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:  Capacity Building Manager
• Location:  Sana’a 
• Contract duration: until 31 May 2027 with possibility of extension.
• Basic monthly salary (taxable): 2303$ to 2753$ based on experience salary calculation (excluding other benefits offered by the organization)
• Line Manager: Health and Nutrition Specialist
• Technical/Support Manager: Health and Nutrition Specialist and HOD

Objective of the Position 

The Capacity Building Manager is responsible of the implementation nutrition and health project for strengthening the technical and organizational capacities of local implementing partners through systematic capacity assessments, development and delivery of targeted training plans, mentoring and supportive supervision. The position holder will oversee project budget implementation, monitor partner performance, support analysis of programme data, and ensure routine monitoring of health and nutrition trends through sex- and age-disaggregated data.

Under the direct supervision of the Health and Nutrition Specialist and Health and Nutrition HoD, the Capacity Building Manager will:
 
Objective 1: Development and Implementation of Partner Capacity Strengthening Strategy

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Conduct baseline and periodic capacity assessments of local implementing partners using agreed assessment tools.
• Assess the quality of health and nutrition programme implementation in supported health facilities and communities.
• Identify technical, thematic, reporting and programme management capacity gaps among partner staff.
• Develop partner-specific capacity strengthening plans based on assessment findings and project requirements.
• Prioritize capacity development needs related to CMAM, IMCI, IYCF, nutrition surveillance, health service delivery, reporting and accountability.
• Develop and maintain a capacity development tracking system to monitor partner progress against identified gaps.
• Provide regular updates to the HoD, H&N team and programme management team on progress of partner capacity strengthening activities.
• Identify recurring technical issues and recommend corrective actions to improve programme quality and partner performance.

Objective 2: Ensure Capacity Building and Technical Support for Local Implementing Partners

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Based on the capacity S plan, Ensure delivery of at least one structured capacity development sessions per quarter for each partner organization.
• Develop and adapt training materials, lesson plans, facilitator guides and learning tools according to identified training needs.
• Facilitate technical and thematic training sessions covering priority health and nutrition topics.
• Support the DPM to organize on-the-job coaching, mentoring and supportive supervision sessions for partner staff.
• Develop tools to monitor training effectiveness and application of knowledge by partner staff.
• Ensure training reports, attendance records, pre/post-tests and action plans are completed and properly archived.
• Monitor implementation of agreed post-training action points and provide follow-up coaching where required.
• Coordinate with relevant technical stakeholders to ensure training content aligns with national and cluster guidance.
• Support partners to improve programme quality, reporting accuracy and compliance with donor and national guidelines.

Objective 3: Partner Support, Coordination Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Maintain regular communication with implementing partners to monitor progress against capacity strengthening plans.
• Organize periodic review meetings with partners to discuss programme performance, challenges and corrective actions.
• Provide technical guidance to partner teams on implementation of health and nutrition activities.
• Support development and dissemination of technical resources, tools and best practices.
• Facilitate learning and reflection sessions to capture lessons learned and improve programme approaches.
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• Promote accountability, safeguarding, gender and inclusion considerations throughout all capacity strengthening activities.
• Support local implementing partners in understanding project indicators, reporting requirements and data quality standards.
• Build partner capacities to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of health and nutrition reporting.
• Support partners in reviewing and interpreting programme data to identify implementation challenges, trends and areas requiring corrective actions.
• Conduct routine review of sex-, age- and location-disaggregated database on monthly basis to inform programme planning and decision-making.
• Support dissemination and follow-up of monitoring findings, recommendations and action plans with implementing partners.
• Support documentation of training outcomes, partner progress and capacity strengthening achievements.
• Ensure capacity strengthening interventions are informed by monitoring findings, partner assessments and identified programme performance gaps.

Objective 4: Programme Management, Budget Oversight and Performance Monitoring

Key activities & responsibilities to achieve this objective:

• Act as budget holder for the project and ensure expenditures are aligned with approved project plans and budgets.
• Monitor project spending, forecast expenditure and identify risks related to budget utilization.
• Work closely with finance and programme teams to ensure timely budget follow-up and revisions when required.
• Review and analyse health and nutrition programme data collected by partners and field teams.
• Ensure routine analysis of sex-, age- and location-disaggregated data and promote its use in programme decision-making.
• Monitor trends in health and nutrition indicators and identify emerging issues requiring management attention.
• Support development of programme , performance summaries and analytical reports.
• Track partner performance against project indicators and support implementation of corrective actions where needed.
• Ensure accurate and timely internal and donor reporting.
• Contribute to preparation of project reviews, amendments, proposals, budgets and donor reports.
• Present project achievements, lessons learned and capacity strengthening results to stakeholders, partners and donors when required.
• Document and disseminate good practices, lessons learned and innovations emerging from project implementation.
• Collaborate closely with the MEAL/PQ team to support implementation of project monitoring, assessment and learning activities.

Objective 5 Training and managing the nutrition and health Project team

• Organising and leading meetings with the team and individual staff members, on both a regular and ad hoc basis
• Creating and supervising action plans for individual team members
• Managing overall planning and the division and coordination of work in collaboration with his/her deputy
• Establishing a Project of staff assessment interviews and organising follow up in collaboration with Human Resources
• Lending support to teams in the organisation and coordination of their work
• Resolving problems arising in the teams with the support of team supervisors and, when necessary, in consultation with the HR Manager in the base
• Assisting with the team members' routine questions (on technical matters relating to malnutrition)

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, Master degree is preferred
• Or Diploma in Nursing/Nutrition with more than 5 year of experience implementing community based management of acute malnutrition  

The following Experience / skills are preferred:

• At least 4 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/IMCI/EPI preferred practices), in senior position.
• Proven experience in capacity building, training on nutrition & health programs is mandatory  
• Proven experience to write structure reports and coherent strategies
• Experience of working with partners 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 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.