitoring — into the services families already visit, such as antenatal and postnatal care, immunization, well-child and sick-child care, nutrition, and community spaces. This way, every contact a mother or caregiver has with a health facility also becomes an opportunity to support child growth.

This vacancy is for two (2) Technical Officer, Early Childhood Development (ECD) positions, based in Nampula City. The position joins a technical team working side by side with provincial and district health authorities, community partners, and other sector organizations.

Your Role

As a Technical Officer, you will be one of the key people ensuring that plans move from paper into health facilities and the community. Part of your work is technical: preparing tools and materials, supporting training sessions, and reviewing indicators. Another part is field-based: supporting districts and teams, listening to those on the front line, understanding what works and what holds progress back, and bringing those learnings back to technical discussions.

You will report to the Senior Technical Advisor for Newborn and Child Health, working within a multidisciplinary team with daily contact with the health system. If you enjoy work that combines maternal and child health, training people, and organizing processes — and want to see the impact of your work on the development of children in Nampula — this position was made for you.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• Support, on the ground, the daily execution of ECD activities across districts, health facilities, and communities covered by the project.
• Bring responsive caregiving, early stimulation, developmental monitoring, and referral systems into antenatal, postnatal, immunization, child health, nutrition services, and community spaces.
• Contribute to technical tools and job aids, training materials, reports, presentations, and other knowledge products that support ECD integration.
• Strengthen the capacity of government institutions so that evidence-based ECD interventions continue to be implemented in a sustainable manner.
• Support family-centered interventions: home-based early stimulation, responsive caregiving, increased involvement of fathers, support for caregiver well-being, and support for adolescent and young mothers.
• Participate in technical working groups, partner meetings, and coordination platforms in the areas of maternal and child health, immunization, nutrition, quality, and ECD.
• Support the integration of ECD indicators into existing health information systems, identify service gaps, and implement data-driven improvements.
• Document lessons learned, technical reports, and presentations that support program improvement and future scale-up.

What we offer

• Annual salary announced by FHI 360: projected range of USD 34,000–43,000 as base salary. At the time of the offer, the organization considers your experience and background, internal equity, the market, and available budget.
• Full-time contract, based in Nampula City, with travel up to approximately 40% within the province, according to project needs.
• Competitive benefits package, professional development, and policies supporting a healthy work-life balance.
• Integration into a multidisciplinary technical team, reporting directly to senior project technical leadership.
• FHI 360 is an equal opportunity employer: no application is discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

How to apply

The official FHI 360 portal sets the closing date for this requisition as September 9, 2026. Applying is free and is done on FHI 360's official careers portal:

Apply for the Technical Officer, ECD position (requisition 2026201213)

After you apply, screening and interviews are conducted by the FHI 360 team. All offers are subject to reference checks, criminal record checks, and terrorism financing screening; the organization also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS). An important notice directly from FHI 360: you will never be asked for money or your portal credentials during the recruitment process.

Note: FHI 360 also has a senior position open in the same field (requisition 2026201214) on the same portal, with its own requirements — check the official job board to see which one best fits your profile.

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Application deadline: September 9, 2026.