• Oversee the implementation of H&N activities in the area of operation, ensuring adherence to international standards and internal SoPs and guidelines, technical guidance, and quality assurance.
• Provide technical guidance, oversight and support to the field team (direct staff and incentive staff) in the provision of quality H&N services to ensure the needs of survivors are met in a timely and consistent manner with strong clinical quality, and ensuring safe and ethical data monitoring.
• Provide input into the development of relevant tools and SoPs and ensure their effective roll-out at field level.
• Monitor project activity implementation and quality standards on a continuous basis, identifying risks and promptly reporting to the Project Manager and H&N Advisor any areas of concern and recommendations on mitigation measures.
• Support donor visits, third party monitoring, audits, or external evaluations to H&N activity sites within the area of responsibility.

Project Implementation and Oversight

• Provide day-to-day oversight and technical support and supervision to the field-based staff, ensuring that work plans are set and followed and that targets are achieved in line with applicable standards.
• Monitor the activity implementation, identify and recommend solutions to challenges, promptly report issues to the Project Manager and H&N Advisor, and propose adaptations to the programmatic and technical strategy based on identified gaps/needs and contextual changes.
• Continuously monitor the health situation and analyze health & nutrition needs of affected populations; prioritize the needs that should be addressed by RI program, in a manner which includes a focus on health systems strengthening.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to RI’s supported health & nutrition activities (in both governorates); evaluate the quality of H&N programming including by utilizing structured checklists and monitoring tools; identify areas of improvement and implementing corrective actions.
• Ensure regular monitoring of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment and supplies, including but not limited to adherence to the pharma management standards, prescription standards, etc.
• Ensure that early warning systems and contingency plans are in place for investigation and control of outbreaks of infectious diseases and other health issues of concern in the areas of operation.
• In coordination with the H&N Advisor, review new health-related initiatives and tools to give feedback from operational, technical and programmatic strategic points of view.
• Assess and address operational and technical gaps in H&N facilities in coordination with technical and operations focal points.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of program implementation and quality by MEL, Accountability, and technical staff.
• Conduct regular (monthly or quarterly) reviews of the Quality Benchmarks Tool across supported health facilities to monitor performance across the dimensions of quality and ensure the tool is accurately completed, identifying gaps in service quality, develop and following up on corrective action plans to strengthen the quality of health and nutrition services.
• In coordination with the H&N Advisor, participate in technical monitoring visits to partner facilities, contribute to monitoring the quality of services provided, and document observations and recommendations for performance improvement, as delegated by the Project Manager.

Leadership & Team Management:

• Line manage the Medical Officers (3), SRH Officer, Nutrition Officer, and Medical Commodities Officer, supervising and supporting them to effectively guide the staff in each HF and MMU site in the implementation of activities, sharing relevant information, tools and guidance to improve quality and achieve timelines.
• Set clear objectives for each field staff under line management and do timely performance evaluations.
• Support staff capacity development, including by conducting capacity needs assessments, providing training and on-the-job coaching and mentoring, and highlighting areas of support required from the Technical Advisor for capacity-building of the team.
• Participate in the recruitment of H&N staff.

Grants, Finance and Operational Responsibilities:

• Provide input, and support the Project Manager in reviewing Budget versus actual for accuracy and tracking and to flag spending issues in timely manner and support in providing corrective actions.
• Under Project Manager supervision, regularly coordinate with the supply chain, finance and HR departments regarding project implementation, raising any delays or other issues of concern which may impact project implementation progress.
• Contribute to timely and quality internal and donor reporting on project activities and progress toward targets.
• Provide input into concept notes and proposal development process in line with health & nutrition strategy and general RI strategic objectives, providing sectoral and area-based insights and analysis, as well as into donor reporting.
• Provide input into program management tools such as log frames, work plans, indicator tracking table and monitoring tools to support implementation.

Other duties:

• Promote integration across sectors through collaborating with Protection team and other RI sectors.
• Represent RI in area-based H&N coordination meetings, such as H&N sub-sector/cluster, working groups, etc, as delegated by the Project Manager.
• Maintain regular communication with local stakeholders active in the health sector and focal points in RI supported health facilities to generate innovative methods of health system strengthening.
• In coordination with various internal and external stakeholders lead the establishment of effective referral mechanisms.

 Behavior and Conduct

• Ensures the highest standards of behavior in and outside of work, promoting the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies at all times.
• Leads by example - is a model for ethical conduct standards for other team members.
• Adheres to humanitarian principles and H&N standards.
• Ensures own actions and the actions of the team members do not impact the safety of the RI team and the vulnerable communities we serve.
• Promotes awareness by external stakeholders of RI conduct and reporting mechanisms
• Promptly reports any concerns about possible violations of safeguarding, medical standards, or humanitarian principles to safeguarding focal points, line managers and/or senior management.
• Displays cultural sensitivity and the ability to work with diverse communities in an empathetic, non-judgmental manner.