Publish Date: August 27,2026                                                            
Category: Development/UN/NGOs        
Deadline: September 2,2026    
Position:  Health & Nutrition officer-Shabwah
Contract type: Regular
Location: Shabwah
Reports to: Project Coordinator
Duration: Until December 31, 2026, Renewable based on fund availability and performance    
Reference: HR-26-25

Note: Position is open for Nationals 

ABOUT RI:

1.    Context

About Relief International

Relief International is a humanitarian and development non-profit agency that provides emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development assistance to communities worldwide. RI partners with communities in fragile settings to save lives and build resilience, dignity, and long-term well-being. All communities in fragile settings can achieve long-term well-being. 

About our Country Program/ Regional Programs

RI in the Middle East has programs in seven countries - Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen, and now OPT with a focus on the 4 main RI sectors: WASH, Health and Nutrition, Education and Livelihoods. Relief International has been providing humanitarian aid in Yemen since 2010, offering various services like health, nutrition, water, sanitation, livelihoods, and protection across the country. They focus on helping vulnerable people, including internally displaced persons, returnees, and host communities. RI also provides reproductive health, protection, and gender-based violence responses in specific areas. 

2.    Job Profile

The Health and Nutrition Officer is responsible for supporting the implementation of project activities in health and nutrition in the governorate they are assigned in. The Health and Nutrition Officer will oversee the provision of quality health and nutrition activities in supported HFs and at the community levels through close monitoring of HFs and CHVs. The H&N Officer closely coordinates with all stakeholders and beneficiaries in the targeted governorates and ensure the appropriate implementation of project activities in the field.  She/he will be involved in training, supervising, and assisting community health and nutrition field staff to ensure the best possible nutrition and health services are delivered to targeted beneficiaries. She/he will work in constant collaboration with RI Project Coordinator Health and Nutrition, local authorities and community members in order to share nutrition/health issues so as to improve/promote the nutrition/health of the vulnerable groups from the targeted communities.

3.    Key responsibilities 

• In collaboration with the project coordinator to plan and implement health activities, ensuring that the health and nutrition programs utilize standardized protocols, policies and guidelines as outlined by the Ministry of Public Health and Population
• In close collaboration with the health facility in-charge ensure daily delivery of health services at the supported health facilities.
• Coordinate with project coordinator and RI supply chain teams to ensure that all medical supplies and pharmaceuticals are supplied to HFs on timely manner. 
• Ensure effective supply chain management, supporting proper stock inventory and storage systems at supported health facilities 
• Monitor the distribution of medical supplies including pharmaceutical and coordinating with MoPHP pharmaceutical assistants to develop and report the monthly consumption.
• Ensure daily/weekly drug consumption is tracked and reported timely
• Support and ensure rational drug dispensing at supported health facilities.
• Collaborate with RI MEAL team in collecting and responding to beneficiary’s feedback.
• Conduct daily visits to the supported health facilities and outreach teams to monitor the progress of the project activities and report any deviation to the supervisors.
• Participate in implementation of RI quality benchmarks including conducting quarterly quality assessments.
• Participate in quarterly data audit and reflection and work with health facility in-charges to improve data quality and use data for decision-making.
• Coordinate with the HF data entry officer and facility in-charges for timely submission of the monthly HF reports.
• Plan and implement quarterly RI-local authorities’ joint supervision and ensure reporting, development and execution of the health facility-based action plans.
• Coordinate with the MoPHP CHVs supervisors for implementation of community-based activities such as CHVs programs and community midwifery.
• Support CHVs to collect and track community health data
• Coordinate with district surveillance officers to ensure disease surveillance and rapid response activities are implemented in RI supported areas.
• Supervise and support ICCM activities implemented by CHVs
• Supervise health and nutrition activities in the supported communities and awareness-raising activities particularly on health, nutrition and hygiene practices.
• Ensure all nutrition activities are implemented in integration with health activities a in accordance with MoPHP and nutrition cluster guidelines/protocol
• Ensure that the nutrition program have the required nutrition commodities and supplies 
• In collaboration with MoPHP, organize training for HF staff and community-based workers, mobile teams including providing on-the-job support for both Health and Nutrition staffs 
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned by the Direct Supervisor.

4.    Person Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Public health or other related fields
• Minimum 3 years of previous experience in Health and Nutrition programming with NGOs.
• Working knowledge of English and ability to write good quality reports. 
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Self-motivated, results-driven and excellent sense of organization.
• Strong team management skills and ability to relate to and effectively motivate staff.
• Ability to do the capacity building of CHVs, CHWs.
• Flexible, adaptable, able to improvise and work in stressful environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular).

5.    Safeguarding:

• Relief International has a zero-tolerance policy for unlawful harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse.
• Relief International is committed to protecting our staff and the communities we work with from abuse and harm including sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and sexual harassment.  
• All staff are expected to abide by the RI Code of Conduct.  
• Recruitment to all roles in Relief International includes criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include experience and qualifications checks.

6.    RI Values

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values: 

• Integrity
• Adaptability 
• Collaboration
• Inclusivity 
• Sustainability