Senior Health Manager – IRC Yemen

About the role

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is hiring a Senior Health Manager for its Yemen programme, which operates in eight governorates across health, WASH, nutrition, economic recovery, education and protection. Reporting to the Health Coordinator, the Senior Health Manager gives technical and managerial oversight of the health portfolio nationwide, covering primary health care, RMNCAH, EmONC, MHPSS, mobile health teams and supported health facilities, and ensures services meet IRC clinical standards, national guidelines and donor requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage and review project outputs, indicators, activities and budgets across all health grants, and lead coordinated work planning with the RH, MHPSS and field health teams
• Provide technical guidance and quality oversight for supported health facilities, mobile health teams and EmONC facilities, and oversee clinical SOPs, referral pathways and data collection, M&E and quality control measures
• Conduct regular field visits, ensure availability of essential medicines and reproductive health kits, and coordinate with the Senior Nutrition and Environmental Health Managers and Protection teams
• Help prepare budgets, proposals and grant documents, track procurement and staffing plans, and assist in recruitment
• Represent IRC in the Health Cluster and technical working groups, and work with partners to identify, engage and strengthen local civil society partners
• Supervise the Reproductive Health Manager, MHPSS Manager and field health staff, and support their capacity building and performance reviews
• Prepare internal and external reports, including weekly updates and donor reports with age- and gender-disaggregated data, and maintain client data confidentiality

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in medicine, nursing, midwifery, public health or another health-related discipline; a master's in public health, global health or health management is an added advantage
• At least 5 years of experience managing health programmes in humanitarian or conflict-affected settings, including 2 years in a senior management role
• Experience managing multi-site, multi-donor programmes (RMNCAH, primary health care, MHPSS integration) and coordinating with ministries of health, clusters, UN agencies and donors; previous INGO experience strongly preferred
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Willingness to travel frequently to field sites across Yemen

Required skills

• Knowledge of primary health care, RMNCAH/EmONC, MHPSS integration (mhGAP) and health systems strengthening in emergencies
• Competence with Windows and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong leadership, supervisory and reporting skills, able to work independently under stress and with limited resources