Program Manager (Health and Nutrition)

We are currently recruiting a Program Manager (Health and Nutrition) to join our Yemen team.

This is a country-based position in Aden, Yemen, with approximately 25% travel.

At Relief International, we are committed to building a representative, inclusive and authentic workplace. We strongly encourage applications from candidates from minoritized backgrounds and those who bring lived experience of the contexts in which we work.

This role is classified as requiring standard pre-employment checks and enhanced due diligence.

About Relief International

Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. We work in countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

About the Opportunity

The Program Manager (Health and Nutrition) will lead Relief International’s integrated health and nutrition portfolio in Yemen, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based programming that responds to humanitarian needs and delivers lasting impact. Working closely with project teams, government stakeholders, donors and partners, you will provide technical and managerial leadership across program design, implementation, quality assurance, capacity strengthening and resource mobilization.

Your Responsibilities

This role includes the following responsibilities.

• Lead and manage RI’s health and nutrition programme portfolio, ensuring quality implementation, achievement of targets and effective team performance.
• Provide technical leadership across health and nutrition interventions, strengthening service quality, capacity development, monitoring systems and adherence to international standards.
• Oversee programme monitoring, learning and reporting processes, ensuring evidence-based decision making and continuous programme improvement.
• Support programme growth through assessments, proposal development, donor engagement and contribution to fundraising initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with government counterparts, donors, clusters, UN agencies and other stakeholders. This role includes regular travel to programme locations within Yemen.

About You

You will bring the following experience and skills.

• Advanced degree in a health or nutrition-related field, such as Public Health, Medicine, Nursing or a related discipline.
• Substantial proven experience working in public health and health programming within humanitarian and/or development settings.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in one or more areas including primary health care, child health, reproductive health, health systems strengthening, research or evaluation.
• Strong experience in programme management, project design, proposal development, fundraising, monitoring and evaluation, and capacity strengthening.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and sectors.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English is essential. Familiarity with WASH, Protection or Food Security and Livelihoods programming, and knowledge of UN and international emergency response systems, are desirable.

Research shows that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, but your experience doesn’t align with every criteria described, we encourage you to apply anyway, you could be exactly what we need!

How To Apply

To apply for this post, click on the Apply button in the job advert page.

• You will be asked to upload a CV and Cover Letter.
• The cover letter should be one page, and explain why you are interested in this post with Relief International and how your skills and experience make you a good fit.

Closing Date

31 July 2026.

As a humanitarian organization, Relief International is committed to the safeguarding of all those we come into contact with through our work. We are committed to the core humanitarian principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. Relief International expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and uphold the values and behaviors outlined in the Code of Conduct.

Recruitment to all roles in Relief International include a criminal records self-declaration, references, and other pre-employment checks, which may include police and qualifications checks.

Due to the nature of this role, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.