Program Manager-Health,Nutrition & Surveillance

Job Description

Title: Program Manager-Health,Nutrition & Surveillance

Company Name: Action Contre la Faim (ACF)

Vacancy: 1

Age: at least 18 years

Location: Cox's Bazar

Minimum Salary: Tk. 146880 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 5 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO, Development Agency

Published: 26 Jun 2025

Education:
∎ Master degree  in Nutrition/Medical Science  with MPH
∎

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Minimum 5 years of work experience and at least 4 years of experience as Program Manager/ equivalent position in managing nutrition Program or integrated health and nutrition program
∎ Working experience with ACF / Refugee camp will be benefit.
∎ Strong understanding and field level experience of Refugee camps and host community recommended implementation guideline.
∎ Experience in leading SMART survey will be added value
∎ Proven experience in management (team management, supervision, activity planning, reporting, budget follow up, procurement follow up etc)
∎ The ability to manage complex and emergency response
∎ Flexibility and creativity
∎ Team player with strong capacity to lead;
∎ Training and staff capacity development skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure
∎ Knowledge of informatics: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ENA, KOBO, BFU, etc.;
∎ Minimum 5 years of work experience and at least 4 years of experience as Program Manager/ equivalent position in managing nutrition Program or integrated health and nutrition program
∎ Working experience with ACF / Refugee camp will be benefit.
∎ Strong understanding and field level experience of Refugee camps and host community recommended implementation guideline.
∎ Experience in leading SMART survey will be added value
∎ Proven experience in management (team management, supervision, activity planning, reporting, budget follow up, procurement follow up etc)
∎ TRANSFERABLE SKILLS:
∎ The ability to manage complex and emergency response
∎ Flexibility and creativity
∎ Team player with strong capacity to lead;
∎ Training and staff capacity development skills
∎ Ability to work under pressure
∎ Knowledge of informatics: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ENA, KOBO, BFU, etc.;

