Health & Nutrition Programme Manager

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

16 November 2026. Full-time, 3-months

Role Summary

This role is designed to provide technical surge support for the programme management of Medair's health and nutrition programme in Syria, supporting the team as they scale up implementation in new locations. The PM will work alongside existing and newly recruited health and nutrition staff to build capacity within the team while setting up and implementing new projects in line with the objectives, timeframe, budget, and donor reporting requirements. Representation with external partners will remain with the existing management and sectoral staff.

Project Overview  

Medair Syria implements humanitarian assistance across multiple sectors, including Health, Nutrition, MPCA, and WASH. The programme supports crisis‑affected populations with life‑saving and early recovery assistance in a complex and evolving humanitarian environment. Medair is expanding the health programme, providing increased coverage and quality of Primary Health Care, with integrated nutrition and MHPSS, in Dar'a, Rural Damascus and Homs governorates.  

Workplace & Conditions

Position based in Damascus, Syria.

Responsibilities:

• Work alongside the health and nutrition team to set up and implement activities in new project sites in line with donor logframes, budgets, and workplans. Join project sites to oversee service delivery and quality.

• Oversee the set-up of an effective stock management system in Medair supported HF and coordinate with the implementing partner to ensure adequate stock management systems in all health delivery sites, including last mile delivery and monthly consumption reports

• Work with health and logistics staff for timely procurement of medicines, supplies and equipment

• Collect, analyse, and report accurate programme data required for Medair, cluster and donor reporting

• Support the roll out of Medair systems for reporting KPI (Solstice for Health and Impact Nutrition)

• Review data collection tools, analysis and reports of the implementing partner and address any gaps or issues identified

• In liaison with the MEAL team, facilitate third party monitoring activities  

• Ensure beneficiary feedback is effectively integrated into the project implementation, M&E and reporting

• Support planning and implementation of sectoral needs assessments in response to new emergencies and in preparation of new funding proposals

• Oversee line managed staff; day-to-day management, development and training, and appraisals if due

• Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between HF staff, implementing partner and Medair's health and nutrition team to ensure they are informed of sector activities, work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback

• Maintain awareness of relevant guidelines & standards, identify & address training needs, support development & implementation of guidelines, job aids, and supervision tools.

• Provide coaching and technical supervision of staff to develop knowledge, skills and ownership for health and nutrition activities.  

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies:  

• Clinical degree (nurse, midwife or doctor), or Public Health degree  

• Fluent English (spoken and written). Arabic desirable

• 2 years’ experience in international public health and nutrition project management in a humanitarian setting. Previous Medair experience desirable.

• Excellent IT knowledge, especially Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Teams, Sharepoint.

Behavioural Skills:  

• Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style and ability to make strategic decisions

• Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner, with good understanding of cross-cultural issues

• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels, self-motivated, proactive

• Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritising, delegating, and seeking advice as required

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, team player

Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

1. Medair organisational values.

2. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.

3. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).

Application Process

To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Advertised on JobUpfree.

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