Duration : 4 months (with possibility of extension)
Start date : 01-Jul-2025

You'll contribute to ending world hunger by ...

• Responsible to provide technical support and management oversight in Health, Nutrition and MHPSS (H&N&MHPSS) programme with focus on strengthening the quality of proposals and implementation in close coordination with the Depurty Country Director (DCD) and supporting the Country Director (CD) to lead the H&N strategy development and monitoring.

• He/she will work and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams, consortium partners, and experts and field offices in developing and implementing programs in line with approved program documents, technical standards and in line with national and international standards.

• The H&N Manager will identify and support the capacity strengthening of stakeholders in H&N, developing integrated programming, ensuring systematically mainstreaming cross cutting issues and advocacy initiatives in the Philippines.

Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: Provide technical and management oversight in H&N programme design and implementation

• Provide technical leadership with focus on strengthening the quality of the H&N emergency and development programme implementation, including strengthening H&N preparedness, resilience, and early recovery strategies

• In close coordination with the DCD and other technical sectors, lead identification and assessment of H&N needs and gaps

• Responsible for leading the design and drafting technically sound H&N proposals for funding, including conducting H&N needs assessments

• Provide strategic and technical advice to implementation teams to ensure quality and timely implementation H&N and MHPSS programs, including monitoring of activities and H&N related budget execution

• Support and contribute to the development and monitoring of Country strategy

• Support DCD and CD in Identifying opportunity collaboration with appropriate institutions in H&N sector

Objective 2: Capacity Strengthening

• Review/Develop Job descriptions and participate in the recruitment of H&N staff

• Identify capacity strengthening needs for H&N team members and develop learning opportunities using the most appropriate approach

• Participate in the promotion of a correct and efficient information flow between H&N team members and other members of the AAH Philippines mission

• Assess H&N stakeholders (LGUs, NGOs/CSO and health agencies) capacity strengthening needs and develop strategies and implement actions

• Promote AAH mandate, strategy, procedures, and internal regulations within the H&N team

• Conduct technical H&N capacity assessments of local organizations collaborating with AAH and contribute to their capacity building

• Review/develop the H&N tools and resource materials are available for field to support the implementation of the programs

• Lead/participate in conducting H&N staff performance evaluation

• Ensure field H&N teams have adequate and timely support through planning field visits and ensuring the documentation and follow-up of action points

Objective 3: Reporting and Capitalization

• Review and validation of H&N related internal, external/donor and situational reports in line with the established reporting systems and contractual obligations

• Develop technical guidance notes and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programmatic approaches and contribute to broader sector learning

• Facilitate good practices and lessons learned workshops on technical themes and Capitalize all the learning for future programming

• Review/validate Source of Verifications and ensure proper archiving program documents

Objective 4: Contribute to programme quality standards

• Review/develop guidelines and tools for key intervention identified in AAH-Philippines Technical Programmatic Framework, to ensure AAH, CORE Humanitarian Standard, SPHERE standards, IASC standard and any other relevant international/national standard is followed during the whole project cycle

• Uphold humanitarian principles and AAH principles at all stages of H&N programming and provide pragmatic guidance to the H&N team on this matter to support their principled decision making

• Provide technical support and guidance to AAH and partners staff in the implementation of H&N activities in Philippines – including ensuring coherence, standardized approaches, programme quality, and integration with other sectors across the H&N&MHPSS programme

• Ensure that the programme is inclusive of marginalized and vulnerable individuals and communities, that it promotes the full and equal participation of women and that accountability to affected communities is central to the ways of working

• Develop and revise in collaboration with the MEAL team the methodologies and tools for monitoring and evaluation

• Provide technical support in the development and implementation of national programme evaluations, learning events and specific H&N programme related research activities

• Work closely with the field offices and head of project to enhance accountability, ensure that feedback and lessons learned feed into programme adaptation

Objective 5: Coordinate with Support Departments

• Ensure program related inputs are delivered in coordination with Head of Projects and logistic department and monitor budget execution

• Participate in the design of new budgets related to H&N activities

• Coordinate with support departments in the planning and technical support of H&N interventions

• Promote safety and security of the staff assigned and directly managed

• Coordinate with Logistics to ensure that H&N -related procurement, tendering and contracts are of adequate technical standards, cost effective, timely and appropriate to the context

• Respect the security rules of Action Against Hunger and coordinate with the Country Director, and the Base Logistics Officer and Flying Logistics Manager for any security issues relating to work

Objective 6: Representation, Coordination and Emergency Deployment

• Actively participate in H&N cluster meetings and relevant technical working groups

• Support Country Director and DCD in negotiations and representation at H&N related line agencies and donors

• Effectively coordinate with external humanitarian H&N actors intervening on regular and emergency interventions

• Develop and maintain relationships with key H&N stakeholders at technical level, including donors, government authorities and international agencies

• Influence key decision makers on sound technical solutions to overcome H&N challenges based on evidence

• Contribute to advocacy efforts in H&N -related matters

• Be available for deployment to other areas in the country during emergency response, as necessary

Do you meet the profile required criteria?

• Degree and/or Master’s Degree in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition, Medicine or Midwifery

• Strong Knowledge of the Philippines health and nutrition context including the national and regional health system. -Technical knowledge in implementing emergency and development H&N& MHPSS intervention.

• Solid project cycle management knowledge -Excellent experience in developing donor proposals and reports.

• Advanced knowledge of humanitarian and development donor guidelines and procedures in H&N

• Ability to gather and analyze information in order to make strategic decisions and engagement in humanitarian and development sector.

• At least 3 years previous experience in the humanitarian and development field as coordinator or similar position working with (I)NGOs in the Philippines.

• Good experience in working with local/national partners, Ministries, experience in implementing H&N interventions and capacity building for partners.

• At least 3 years of previous experience in project management both in emergency and development contexts.

• Experience in management of volatile security contexts with capacity to face a stressful environment.

• Demonstrated experience and skills in supervising technical teams, external technical consultants and consortium/partnership projects.

• Previous experience and ability to build relationships and work with senior level government officials and other stakeholders.

Our remuneration package:

• Compensation: based on Action Against Hunger's salary scale

• Benefits: health insurance, accident and life insurance, leave entitlement, government-mandated benefits

• Fixed-term Employment

Action against Hunger is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour 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.

How to apply

Interested candidates meeting the requirements should apply to the link provided below on or before 19 July 2025.

https://employ.acf-e.org/index.php/positions/view/10706

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview by the HR Department.

Note. - Given the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close on or before the deadline.

Action Against Hunger provides equal opportunities to candidates regardless of their origin, nationality, race, gender, regional and sexual orientation. This vision aims to integrate equal treatment and opportunities among females and men in all HR processes and policies within the organization.