Action Contre la Faim is an international humanitarian organization established in 1979 with the mission of saving lives by combating hunger through the prevention, detection, and treatment of malnutrition, particularly during and after emergency situations caused by conflict and natural disasters.

Action Contre la Faim provides coordinated responses in nearly 50 countries worldwide, including Yemen, across seven areas of expertise: Nutrition and Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food Security and Livelihoods, Mental Health & Psychosocial Support, Advocacy, Climate, and Research.

ACF has been operational in Yemen since 2012 and currently operates in four bases: Aden, Hodeida, Al Khokha, and Sana’a. The country office implements activities centered on fours main sectors: Nutrition and Health, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), and Food Security and Livelihoods.

For more information please visit our website: https://www.actioncontrelafaim.org/en/missions/yemen/

• Job Title:  Deputy Program Manager – Nutrition & Health
• Location:  Hudaydah
• Contract duration: until 31 May 2027 with possibility of extension.
• Basic monthly salary (taxable): 1747$ to 2088$ based on experience salary calculation (excluding other benefits offered by the organization)
• Line Manager: Capacity Building Manager
• Technical/Support Manager: Health and Nutrition Specialist

Objective of the Position 

This position is responsible to ensure that appropriate technical protocols and procedures are maintained in CMAM , IMCI, EPI , RH and other primary health and Nutrition activities aligned to Yemen MSP programmes run by health facilities supported by local partners including technical capacity building and project management activities

Under the direct supervision of the Capacity Building Manager and Health and Nutrition Specialist, the Deputy Program Manager – Nutrition & Health will:
 
Mission 1: Nutrition and Health situation diagnosis and analysis including assessing the quality of health service provision

• Ensure that timely capacity assessment by the capacity building team is completed for health service provision by health workers
• Oversee data entry by the data entry officers and draft the capacity assessment report 
• Ensure that the training database for health workers, community health workers are regularly updated by Sr./Project officers, community mobilizers
• Coordinate with DHO/GHO and conduct joint capacity assessment for assessing quality of the health service provision using supervision checklist 
• Provide feedback to the capacity building teams and GHO/DHOs regarding the quality of the health service provision on a periodic basis
• Develop a tool to track health situation (Key morbidity trend) based on community and facility based morbidity report on a monthly basis
• Closely follow morbidity trends from stabilization centers 
• Develop and maintain tools for tracking villages, mobile clinics, health workers, volunteers per health facilities

Mission 2: Systematic capacity building of the ACF Nutrition and Health team on CMAM (SAM & MAM treatment) and health components (IMCI, Ante Natal, Post Natal and primary health Care services).

• Identify specific technical gaps on nutrition and health components in project implementation teams and organize internal training for them in close collaboration with Program Manager
• Develop/adapt training modules in line with national CMAM and IMCI guidelines for health workers and share with PM for validation. 
• Organize training for Government health workers on CMAM, integrated management of childhood illnesses and ANC/PNC service provision in close collaboration with DHO/GHO
• Support Senior/project officers to organize and facilitate technical coaching of health workers during supportive supervision in health facilities 
• Support senior/project officers on developing customized need specific guidance notes on IMCI, ANC/PNC for on job coaching on different modules
• Observe on job coaching sessions and provide feedback to Sr./Project officers and/or health workers 
• Attend monthly meetings with responsible health workers and provide feedback on improvements, gaps and standardization of the service provision and reporting
• Organize quarterly review and sharing meeting with district/governorate health officers on key findings, planning for next quarter and joint supervision.

Mission 3: Ensure that adequate technical standards of CMAM and MSP services provided by health facilities

Closely monitor detection, referral and assessment of acute malnutrition in facilities and provide feedback and guidance to Senior Health and nutrition officers. Key areas of supervision and monitoring will be - 

• Health facility organization is in place
• Facility based screening, detection of acutely malnourished children are in place
• Referred cases from community health workers/volunteers are re-measured and documented/reported
• Anthropometric measurement technique and definition of malnutrition status
• Adequate health checkup is done to identify medical complications according to IMCI protocol
• Appropriate referral of children is maintained within the CMAM components (OTP, SFP, SC) based on anthropometric and medical assessments
• Closely monitor if health workers are following admission and discharge criteria in line with the national CMAM protocol (international in case there are no valid national protocol available)
• Closely monitor if admission procedures are respected in line with the CMAM guidelines
• Closely monitor that appropriate systematic treatment protocol is respected in the health facility for SAM/MAM treatment
• Provision of adequate information to the mother and caretakers on the feeding practices of acutely malnourished children 
• Closely monitor that beneficiaries are receiving adequate therapeutic supplies according to the CMAM guideline
• Monitor for appropriate documentation – treatment registers, BNF cards, individual child monitoring cards
• Observe if medically complicated SAM cases are referred to stabilization centers; discharged SAM cases are referred to MAM treatment program
• Closely if all absentees, non-responder cases are referred to community health workers/volunteers or community mobilizers for follow up using home visit forms
• Advocate and guide health workers/counsellors to facilitate IYCF counselling sessions during each distribution day in the health facilities for the caretakers, PLWs

Mission 4: Monitoring community outreach activities and providing feedbacks to community mobilizers/capacity building officers/senior capacity building/Health and Nutrition officers: 

• Monitor the training sessions for community health workers/volunteers
• Monitor referrals of acutely malnourished children and PLW to health facilities and  admissions 
• Follow up on home visits of non-responders, absentees, death cases, defaulter tracing and ensure proper documentation 
• Participate in monthly meeting with community health volunteers and provide orientation and guidance in planning, reporting
• Closely monitor and observe the community based detection, referral and awareness activities and provide

Additional Responsibilities

• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required and be responsible for reporting and communicating the progress and achievement of the specific assigned task;
• Maintenance of high technical standards;
• Conduct all duties in a professional manner in accordance with the mission’s Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct, Internal Rules and Regulations, mandate and charter of principles including the promotion of gender equality.
• The employee is also required to remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills to promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct duties in a manner consistent with the mission’s Safeguarding Policy.

Qualifications, skills and experience required to perform the function

• Bachelor in Medicine/Nursing/Public health
• Or Diploma in Nursing/Nutrition with more than 3 year of experience implementing community based management of acute malnutrition  

The following Experience / skills are preferred:

• At least 3 years of experience in nutrition project implementation
• At least 2 year of experience in the field of management of nutrition project (CMAM, SFP/OTP/SC preferred or care & feeding practices),
• Proven experience in capacity building, training on nutrition & health programs is mandatory  
• Experience of working with Ministry of Health and other authorities is preferable
• Ability to plan and organize work Independent with appropriate follow through while paying close attention to detail and can read and abstract information from a variety of formats.
• Ability to delegate and follow up of task among teams
• Ability to observe and to provide feedback on the activities
• Ability to understand and to interpret the nature of human behavior
• Ability to work under pressure and react according to evolving context/situation
• Good command in MS office applications (Word, Excel and Power Point) is essential
• Fluent in speaking and writing English

Safeguarding Commitments

• Action Contre La Faim has a zero tolerance to all forms of violations of Child and Adult Safeguarding and the Code of Conduct by staff. In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment ACF implements a range of procedures and actions to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.
• The employee is also required to remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills to promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct duties in a manner consistent with the mission’s Safeguarding Policy.

Gender Equality Commitments  

• Foster an environment that supports values of women and men, and equal access to information;
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance;
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sex orientation, disability, religion. race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status;
• Value and respect all cultures. 

ACF offers equal opportunities, however priority given to qualified female and/or persons with a disability.