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Work History
Education
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Research And Fund Raising Experience
Professional Development
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BERNICE WORLALI KUNUTSOR

Summary

Dynamic leader with a strong track record, successfully implementing community-based initiatives and strategic health programming. Proficient in stakeholder engagement, resulting in a notable 2% reduction in childhood stunting. Experienced in managing multi-million dollar budgets while promoting team collaboration and ensuring compliance with health standards. Committed to advancing public health outcomes through innovative strategies and effective leadership. Results-oriented individual with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. Known for leveraging analytical thinking and creativity to solve problems and deliver high-impact solutions in fast-paced environments.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Nutrition Lead

Abt Global
10.2022 - 02.2025
  • Company Overview: $21M USAID-funded Feed the Future Resilience in Northern Ghana Systems Strengthening Activity
  • Spearheaded the execution of a $2.8 million Grants Under Contract initiative, partnering with 13 local civil society organizations and +6 government entities to drive integrated, community-based essential nutrition actions, enhancing public health outcomes
  • Directed a 5-member organizing committee and partnered with Regional Health Directorates in 4 regions to commemorate the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week, boosting regional engagements and program impact
  • Delivered strategic thought leadership to national, regional, and district governments, positioning them as facilitators in addressing critical nutrition-specific actions; built capacity and strengthened local governance
  • Led the 2024 and 2025 annual work planning for regional activities with the government, aligning $3M budgets and deliverables with contract agreements and contributing to timely and high-quality report submissions
  • Interfaced with national level government bodies such as the Ghana Health Service and National Development Planning Commission in promoting food systems and food and nutrition security, improving service delivery for community members
  • Integrated research, monitoring, and evaluation insights into program activities working closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team to incorporate lessons learned, enhancing the project's overall impact
  • Guided the Activity's Grants team in developing 2 Requests for Applications (RFA), guiding the solicitation and evaluation process, and ensuring the selection of high-impact grantees
  • Steered collaborations with the finance and administration team, improving budgeting, forecasting, and financial management, and maintaining fiscal integrity and accountability
  • Led the preparation of regular status and progress reports to USAID, ensuring that all communications reflected the program's strategic priorities, achievements, and compliance with donor expectations
  • Represented my project at various platforms and networks, giving updates on the project's activities and making inputs into the plans and policies of the Ghana Health Service
  • Ensured that lessons learned and best practices from project communities were documented as success stories
  • $21M USAID-funded Feed the Future Resilience in Northern Ghana Systems Strengthening Activity

Deputy Regional Nutrition Officer

Ghana Health Service
08.2014 - 10.2022
  • Promoted from Municipal Nutrition Officer overseeing 1 district to Regional Nutrition Officer responsible for 18 districts and over 100 nutrition officers and dieticians within just 3 years of joining the Ghana Health Service-2 years ahead of schedule
  • Recognized for strategic insight and exceptional performance
  • Spearheaded the implementation of a $300,000 World Bank funded-project on the Nutrition and Malaria Control for Child Survival Program (NMCCSP), leveraging on the Community-based health planning and services (CHPS) systems; resulted in a 2% decrease in childhood stunting within the region
  • Developed strategies based on existing nutrition policies and coordinated the planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition programs and activities within the region
  • Led capacity development efforts through workshops on health and nutrition areas such as Quality Improvement, Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI), Baby Friendly Health Initiative (BFHI), Community Infant and Young Child Feeding (C-IYCF), Community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) among others
  • Promoted primary health care (PHC) through the Ghana health system model (community level, sub-district level, district level) ensuring policies and guideline from the national level are translated into implementable actions at lower levels
  • Participated in region-wide National Immunization campaigns (polio, yellow fever, Covid-19)
  • Established nutrition surveillance systems for monitoring and evaluating nutrition indices on a nutrition scorecard platform
  • Carried out +30 data validation exercises monthly to have reliable nutrition data for decision-making
  • Provided technical assistance and feedback on the performance of nutrition indicators to districts and health facilities
  • Conducted appraisals for health facilities in readiness for assessment and designation as baby-friendly and this led to the increase of Baby friendly facilities in the region from 6 to 23
  • Collaborated with Development Partners such as UNICEF and USAID in undertaking regional nutrition activities
  • Led supportive supervision, monitoring, and mentoring/coaching visits to districts and municipalities on various health and nutrition projects
  • Developed research proposals and researched identified health issues (Risk factors for anemia in pregnancy)
  • Supported the process for the Volta Region to become a learning Centre in nutrition for the country
  • Used bottleneck analysis and Quality Improvement tools to develop strategies that improved coverages in vitamin A supplementation in the region

Contract Lecturer on Practical Nutrition for Medical Students

University for Health and Allied Sciences
Ho
03.2020 - 09.2022
  • Company Overview: Ho - Ghana
  • Carried out practicums with +200 final-year medical students on nutritional status assessment and interpretation
  • Ho - Ghana

