Publish Date: JUNE 23,2025                                
Category: Development/UN/NGOs            
Deadline: JUNE 30, 2025    
Position:  Program Manager (Health & Nutrition)- National
Location:  Aden-Country office
Reports to: Program Director
Duration: Until December 31, 2025 Renewable based on fund availability and performance    
Reference: HR-25-17

Note: Position is open for Yemeni Nationals only. 

ABOUT RI:

1.    Context 

About Relief International

Relief International (RI) partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change, and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and well being. 
Currently, RI is active in 14 countries around the world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.
Relief International includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: Relief International Inc., Relief International-UK, Relief International-France and Relief International-Europe Under our alliance agreement, we operate with a single, shared management structure.

2.    Job Profile

RI’s Health and Nutrition Program Manager (PM) will lead RI Yemen’s integrated health and nutrition program. 
The Health and Nutrition PM will provide timely and adequate technical and program support to the country health programs/project staff, including guidance on overall health program design, planning, health assessments, implementation, fund-raising, monitoring, and service quality improvement. The capacity building of national staff and local partners will be an integrated component of his/her work. In addition, the PM will, on on-going basis, assess current health and nutrition needs and assist in program development to secure funding for new projects from a range of donors.
This position requires an individual who is used to the pace of emergency response programming, does not require close supervision or direction, and is flexible and highly responsive.

3.    Key responsibilities 

Key deliverables  

General Management

• Manage the health and nutrition program teams including recruitment, capacity building, and performance review.
• Work closely with Project Coordinators and other program teams to ensure program targets are met using indicator / activity tracking tables. Evaluate activity progress, including expenditure, and determine necessary actions in short and long term.
• Review the short- and long-range plans for delivery of project services, and provide guidance to the RI staff, health facility staff and/or local partners to improve planning, management and delivery of quality services or various program components. 
• Supervise cross project functional roles: referral system, pharmaceuticals management and mental health (in cooperation with Protection Coordinator). 
• Support medical audits to assess status of health and nutrition services, quality of supply and facilities, and on-site health information systems, in accordance with RI and international standards and policies. 
• Adapt training materials and build staff capacity on standards and policies. 
• Review and share program-specific tools / resources / curricula and work with Regional and Global team members to contextualize and adapt global and country-specific materials. 

Program Quality 

• Provide technical support to program teams consistent with international and national standards and ensure that program design and implementation creates no harm in the communities, promotes human rights and has positive impact. 
• Provide support and recommendations for delivering of service in line with RI policies. 
• Integrate protection principles in RI humanitarian interventions, in order to ensure protection form violence and child protection in intervention areas. 
• Propose and implement capacity building activities aimed at enhancing skills of National Teams, local health providers and/or partners in delivery of primary care, maternal and child health, reproductive health, etc. 
• Provide direction to RI during outbreaks of disease or other health emergencies. 
• Work closely with field teams and community groups to involve communities in program management and to build long-term impact and sustainability of programming. 
• Ensure there is continuous learning through evidence generation and key indicators trend analysis that informs RI continued programing in Yemen. 
• Take lead in monitoring and reporting on RI quality benchmarks.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning 

• Provide a summary of recommended areas of improvement, areas of success, and lead the commencement of an action plan with RI staff, local partners and/or health facility staff to evolve and make positive systems improvements where needed. 
• Include the participation of beneficiaries and communities, particularly those most vulnerable or at-risk, in all stages of the project cycle wherever possible and appropriate. 
• Develop project reports and other types of reports (ex. assessment, KAP etc.) and ensure they are timely and meet quality methodological, institutional and donor requirements. 
• Develop and support effective monitoring and evaluation system by collection, analysis of data about protection issues in order to improve the program interventions. 
• Take part in field trips to assess project sites and provide support to team as needed. 
• Assist the program health teams to document and share lessons learned and best practices, including inputs on health program reports and technical publications. 
• Oversee and manage the health and nutrition master database, ensuring its full implementation, regular review and ensure the capacity of the program team on the use of the database. 

Donor Relations / Funding 

• Ensure that high quality, integrated, and needs-based proposals are developed and according to RI Yemen priorities identified in its country strategy. 
• Provide technical input, writing and budgetary input for new program design, as needed. 
• Take lead in assessments to inform new programming of impact of RI current programs.
• Foster, develop and maintain partnership relationships with national partners to assess the effectiveness of current projects and to identify possibilities for new projects.
• Work with the senior management team and the grant team on the donor forum representation, supporting donor field visits, and contribute to the fundraising strategies. 

Relationships Management 

• Represent RI at the national cluster level, in sectoral working groups, coordination meetings as well during other stakeholder meetings (if relevant), and maintain a positive, continuous and visible presence for RI.
• Ensure RI’s intervention is coordinated and in line with the national priorities through close working with the relevant Ministries and government departments. 
• Ensure RI’s mandate is shared and explained to relevant stakeholders. 
• Pro-actively liaise and build rapport with local officials, community representatives, UN agencies, and any other relevant stakeholders. 

Administration: Finances, Human Resources, and Logistics 

• Ensure that activities and expenses are regularly monitored and that action plans are developed to correct any over- or under-spending in a timely manner. Lead the monthly health and nutrition program budget expenditure review, including forecasting and managing the spend plan. 
• Ensure there is timely procurement process, lead time anticipated and delivery for timely implementation. 

Behavior and conduct  

• Ensures that behavior inside and outside of work promotes the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies 
• Acts with integrity and holds themselves accountable for being respectful, inclusive and professional
• Reports any concerns

Management and leadership

• Support project teams to develop job descriptions and recruit qualified staff. 
• Ensure the highest standards of behavior inside and outside of work promotes the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies
• Be a model for ethical conduct standards for other team members
• Embrace diversity, and model inclusive and equitable behaviour.
• Ensure own actions and the actions of the teams’ members they manage do not adversely impact the safety of the RI team and the vulnerable communities we serve
• Ensure donors, partners and communities are aware of RI conduct and reporting mechanisms 
• Ensure safeguarding is embedded in all the work we do 
• Be responsible for ensuring a culture and systems in place for reporting
• Report any concerns

4.    Person Specification

Skills, knowledge and expertise required for the role. 

Essential criteria

This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced environment. 

• Advanced degree in a health or nutrition field (M.P.H., MD, R.N); 
• At least 5 years’ experience in public health;
• Demonstrated technical expertise in more than one of the following areas: primary health care, child health, reproductive health, health systems strengthening, research and evaluation; 
• Able to transfer technical knowledge and skills and experience of coaching and capacity building of teams 
• Demonstrated experience in project design, proposal development and fund raising 
• Excellence in writing and presentation; strong interpersonal communication and ability to facilitate collaboration. 
• Experience in technical management of programs, coaching or capacity building of teams and M&E activities; 
• Excellent English writing skills; 
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and tasks efficiently; 
• Excellent time management skills and resourcefulness with strong attention to detail.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of other sectors (WASH, Protection, FSL) is an asset;
• Solid background and knowledge of UN agencies and other international emergency response systems, standards and modalities of work in Health and Nutrition sectors.

5.    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