JOB TITLE: Health and Nutrition Technical Team Leader
JOB LOCATION:  Aden, Yemen
REPORT TO: Program Manager
RESPONSIBLE FOR: Technical leadership, program quality, proposal development, and strategic growth of the Health and Nutrition portfolio
CLOSING DATE: 29/08/2026

ABOUT FMF:

The Field Medical Foundation (FMF) has been operating in Yemen for since 2012 during even the most dangerous peak of the conflict in the region. Our staff of dedicated professionals and passionate volunteers are the helping hand that delivers aid from local and/or international partners to those who require it the most, in a country that was already suffering before the war. Today we have helped humanitarian aid reach the hands of more than 9 million vulnerable people in Yemen to help them not only to survive but also to rebuild their lives. We aim to provide a comprehensive approach to providing aid through interventions, which is why we work in almost all sectors of international emergency relief. 

ABOUT THE POSITION:

The Health and Nutrition Technical Team Leader serves as FMF's lead technical focal point for the Health and Nutrition portfolio, providing strategic technical leadership across program design, implementation, quality assurance, technical capacity strengthening, and portfolio development. The role ensures that Health and Nutrition interventions are evidence-based, contextually appropriate, and aligned with approved national regulations, cluster guidance, donor requirements, and internationally recognized technical standards.
In addition to safeguarding technical quality across ongoing projects, the position plays a key role in designing new programs, drafting proposals and concept notes, supporting donor positioning and resource mobilization, and expanding FMF's Health and Nutrition portfolio. Working closely with Programs, Grants, MEAL, Finance, Operations, and field teams, the Technical Team Leader translates identified needs, field evidence, technical gaps, and strategic opportunities into high-quality, fundable Health and Nutrition interventions.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Health & Nutrition Technical Strategy and Quality Assurance

• Serve as FMF's lead technical authority and focal point for Health and Nutrition programming, providing strategic and operational technical leadership across the portfolio.
• Lead the development, adaptation, and technical approval of Health and Nutrition strategies, service-delivery approaches, standard operating procedures, protocols, guidelines, assessment tools, training packages, and technical monitoring tools.
• Ensure program design, implementation, and service delivery comply with national policies and regulations, cluster guidance, donor requirements, and recognized international technical standards.
• Provide technical review and clearance of intervention models, major program adaptations, sectoral project reports, technical deliverables, and relevant technical specifications prior to submission or implementation.
• Provide technical review of project implementation plans where required, ensuring that activities, sequencing, staffing, and service-delivery approaches remain consistent with approved technical designs.
• Analyze portfolio performance and technical trends using PMTs, BVAs, MEAL data, and other program information to identify technical risks, underperforming interventions, resource gaps, and required corrective actions.
• Work closely with Project Managers and the MEAL team to ensure technical indicators and targets are appropriately defined, monitored, analyzed, and used for technical decision-making.
• Provide technical guidance on procurement planning and technical specifications for Health and Nutrition activities, ensuring appropriateness, quality, and compliance with standards in coordination with Operations and Logistics teams.
• Participate in program kick-off meetings, grant reviews, and close-out processes to ensure technical continuity, capture lessons learned, and identify required technical adjustments throughout the project lifecycle.

Program Design, Proposal Development and Portfolio Growth

• Lead and/or co-lead the technical design and drafting of Health and Nutrition concept notes, proposals, expressions of interest, and other funding submissions in coordination with the Programs and Grants teams.
• Develop technical narratives, theories of change, logframes, indicators, implementation approaches, activity packages, technical assumptions, and other sector-specific proposal components.
• Translate assessments, field evidence, service gaps, cluster priorities, and community needs into technically sound and fundable Health and Nutrition interventions.
• Ensure proposed interventions are evidence-based, technically feasible, contextually appropriate, integrated where relevant, and aligned with national, cluster, donor, and international technical requirements.
• Work closely with Grants, MEAL, Finance, Operations, Logistics, and field teams to ensure coherence between technical design, targets, staffing structures, procurement requirements, implementation modalities, and budgets.
• Contribute to the identification and prioritization of funding opportunities and maintain a pipeline of Health and Nutrition concepts that can be further developed for donor engagement.
• Analyze donor strategies, sector priorities, funding trends, and emerging Health and Nutrition needs to support FMF's strategic positioning, resource mobilization, and portfolio growth.
• Participate in donor engagement, technical presentations, partnership and consortium discussions, and proposal-development meetings as FMF's Health and Nutrition technical representative.
• Develop scalable, innovative, and integrated Health and Nutrition intervention models that strengthen FMF's technical positioning and competitiveness for future funding.

