Job ID
43633
Job Title
Health & Nutrition Team Leader
To work for
Action Against Hunger
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters - Medicine/Nursing
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Objective 1: (Ensure timely and quality implementation of the H&N activities portfolio in the field base)
•Provide project management to the H&N team regarding all ongoing project activities, while maintaining and implementing appropriate standards and best practices in line with ACF policies and procedures
•Support field coordinator, program manager, and the H&N team with the establishment, monitoring and delivery of H&N program level strategies, plans, targets, indicators, and work plans, verifying budgets against forecasts
Objective 2: (Ensure timely and accurate reporting of undertaken activities)
•Ensure monthly reporting of activities including achievements, challenges and explaining deviation with targets
•Contribute to donors’ reporting requirements
•Collaborate with national authorities and partners to coordinate and implement public health and nutrition response activities
Objective 3: (Manage the H&N team)
•Identify capacity development needs of own team and liaise with the Technical Coordinator and HR to envisage the way forward
•In charge of appraising the team under his management and providing capacity building
Objective 4: (Contribute to programmed development through participating to multi-sector integrated needs assessments and leading technical needs assessments
•Collect information and data required to analyze H&N needs/gaps.
•Collaborate with national authorities and partners to coordinate and implement public health and nutrition response activities.
•Proactively identify new areas of opportunities and interventions in collaboration with field teams.
Objective 5: (Liaise and coordinate with external stakeholders in own technical area (H&N)
•participate in sub-sector meetings and relevant technical working groups at the local level
•Following up approvals from line ministries
•Provide project management to the H&N team regarding all ongoing project activities, while maintaining and implementing appropriate standards and best practices in line with ACF policies and procedures
•Support field coordinator, program manager, and the H&N team with the establishment, monitoring and delivery of H&N program level strategies, plans, targets, indicators, and work plans, verifying budgets against forecasts
Objective 2: (Ensure timely and accurate reporting of undertaken activities)
•Ensure monthly reporting of activities including achievements, challenges and explaining deviation with targets
•Contribute to donors’ reporting requirements
•Collaborate with national authorities and partners to coordinate and implement public health and nutrition response activities
Objective 3: (Manage the H&N team)
•Identify capacity development needs of own team and liaise with the Technical Coordinator and HR to envisage the way forward
•In charge of appraising the team under his management and providing capacity building
Objective 4: (Contribute to programmed development through participating to multi-sector integrated needs assessments and leading technical needs assessments
•Collect information and data required to analyze H&N needs/gaps.
•Collaborate with national authorities and partners to coordinate and implement public health and nutrition response activities.
•Proactively identify new areas of opportunities and interventions in collaboration with field teams.
Objective 5: (Liaise and coordinate with external stakeholders in own technical area (H&N)
•participate in sub-sector meetings and relevant technical working groups at the local level
•Following up approvals from line ministries
Qualifications
•Education:
BS degree in medicine with specialty in pediatrics or maternal and child health, health or social sciences (including pharmacy), or international development/relations with public health management experience/degrees.
•Technical specific knowledge:
•Solid project cycle management knowledge and program management.
•Good experience in working with international donors’ funding and reporting.
•M&E tools and methodologies.
•Previous involvement in implementation processes (including development of bill of quantities, tech spec cost estimations, etc.) is essential.
•Knowledge of the Syrian context is essential.
•Market Assessments/Analysis.
•Previous experience:
•Previous experience in the humanitarian field as TL or similar (at least 2 years).
•Excellent experience in working with local/national partners, Ministries, and other stakeholders with solid ability of regular stakeholder mapping, coordination, and representation.
•Good experience in implementing H&N programs, including primary health care, reproductive care, care practices, health care management, IYCF-E, CMAM, MHPSS.
•Proved experience in conducting needs assessments, contextual profiling, risk assessments and analysis pertaining to field implementation of H&N technical projects.
•Good team leadership and conflict resolution skills, consensus team building, and adaptability.
•Humanitarian sector knowledge:
•Humanitarian principles H&N and Early Recovery/Resilience programming.
•Knowledge of Gender and Protection mainstreaming.
•Languages: Arabic, English
• IT systems: Microsoft Office, Spreadsheets, and databases
•Sphere Project: (minimum standards).
BS degree in medicine with specialty in pediatrics or maternal and child health, health or social sciences (including pharmacy), or international development/relations with public health management experience/degrees.
•Technical specific knowledge:
•Solid project cycle management knowledge and program management.
•Good experience in working with international donors’ funding and reporting.
•M&E tools and methodologies.
•Previous involvement in implementation processes (including development of bill of quantities, tech spec cost estimations, etc.) is essential.
•Knowledge of the Syrian context is essential.
•Market Assessments/Analysis.
•Previous experience:
•Previous experience in the humanitarian field as TL or similar (at least 2 years).
•Excellent experience in working with local/national partners, Ministries, and other stakeholders with solid ability of regular stakeholder mapping, coordination, and representation.
•Good experience in implementing H&N programs, including primary health care, reproductive care, care practices, health care management, IYCF-E, CMAM, MHPSS.
•Proved experience in conducting needs assessments, contextual profiling, risk assessments and analysis pertaining to field implementation of H&N technical projects.
•Good team leadership and conflict resolution skills, consensus team building, and adaptability.
•Humanitarian sector knowledge:
•Humanitarian principles H&N and Early Recovery/Resilience programming.
•Knowledge of Gender and Protection mainstreaming.
•Languages: Arabic, English
• IT systems: Microsoft Office, Spreadsheets, and databases
•Sphere Project: (minimum standards).
Salary and Benefits
Contract period: 5 months renewable base on Action Against Hunger fund and performance.
Salary/benefits: According to Action Against Hunger's salary scale and terms and conditions.
Duty station: Aleppo.
- Candidates may be contacted for other suitable positions within Action Against Hunger.
- Due to the high-number of applications received, only potential applicants will be contacted.
-Applications will be assessed and vacancy might be closed before the end of the announcement as per qualifications availability.
- The organization is committed to the principles of non-discrimination and diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people.
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Action Against Hunger implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.
Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.
Salary/benefits: According to Action Against Hunger's salary scale and terms and conditions.
Duty station: Aleppo.
- Candidates may be contacted for other suitable positions within Action Against Hunger.
- Due to the high-number of applications received, only potential applicants will be contacted.
-Applications will be assessed and vacancy might be closed before the end of the announcement as per qualifications availability.
- The organization is committed to the principles of non-discrimination and diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people.
In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Action Against Hunger implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.
Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work such as but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and/or financial misconduct; We expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through endorsing our code of conduct and other related policies and only those who share our values and code of conduct will be recruited to work for us.
About us
An international Non-governmental, Neutral and independent Humanitarian Organization, which combat to deliver humanitarian assistance in the crises areas all over the world.
It has been working in Syria since 2009 with the Iraqi refugees and then in 2012 with the Syrian population affected by the current crises in the country.
It has been working in Syria since 2009 with the Iraqi refugees and then in 2012 with the Syrian population affected by the current crises in the country.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jul 17, 2025
Expiry Date
Aug 16, 2025
CV Language
English
