Health & Nutrition Officer (Hama)/10883


Duration : 6 Months
Start date : 01-Sep-2025
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Responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring primary healthcare and community-based health and nutrition programs in Hama Base region. The role ensures the delivery of high-quality, timely interventions aligned with Action Against Hunger’s strategies and standards. The officer supports capacity building, coordinates with local and international stakeholders, and contributes to strategic planning and technical development to improve health and nutrition outcomes in humanitarian and post-emergency settings.


Key activities in your role will include

Objective 1: (Design and implementation of programs within primary healthcare landscape and relevant communities of interest) 

  • Conduct Technical Needs Assessments related to H&N interventions at facilities and at community levels, in areas of interest including facility, community and capacity assessments.
  • In close coordination with Team leader, develop and update implementation plans related to H&N activities, under different projects in Hama base.
  • Implement H&N activities in Hama base, under different projects. Activities include, but are limited to, operational support for static and mobile health facilities, provision of medicines and medical equipment, support specialized services as needed, community health initiatives and capacity building programs.          
  • Ensure the quality and timely implementation of the planned activities at primary health care and community levels through field visits, spot checks and distance monitoring.
  • In coordination with Team leader, ensure adequate and proper reporting on implemented activities periodically and update related monitoring tools
  • Conduct and supervise area-specific training sessions and identify the training needs among partners (namely health workers and community health workers) and programmatic-specific activity implementation based on area-specific needs.
  • Manage relevant H&N consultants and field supervisors, in close collaboration with Team Leader, including support to performance evaluation and recruitment processes.
  • Preparation of projects technical documents (Bill of quantity, technical specifications etc.) and ensures accuracy and quality.
  • In coordination with H&N team, provide support to H&N team members as needed.
  • Ensure cross-cutting issues (gender, environment, IYCF, MHPSS, social protection) are integrated and mainstreamed in nutrition and health care activities at local level in coordination and consultation with other technical departments.
  • Collaborate and work together with logistics and administration departments for management of procurement related to public health activities, as well as rehabilitation works in primary healthcare centers
  • Perform any other task required to achieve the project objective or fall within the mandate of Action Against Hunger.
  • Carry out documentation and archiving all documents related to H&N and Infrastructure activities, in your area of responsibility.

Objective 2: (Strategic and Technical Support)

  • In coordination with technical team at capital base, develop training materials related to primary health care services delivery and community health programming.
  • In coordination with technical team at capital base, contribute to the development of tools related to assessment and monitoring of different health and nutrition activities.
  • Contribute to develop and update the health and nutrition sector strategy for primary healthcare interventions and ensure the sustainability of the project outcomes
  • Promote Action Against Hunger technical policies, position papers, modules, guidelines, and protocols among the members of the department.
  • Collect and update information on H&N indicators, beneficiaries, actors, and activities at local levels for analysis and identification potential areas, partners and priority activities
  • Contribute to preparing H&N priorities to be shared through team leader with other departments to select areas of Action Against Hunger new interventions and participate in Multisectoral need assessment.

Objective 3: (Coordination and Representation)

  • Coordinate with external stakeholders as needed to facilitate, implement, and monitor of H&N activities.  
  • In collaboration with the team leader, represent Action Against Hunger for internal and external coordination at the local level for issues related to health and nutrition programs.
  • Liaise and cooperate with team members, other departments, coordinators, program officers and managers of other sectors, as needed for public health and community health programming
  • Work closely with MEAL on reporting and post completion monitoring reports.
  • Ensure compliance principles and the Humanitarian Program Cycle in delivering Action Against Hunger’s health and nutrition response

Do you meet the profile required criteria?
  • Degree in Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, or Nutrition with experience in emergency health and nutrition programs.
  • Strong knowledge of primary healthcare, RMNCH, IYCF-E, CMAM, MHPSS, and community health strategies.
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant field experience, preferably in humanitarian settings.
  • Knowledge of the central and coastal area context is desirable; proficiency in Arabic and English required.
  • Strong planning, communication, problem-solving, and adaptability under pressure; proficient in Microsoft Office.
  • Humanitarian sector knowledge: Preferred.
  • Organization knowledge: Preferred.
  • Languages: Arabi & English. 

Our remuneration package:
  • Contract period: 6 months renewable base on Action Against Hunger fund and performance
  • Salary/benefits: According to Action Against Hunger's salary scale and terms and conditions.
  • Duty station: Hama.

-Applications will be assessed and vacancy might be closed before the end of the announcement as per qualifications availability.
- The organization is committed to the principles of non-discrimination and diversity and is particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of qualified people.

In the process of recruitment, selection and appointment Action Against Hunger implement a range of procedures and actions including Criminal Background Checks/ International vetting/Certificate of good conduct to ensure children and vulnerable adults are safeguarded and abuse is prevented.



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.

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