Health and Nutrition Program Manager

AI summary

PUI is hiring a Health and Nutrition Program Manager to lead planning, implementation, and monitoring of integrated health and nutrition programs at its field base in Gusau, Zamfara. The role provides strategic and technical leadership, supports frontline staff capacity-building, and ensures quality humanitarian health service delivery under the Field Coordinator and Health Coordinator.

• Strategic and technical lead for health and nutrition programming at field base
• Based in Gusau, Zamfara with field visits for supportive supervision
• Contract position with an established international NGO operating in Nigeria since 2016
• Responsible for project planning, MEAL integration, and reporting to coordination health team

Original source description

Health and Nutrition Program Manager at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) ⏲ Sep 4, 2026, 12:04 PM ⋕ View all NGO & Humanitarian / Nonprofit Organizations jobs Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. PUI has been operating in Nigeria since 2016, initially establishing its presence in Borno State with a field office in Maiduguri. Over the years, PUI has expanded its humanitarian response to deep-field locations, including Monguno and Pulka, and more recently to Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Health and Nutrition Program Manager Location: Gusau, Zamfara Employment Type: Contract General Objectives Health and Nutrition Program Manager collaborates closely with MEAL Manager to oversee health and Nutrition interventions at the base, serving as the key technical link between field-level health teams, base leadership, and the health coordination structure. With the support of Deputy Health, the program managers will ensure continuous capacity-building for frontline staff. The role provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, integrated healthcare services across assigned bases. He/She will routinely visit the field location for supportive supervision and proffer solutions to identified gaps and challenges. He/She will be the focal person for collation of reports from field locations, reviewing them, and forwarding them to the coordination health team. The Health and Nutrition Program Manager, under the direct supervision of the Field Coordinator and technical guidance of the Health Coordinator, is responsible for leading the planning, implementation, and monitoring of all health and nutrition programming in PUI field Base. Responsibilities: and Tasks Project Planning, Implementation, and MEAL: In collaboration with the MEAL department at the coordination level, makes sure that MEAL activities are properly implemented for the activities under his/her responsibility Participate in needs analysis of programs in relation to medical equipment, medications, and medical consumables. Launch the implementation of the activities in a timeframe coherent with the donor’s requirements: Ensure follow-up and analysis of epidemiological data, in collaboration with the Medical Coordinator. Ensure that the project action plan is prepared at the start of the project and reviewed periodically based on the feedback from the monitoring of the project. This also includes identification of support requirements: from other sectors within the organization. Develop the program monitoring tool with the Field Coordinator and the MEAL Department. Lead regular field reviews, ensuring best practices standards are met; Inform His/her line manager of any relevant issues related to the project implementation. Ensure the coherence and the homogeneity of the activities under his/her responsibility (indicators and results follow-up) and develop proper assessment mechanisms. Information Management, Assessment, and Referral System: In collaboration with the MEAL Department, and other relevant Program Departments, with the support of the Field Coordinator and the Medical Coordinator: Contribute to the design and lead the management of the internal/external referral and follow-up database system Ensure proper archiving of all the documents, tools, and training materials produced in the context of project/s and ensure the availability of the verification sources mentioned in the proposals. Develop tools pertaining to multi-sector rapid needs assessments responding to identified /emerging needs in intervention Formalize external referral pathways through MoUs with relevant partners; Develop tools and strategies to ensure qualitative and timely data collection, communication and analysis; Capitalization , Reporting and Development: Contribute to the design and drafting of new proposals and budgets in collaboration with the Field Coordinator and the Medical Coordinator. Contribute to the definition of vulnerability criteria and assessment methodologies, allowing more accurate targeting of PUI’s activities in the area of intervention; Participate in the development of comprehensive support documents for the implementation by his/her team Provide regular reports on all activities as requested by the Filed Coordinator or the Medical Coordinator; Capitalize lessons learned and good practice throughout the project; Ensure the monthly update and transmission of the PMT (Project Monitoring Tool) as a tool to follow up on the implementation of the project, and provide feedback to the base teams after monthly reviews of the PMT. Create/review SOPs and propose relevant improvements, under Field Coordinator and Technical Coordination’s management; Ensure internal and external qualitative reporting on all activities under his/her responsibility is done in relevance to PUI internal tools and requirements: Participate in identifying health-related needs in