Consultant

German Association of Rural women (dlv-Landfrauen gGmbH)
05.2022 - 06.2022
  • Mobilized and led a 4-member core team to conduct an Endline Survey to assess nutrition interventions and the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS in 20 communities in Northern and Bono East regions, of Ghana)

Consultant

World Vision
08.2021 - 09.2021
  • Orchestrated training facilitation on the improved feeding practices for the first 1000 days project

Municipal Nutrition Officer

Ghana Health Service
Keta
04.2011 - 08.2014
  • Promoted from Municipal Nutrition Officer overseeing 1 district to Regional Nutrition Officer responsible for 18 districts and over 100 nutrition officers and dieticians within just 3 years of joining the Ghana Health Service-2 years ahead of schedule
  • Recognized for strategic insight and exceptional performance

Field Monitor, Nutrition

United Nations World Food Program
Tamale
08.2008 - 04.2011
  • Company Overview: Tamale Sub-Office, Ghana
  • Collated and analyzed anthropometric data for the development of the Food Security Monitoring System's bulletin
  • Organized and facilitated workshops on anthropometric data collection and questionnaire administration for Government counterparts
  • Provided technical support to Government Counterparts (Ghana Education Service and Ghana Health Service) and other key stakeholders on program implementation
  • Implemented the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation's (PRRO) food for work, food for training program which improved the food security situation in beneficiary households
  • Tamale Sub-Office, Ghana

Education

Master of Philosophy - Public Health Nutrition

University for Development Studies
Ghana
01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Community Nutrition

University for Development Studies
Ghana
01.2007

Skills

  • Team Leadership and management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Donor Compliance
  • Quality Assurance
  • Portfolio Management
  • Program Design & Implementation
  • Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Risk Management
  • Operations Management
  • Business Analysis
  • Effective Fundraising Techniques
  • Health, Nutrition, and Food Security Programming
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Strategic Communications
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Remote Team Management

Research And Fund Raising Experience

  • Co-chair, Conference of Nutrition and Dietetics Fund Raising committee, 2025
  • Member, African Nutrition Conference Fund Raising committee, 2024
  • Principal Investigator, Research on 'Determining the association between anemia-preventive strategies with anemia at 36 weeks and birth outcomes', 03/22
  • Enumerator, Qualitative data collection on Primary-care Providers Network (PCP-N) implementation in the Volta Region- Accelerator Program, Results for Development (R4D, USAID), 10/20
  • Principal Investigator, 'Effects of Covid-19 on child welfare clinic attendance and nutritional status of children under 2 years in Ghana', 2020
  • Data collector, Qualitative research on knowledge, attitudes, and practices of vitamin A supplementation in the Volta Region, 2016
  • Data collector, Qualitative research on determining the means of reaching out-of-school adolescent girls with Iron and folic acid supplementation in the Volta Region, 2018
  • Supervisor, Baseline survey on Girls' Iron-folate tablet supplementation program organized by CDC, USA, 2017
  • Data collector, Baseline survey on Community-based growth promotion project, 2011

Professional Development

  • Project Management Certification for Development Workers, ongoing
  • Certificate in Early Childhood Development for Sustainable Development, SDG Academy/edX, 2023
  • Certificate in Implementation Research, WHO TDR, 06/21
  • Certificate in Project Management in Global Health, University of Washington, 07/20 - 08/20
  • Effective Project Planning and Evaluation, WHO TDR, Africa Research Training Center, University of Ghana, 08/20
  • Training on Basic Research skills, Scientific Investigation into Global Nutrition Sciences (SIGNS), 06/20
  • Certificate in Leadership and Management in Health, University of Washington, 06/19
  • Certificate in Transforming Nutrition in West Africa; Evidence for Policy and Programming, Transform Nutrition West Africa & IFPRI, 03/19
  • Certificate in Reducing childhood stunting, World Vision distance learning course, 04/16
  • Certificate in Reducing maternal anemia, World Vision distance learning course, 06/15
  • Certificate in Caring for Infants and Children with Acute Malnutrition, University of Southampton, E-learning course, 05/14
  • Certificate in HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security, Wageningen University (WUR), Netherlands Fellowship Program, 11/13
  • Certificate in Project Management, Merjja Technologies, Ghana, 07/11

Certification

  • Registered Nutritionist (RN) with the Ghana Allied Health Professional Council

Timeline

Nutrition Lead

Abt Global
10.2022 - 02.2025

Consultant

German Association of Rural women (dlv-Landfrauen gGmbH)
05.2022 - 06.2022

Consultant

World Vision
08.2021 - 09.2021

Contract Lecturer on Practical Nutrition for Medical Students

University for Health and Allied Sciences
03.2020 - 09.2022

Deputy Regional Nutrition Officer

Ghana Health Service
08.2014 - 10.2022

Municipal Nutrition Officer

Ghana Health Service
04.2011 - 08.2014

Field Monitor, Nutrition

United Nations World Food Program
08.2008 - 04.2011

Master of Philosophy - Public Health Nutrition

University for Development Studies

Bachelor of Science - Community Nutrition

University for Development Studies

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