Field Engagement and Technical Monitoring

• Plan and lead risk-based technical supervision missions, service-quality assessments, and field reviews aligned with portfolio priorities and identified technical risks.
• Provide structured technical follow-up and supervision of project implementation to identify technical gaps early and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Conduct regular and ad-hoc technical field visits to assess service quality, adherence to standards, and appropriateness of technical approaches.
• Prepare and disseminate post-field visit technical reports documenting findings, identified gaps, agreed corrective actions, responsible focal points, and follow-up timelines.
• Track implementation of technical recommendations and verify improvements over time, using field findings to inform program adjustments and capacity-building priorities.
• Use field evidence and implementation learning to inform future technical design, proposal development, and portfolio-level quality improvement.

Capacity Building and Technical Development

• Conduct periodic assessments of technical capacity gaps among Project Managers and Health and Nutrition teams.
• Develop and update sectoral technical tools, guidance, standard operating procedures, and reference materials to support consistent and high-quality implementation.
• Develop, implement, and update an annual Health and Nutrition capacity-building plan aligned with identified technical gaps and portfolio priorities.
• Deliver structured technical trainings, mentoring, and on-the-job coaching in line with the approved capacity-building plan.
• Promote continuous learning through documentation and sharing of technical lessons learned, good practices, and evidence generated through FMF programming.

Representation and Technical Coordination

• Represent and technically position FMF in Health and Nutrition clusters, technical working groups, donor forums, government coordination mechanisms, and consortium discussions as delegated.
• Maintain effective technical coordination with line ministries, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, and implementing partners.
• Participate in joint assessments, technical task forces, technical reviews, and coordination initiatives relevant to FMF's Health and Nutrition programming.
• Proactively identify emerging technical priorities, partnership opportunities, and funding directions through coordination forums and translate relevant opportunities into recommendations for FMF programming and portfolio development.
• Lead or support technical communication with donors and partners, including technical presentations, clarifications, and discussions related to program design, implementation quality, and technical approaches.
• Human Resources and Technical Support
• Promote a collaborative and professional technical working environment across Health and Nutrition teams.
• Support HR processes for Health and Nutrition positions by providing technical input, including review of ToRs, technical competency requirements, shortlisting, and technical interviews.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to consultants, advisors, or volunteers engaged in Health and Nutrition activities.

In addition to the above, the Health and Nutrition Technical Team Leader may be asked to carry out other duties as requested by the Program Manager and/or Senior Management.

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree in medicine or a relevant Health/Nutrition discipline; a Master of Public Health (MPH) or equivalent is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience working with national or international NGOs in Health and Nutrition programming within humanitarian or development contexts.
• Demonstrated experience providing senior technical leadership across Health and Nutrition program design, implementation, quality assurance, and technical capacity strengthening.
• Demonstrated experience leading or substantially contributing to Health and Nutrition proposal development, including technical narratives, concept notes, logframes, indicators, implementation approaches, and technical budgeting.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to resource mobilization, donor engagement, program development, and expansion of Health and Nutrition portfolios.
• Strong knowledge of national Health and Nutrition policies and standards, cluster coordination mechanisms, UN agencies' programming approaches, and relevant international technical guidance.
• Proven experience engaging and maintaining effective technical working relationships with donors, government counterparts, UN agencies, clusters, and implementing partners.
• Strong understanding of the project cycle and the relationship between technical design, implementation, MEAL, procurement, and budgets; prior project or program management experience is considered an asset.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, including the ability to use programmatic, MEAL, and financial information to identify technical risks, service gaps, and opportunities for program adaptation.
• Ability to translate technical needs, field evidence, assessments, and sector priorities into clear, competitive, and fundable Health and Nutrition concepts and proposals.
• Familiarity with major humanitarian and development donors and funding mechanisms, including UN agencies, INGOs, pooled funds, and other institutional funding resources.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize work in a dynamic and fluid environment, with strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and capacity to manage multiple technical priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and data collection or reporting platforms such as KoBo, with strong respect for data confidentiality and information management standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality technical content and clearly convey technical information to diverse audiences.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.