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Oversee MAMI implementation at community and facility levels, ensuring alignment with SoP and timely identification of at-risk mother-infant dyads.
∎ Coordinate training and supervision of community health workers, midwives, and MHPSS counsellors on MAMI screening, referral, and care protocols.
∎ Ensure availability and use of standardized screening tools, checklists, and referral pathways for at-risk infants and mothers.
∎ Monitor MAMI performance, review enrollment data, and facilitate supportive supervision and quality improvement initiatives.
∎ Ensure staff and volunteers apply learning through active program activities and provide ongoing mentoring for service quality and adherence to standards in collaboration with Head of Department.
∎ Coordinate with local partner and health authorities to ensure delivery of ANC, PNC, and SAM services in selected community level health facilities and Upazila Health Complex.
∎ Ensure deployment and mentoring of trained staff (nurses, midwives, volunteers) and effective use of SAM corner facilities.
∎ Support capacity building of government health workers on maternal care, SAM management, and inpatient protocols through trainings and technical assistance.
∎ Supervise service delivery quality, monitor case trends, and troubleshoot bottlenecks related to supplies, staffing, or adherence to protocols.
∎ Foster collaboration with community leaders and caregivers, ensure active participation in program activities, and establish an efficient multi-loop Complaint and Feedback Mechanism to address concerns promptly. Ensure time-to-time information and consultation with Head of Department.
∎ Oversee of the partner for targeting and verification of vulnerable households using MUAC screening and vulnerability scoring for voucher eligibility.
∎ Supervise Community based SAM management including nutrition voucher distribution and ensure alignment with national CMAM guidelines.
∎ Coordinate CMAM integration, ensuring that SAM children identified also access required medical and nutrition services.
∎ Lead the design and monitoring of IYCF counseling, courtyard sessions, and cooking demonstrations to strengthen household nutrition behaviors..
∎ Lead timely procurement, supply chain, budget follow up and supplies request for the targeted activities.
∎ Ensure integration of MHPSS support into routine health and nutrition services for caregivers and PLWs.
∎ Oversee partner recruitment, training, and supervision of MHPSS counsellors and volunteers to deliver quality one-on-one support.
∎ Establish and monitor referral pathways for individuals needing specialized mental health care in line with global and sectoral MHPSS guidelines.
∎ Track MHPSS service uptake and impact, using case reports and feedback tools to strengthen emotional well-being and parenting practices.
∎ Contribute to the formulation of coordination strategies and external engagement plans, providing necessary support.
∎ Support the Nutrition Sector by participating in various thematic/working groups and contributing to evidence generation activities, such as surveys and assessments.
∎ Assist the Head of Department (HoD) in the development of proposals, donor reports, contextual analysis, and providing technical support to other country programs.
∎ Actively participate in coordination meetings within the Nutrition Sector, partner coordination meetings, internal coordination meetings, and lead program staff meetings.
∎ Actively coordinate with human resource department for staff recruitment, leave, GTA, attendance timely submission.
∎ Collaborate with the base finance and logistics departments to ensure timely follow-up on budget and procurement processes, while maintaining quality standards.
∎ Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary;
∎ Implement all work related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries;
∎ Ensure the incorporation of PSEA and gender equity principles in all policies and activities;
∎ Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.
∎ Objective 1:Oversee the Identification and enrollment at-risk infants under 6 months and their mothers through the MAMI approach, ensuring early detection, comprehensive care, and regular follow-up to improve infant survival and development.
∎ Major Responsibility:
∎ Oversee MAMI implementation at community and facility levels, ensuring alignment with SoP and timely identification of at-risk mother-infant dyads.
∎ Coordinate training and supervision of community health workers, midwives, and MHPSS counsellors on MAMI screening, referral, and care protocols.
∎ Ensure availability and use of standardized screening tools, checklists, and referral pathways for at-risk infants and mothers.
∎ Monitor MAMI performance, review enrollment data, and facilitate supportive supervision and quality improvement initiatives.
∎ Ensure staff and volunteers apply learning through active program activities and provide ongoing mentoring for service quality and adherence to standards in collaboration with Head of Department.
∎ Objective 2:Strengthen access to quality maternal and child health services—including ANC, PNC, and inpatient care for complicated SAM—at both community and facility levels.
∎ Major Responsibility:
∎ Coordinate with local partner and health authorities to ensure delivery of ANC, PNC, and SAM services in selected community level health facilities and Upazila Health Complex.
∎ Ensure deployment and mentoring of trained staff (nurses, midwives, volunteers) and effective use of SAM corner facilities.
∎ Support capacity building of government health workers on maternal care, SAM management, and inpatient protocols through trainings and technical assistance.
∎ Supervise service delivery quality, monitor case trends, and troubleshoot bottlenecks related to supplies, staffing, or adherence to protocols.
∎ Foster collaboration with community leaders and caregivers, ensure active participation in program activities, and establish an efficient multi-loop Complaint and Feedback Mechanism to address concerns promptly. Ensure time-to-time information and consultation with Head of Department.
∎ Objective 3:Improve nutrition outcomes through targeted SAM management with nutrition vouchers inclusion, enhanced infant and young child feeding practices, and integrated CMAM services.
∎ Major Responsibility:
∎ Oversee of the partner for targeting and verification of vulnerable households using MUAC screening and vulnerability scoring for voucher eligibility.
∎ Supervise Community based SAM management including nutrition voucher distribution and ensure alignment with national CMAM guidelines.
∎ Coordinate CMAM integration, ensuring that SAM children identified also access required medical and nutrition services.
∎ Lead the design and monitoring of IYCF counseling, courtyard sessions, and cooking demonstrations to strengthen household nutrition behaviors..
∎ Lead timely procurement, supply chain, budget follow up and supplies request for the targeted activities.
∎ Objective 4:Support the mental health and psychosocial well-being of caregivers and PLWs through individualized MHPSS services, promoting positive parenting and child development.
∎ Major Responsibility:
∎ Ensure integration of MHPSS support into routine health and nutrition services for caregivers and PLWs.
∎ Oversee partner recruitment, training, and supervision of MHPSS counsellors and volunteers to deliver quality one-on-one support.
∎ Establish and monitor referral pathways for individuals needing specialized mental health care in line with global and sectoral MHPSS guidelines.
∎ Track MHPSS service uptake and impact, using case reports and feedback tools to strengthen emotional well-being and parenting practices.
∎ Objective 5:To participate internal/external coordination and timely reporting of program and donor report.
∎ Major Responsibility:
∎ Contribute to the formulation of coordination strategies and external engagement plans, providing necessary support.
∎ Support the Nutrition Sector by participating in various thematic/working groups and contributing to evidence generation activities, such as surveys and assessments.
∎ Assist the Head of Department (HoD) in the development of proposals, donor reports, contextual analysis, and providing technical support to other country programs.
∎ Actively participate in coordination meetings within the Nutrition Sector, partner coordination meetings, internal coordination meetings, and lead program staff meetings.
∎ Actively coordinate with human resource department for staff recruitment, leave, GTA, attendance timely submission.
∎ Collaborate with the base finance and logistics departments to ensure timely follow-up on budget and procurement processes, while maintaining quality standards.
∎ Objective 6:Proactively support ACFs commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity report.
∎ Read and ensure a full understanding of ACFs Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies, asking questions and/or for support when necessary;
∎ Implement all work related activities with a gender, disability and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries;
∎ Ensure the incorporation of PSEA and gender equity principles in all policies and activities;
∎ Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus
∎ Provident Fund
∎ End of Contract Benefits
∎ Life and accident insurance from joining day
∎ Group Life insurance
∎ Hospitalization and OPD as per organizational policy
∎ 18 days of paid leave
∎ 10 days of paid casual leave
∎ Up to 01 month of paid sick leave per year
∎ Up to 26 calendar week's maternity leave
∎ Paternity leave, Marriage leave etc.
∎ Festival Bonus
∎ Provident Fund
∎ End of Contract Benefits
∎ Life and accident insurance from joining day
∎ Group Life insurance
∎ Hospitalization and OPD as per organizational policy
∎ PAID LEAVES:
∎ 18 days of paid leave
∎ 10 days of paid casual leave
∎ Up to 01 month of paid sick leave per year
∎ Up to 26 calendar week's maternity leave
∎ Paternity leave, Marriage leave etc.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Read Before Apply:

Action Against Hunger is committed to fostering equal opportunities for individuals of all genders and backgrounds, valuing diversity within its workforce. We strictly prohibit any form of discrimination based on gender, race, age, disability, religion, national origin, color, or any other protected class.

Action Against Hunger maintains a non-negotiable ZERO TOLERANCE policy concerning the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Child Protection, Gender, and Safeguarding. All Action Against Hunger employees are required to abide by the Charter of Principles and Code of Conduct.

Company Information:
∎ Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
∎ Orin Tower, House # 23, Road # 113/A, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka 1212
∎ Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).

Address::
∎ Orin Tower, House # 23, Road # 113/A, Gulshan - 2, Dhaka 1212
∎ Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).

Application Deadline: 10 Jul 2025

Category: NGO/Development