coordination with the Field Coordinator and the Medical Coordinator Contribute to the collation and drafting of qualitative intermediary and final reports for donors; Participate in the operational development of the mission through active participation in the mission's annual programming strategy process. Team Management, HR, and Capacity Building: Identify Human resource needs, Prepare job profiles for members of his/her team, have them endorsed by the Field Coordinator and the Administrative Manager, and participate actively in the recruitment process (interviewing, testing, etc.), as well as in any decisions related to the termination of employment contracts of team members; Pro-actively propose HR changes within his/her department to Field Coordinator and HR Manager; Ensure that the defined appraisal system is applied to all members of his/her team Create coordination mechanisms specific to his/her team, and ensure proper supervision; Identify the training needs of the team and address them (organizational and technical support, methodology, organization of training sessions …) and interact with the HR manager in planning/conducting training; Familiarize himself/herself with all PUI internal HR regulations, and ensure that they are known and respected by his/her team across the field locations; Follow-up on the training received by the teams and gather content for capitalization; Representation and Coordination: Attend sector coordination meeting as delegated by the deputy Health coordinator. In the event of visits from Donors, participate actively in the preparation and the smooth organization of the visit. In collaboration with the Field Coordinator, represent PUI in the project area with any relevant stakeholders, local, national, and international partners, and local community representatives in order to facilitate the implementation of the project’s activities; Set up a network, coordinate and communicate to the stakeholders acting in the same areas; ensure effective coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders and partners – NGOs, civil society organizations (CBOs), community groups Grant and Partnership: Under the direct management of the Field Coordinator and the technical supervision of the [program coordinator], serve as the primary contributor in its program expertise and geographical scope for developing proposal documentation, including but not limited to the Logical Framework, Narrative, Bill of Quantities (BoQ), and Beneficiary breakdown. Lead the first stage of partner reporting by setting an internal deadline within the timeline set by the coordination office and coordinating the first back-and-forth round of review for partners Prepare the first draft of the report within the communicated timeframe and in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Grants Team. Contribute to base-level Kick-off and Close-out meetings as coordinated by the Field Coordinator. Act as the focal point for the monthly reporting process in its geographical area. Conduct recurrent meetings with partners and counterparts to discuss project implementation, budget follow-up, mitigate challenges, and support a constructive relationship. During proposal development involving a partner within its geographical area, organize a preliminary meeting with the partner's Project Manager focal point to ensure the complementary design of activities within the budget allocated to the partner. Subsequent meetings are organized as needed. Act as the focal point for drafting contractual reports based on program expertise and the geographical area covered. Under the technical guidance of the program coordinator, he carries out capacity building sessions with the partner as needed and communicates the outcome with the coordination. Logistics, Administration, and Finance: Ensure budgeted action plans are prepared at the beginning of the project, and they clearly reflect the activity plan of the project; Analyze and propose solutions of budgetary reallocation if needed, after receiving a monthly updated financial follow-up (FFU) from the Finance Department; Be responsible for the eligibility and good utilization of funds allocated to the activities under his/ her management; Fill the cash forecast according to his/her budget areas as per PUI internal procedures Comply with all logistics rules, procedures, and processes, ensuring the timely supply of all logistics needs for the successful implementation of his/ her activities; Be responsible for the budget lines under his/ her management, and provide forecasts on these budget lines monthly, contributing to the monthly budget follow-up process; Safety and Security: Ensure that projects, methodologies, or selection criteria do not place beneficiaries, PUI staff or any other persons in harm’s way. He/she alerts the Area Coordinator without delay, in case of impending danger to teams or beneficiaries. Contribute data collection on safety and security issues in his/her field of operations and disseminate them to the Area Coordinator regularly or on an ad-hoc basis if urgent. Ensure that the safety and security rules are known and respected by his/her team; Consortium Specificities: The tasks and responsibilities: defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs In addition to PUI internal frame, the Health and Nutrition Project Manager will have to abide by consortium procedures, tools and implementation / MEAL / communication schemes. Requirements: Interested candidates should possess relevant qualifications with experience. Salary N1,060,667 monthly. How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online Application Deadline: 13th September, 2026. 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