Job Summary
The Health and Nutrition Program Manager will lead and oversee the planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination of emergency health and nutrition programs. The role focuses on ensuring the quality delivery of essential health and nutrition services, conducting assessments, strengthening community referral systems, managing resources and supplies, and ensuring compliance with World Vision policies and relevant technical standards. The position also involves staff development, programme reporting, proposal development, and coordination with government authorities, humanitarian partners, donors, and other stakeholders to improve access to quality health and nutrition services for affected communities.
Major Responsibilities
Establish and Supervise Health and Nutrition Activities
Work with other sectors to assess needs, identify priority areas, and propose appropriate health and nutrition activities and locations.
Contribute to concept notes, proposals, budgets, and project designs, ensuring health and nutrition activities are practical, integrated, and responsive to community needs.
Lead and support the quality implementation of key health and nutrition services, including CMAM/IMAM, IYCF, IMNCI, ANC/PNC, essential medicines, and other emergency health and nutrition interventions.
Develop and regularly update DIPs, procurement plans, supply plans, and activity schedules in line with project priorities and budgets.
Work with MEAL teams to develop monitoring tools, track progress, and use programme data to identify gaps and improve implementation.
Support and, when needed, lead rapid health and nutrition assessments and provide contextual information to inform programme planning and response.
Strengthen community mobilization, referral, and linkage systems to improve early identification and access to health and nutrition services.
Prepare timely procurement requests based on approved BoQs and budgets and monitor the availability, consumption, and replenishment of medicines, nutrition commodities, and other supplies in collaboration with Supply Chain, Logistics, Hub, and technical teams.
Conduct regular field visits and supportive supervision to identify challenges, provide technical guidance, and follow up on agreed actions.
Coordinate with government, clusters, partners, and other stakeholders to ensure activities are aligned, complementary, and responsive to changing needs.
People and Staff Development
Support staff to perform well, grow professionally, and work effectively as a team by providing regular guidance, coaching, mentoring, and performance support.
Participate in recruitment and selection of staff in line with World Vision policies and procedures, working closely with P&C and relevant managers.
Support staff through regular performance discussions and appraisals, helping them set clear and realistic work and development goals.
Work with FCO program manager and team members to develop, review, and follow up on individual work and action plans.
Identify staff training and development needs through regular discussions, field observations, performance reviews, and skills assessments.
Organize and provide practical training, on-the-job coaching, mentoring, and supportive supervision based on identified needs.
Hold regular team and one-to-one meetings to discuss progress, challenges, priorities, and staff support needs.
Encourage open communication, teamwork, learning, and a positive working environment where staff feel supported and accountable.
Follow up on staff leave, attendance, and other personnel matters in collaboration with P&C and provide timely support when issues arise.
Develop and Direct Operations
Contribute to the development of the WVE Health & Nutrition strategy, and roll out strategy as required.
Analysis and follow up of the health and nutrition situation in the region- outbreaks, health and nutrition status and other issues affecting the health and nutrition status of the population.
Contributing to the preparation of new project proposals (text, budget, BoQ and HR needs) in collaboration with other other sectors’ PMs, Coordinators and Nutrition & health Technical Advisor/specialists.
Ensure accurate and quality monthly reporting (MMR narrative and quantitative report, Sit Reports.
Ensure that staff are adhering to the reporting and recording system (beneficiary cards, register books, daily, weekly, monthly reports)- accuracy and timely submission.
Contribute to donor reporting (frequency according to the donor requirements) by compiling and writing of nutrition narrative on progress while ensuring accurate data.
Presenting the Health and Nutrition programme to partners (the authorities, donors etc).
Internal and External Coordination
Participate in the different external coordination mechanisms at Regional, Zonal and woreda level.
Develop network of contacts at base level (INGOs, LNGOs, government, technical or scientific) to allow a smooth implementation of the project.
Provide updates on WVE health and nutrition activities in the different external coordination meetings.
Provide technical inputs according to WVE guidelines, positioning papers, and strategy in the external coordination mechanisms as well as technical working groups.
Liaison with international and local partners regarding health and nutrition activities.
Lead and provide support to health and nutrition team on external partners’ (including donor visits) field visits - represent WVE, development of briefing papers etc.
Share minutes of meetings attended including summary of action points.
Ensure timely submission ENCU and Health Cluster report at national level/sub national level.
About You
Required Professional Experience
Minimum five years working experience with NGOs in Emergency Health and Nutrition programs;
Required Education, Training, License, Registration, and Certification
Master’s degree in public health or nutrition with clinical health background (degree in Public Health or Clinical Nursing
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