Health and Nutrition Program Manager

Primary Objective


Reporting directly to the Base Field Coordinator and receiving technical guidance from the medical coordination team at headquarters, the Health and Nutrition Program Manager is tasked with ensuring the efficient, timely, and high-quality implementation of activities under their purview, while adhering to PUI and donor guidelines.
The Health Program Manager oversees the execution of PUI health and nutrition initiatives across all facilities.


The intervention encompasses the following key activities:


Overseeing one Primary Health Care center (PHCC) in the base, offering comprehensive primary health care services (OPD, ANC, PNC, FP, CMR, SC and OTP).
Executing Routine immunization services at all PUI health facilities in collaboration with MoH and WHO
Overseeing medical supplies at facilities supplied by PUI's central pharmacy in the base.
Coordinating referrals to secondary health facilities in the State using established referral MoUs with hospitals.
Managing a network of Community health Workers (CHWs and CNMs)
Participating in health, nutrition, and hygiene-focused awareness campaigns and multi-sector needs identification and referral processes
The Primary Health Care facility (PHCC) is operated in direct partnership with the Nigerian Ministry of Health (MoH), with some MoH staff present and receiving incentives from PUI.
Supervising the Nutrition program in the facility, which includes active/passive case finding and referral.
Directing SAM cases to appropriate partner programs and distributing MNP to children aged 6 – 23 months


This role will be vital in:


Promoting good practices within the community regarding IYCF to decrease the prevalence of Severe Acute Malnutrition and Moderate Acute Malnutrition in intervention areas
Ensuring proper referral of identified SAM cases for treatment
Providing ongoing training for all staff and community volunteers involved in PUI's nutrition response
Ensuring complete integration of the nutrition component into PUI's Health & Nutrition approach
Maintaining close connections with other partners in the intervention areas (Protection and FSL Partners)


General Duties and Responsibilities


Programs: Ensures proper implementation and monitoring of health/nutrition activities under their responsibility, in line with PUI's health policy.
Human Resources: Oversees teams operating the PHCC, outreach health facility, nutrition activities team, and Community Outreach Network.
Logistics and Administration: Ensures activities under their responsibility comply with logistical and administrative procedures.
Representation: Acts as the association's representative before partners, authorities, and local actors involved in health program implementation in the state.
Safety: Contributes to efforts ensuring compliance with safety rules at the site, and communicates all safety-related information to their immediate supervisor.
Strategy: Contributes to the development of new interventions based on identified needs.


Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Project Planning, Implementation and MEAL


Ensure project action plan is prepared at project initiation and reviewed periodically based on project monitoring feedback. This includes identifying support requirements from other organizational sectors;
Develop program monitoring tools in collaboration with the Field Coordinator and MEAL Department.
Initiate activity implementation within a timeframe aligned with donor requirements
Ensure coherence and uniformity of activities under their responsibility (indicators and results follow-up) and develop appropriate assessment mechanisms.
Conduct regular field reviews to ensure best practice standards are met;
Inform line manager of any relevant issues related to project implementation.
Ensure follow-up and analysis of epidemiological data, in collaboration with the Medical Coordinator.
Participate in needs analysis for programs regarding medical equipment, medications, and medical consumables.
In coordination with the MEAL department at coordination level, ensure proper implementation of MEAL activities for activities under their responsibility


Information Management, Assessment and Referral System:

In collaboration with the MEAL Department, and other relevant Program Departments, with support from the Field Coordinator and Medical Coordinator:


Develop tools and strategies to ensure quality and timely data collection, communication, and analysis;
Develop referral pathways tailored to identified case types, both internally and externally. Create tools and processes to monitor referrals;
Develop tools for multi-sector rapid needs assessments responding to identified / emerging needs in the intervention area
Formalize external referral pathways through MoUs with relevant partners;
Contribute to the design and lead the management of the internal / external referral and follow-up database system
Support other PUI teams in community communication and potential beneficiary targeting/tracking.
Ensure proper archiving of all documents, tools, and training materials produced in the project context and ensure availability of verification sources mentioned in proposals.


Capitalization, Reporting and Development:


Ensure internal and external qualitative reporting on all activities under their responsibility is completed according to PUI internal tools and requirements
Update and transmit the PMT (Project Monitoring Tool) monthly as a tool to track project implementation;
Write regular reports on all activities as requested by the Field Coordinator or Medical Coordinator;
Produce qualitative intermediary and final reports for donors;
Document lessons learned and best practices throughout the project;
Participate in writing comprehensive activity forms for all major operational aspects, in direct collaboration with MEAL teams and supervisors;
Participate in developing comprehensive support documents for activity implementation by their team
Create/review SOPs and propose relevant improvements, under Field Coordinator and Technical Coordination's management;
Contribute to defining vulnerability criteria and assessment methodologies for more accurate targeting of PUI's activities in the intervention area;
Participate in identifying health-related needs in coordination with the Field Coordinator and Medical Coordinator
Contribute to the mission's operational development through active participation in the annual programming process.
Contribute to designing and drafting new proposals and budgets in collaboration with the Field Coordinator and Medical Coordinator.


Team Management and Capacity Building:


Prepare job profiles for team members, have them approved by the Field Coordinator and Administrative Manager, and actively participate in recruitment processes (interviewing, testing, etc.), as well as decisions related to team member employment contract termination; Proactively propose HR changes within their department to Field Coordinator and HR Manager;
Familiarize themselves with all PUI internal HR regulations, and ensure team members know and respect them;
Ensure the defined appraisal system is applied for all team members
Establish coordination mechanisms specific to their team, and ensure proper supervision;
Identify team training needs and address them (organizational and technical support, methodology, organization of training sessions …) and interact with the HR manager in planning/conducting training;
Monitor team training and gather content for capitalization;


Representation and Coordination:


In coordination with the Field Coordinator, represent PUI in the project area with relevant stakeholders, local, national and international partners, local community representatives to facilitate project activity implementation;
Establish a network, coordinate and communicate with stakeholders operating in the same areas; ensure effective coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders and partners – NGOs, civil society organizations (CBOs), community groups
In the event of Donor visits, actively participate in preparation and smooth organization of the visit.


Logistics and Finance:


Ensure budgeted action plans are prepared at project start and clearly reflect the project activity plan;
Be responsible for budget lines under their management, and provide monthly forecasts on these budget lines, contributing to the monthly budget follow-up process;
Comply with all logistics rules, procedures and processes, ensuring timely supply of all logistics needs for successful implementation of their activities;
Be responsible for the eligibility and proper utilization of funds allocated to activities under their management;
Analyze and propose budgetary reallocation solutions if needed, after receiving a monthly updated financial follow-up (FFU) from the Finance Department;
Complete the cash forecast according to their budget areas as per PUI internal procedures


Safety and Security:


Ensure safety and security rules are known and respected by their team;
Contribute to data collection on safety and security issues in their field of operations and disseminate them to the Field Coordinator regularly or ad-hoc if urgent.
Ensure that projects, methodologies, or selection criteria do not place beneficiaries, PUI staff or any other persons at risk.
Alert the Field Coordinator without delay in case of impending danger to teams or beneficiaries.


Consortium Specifics:


In addition to PUI internal framework, the Health Project Manager must adhere to consortium procedures, tools and implementation / MEAL / communication schemes.


Requirements


Applicants should possess relevant qualifications in a related field with experience.



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