Health Program Manager

Lindii Peace Foundation (LPF) is a Non-Profit and Non-governmental Organization in Nigeria which was registered as a corporate body with the Corporate Affairs Commission on the Eleventh (11th) day of July, 2014.

The foundation was formed by some eminent survivors of the Insurgency in North-east Nigeria and a few well-meaning Individuals who came together with a vision to see Nigeria a poverty free place where peace will abide and humanity can live freely in harmony.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Program Manager

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Summary

• This is an opportunity for a committed health professional to contribute to improved health outcomes, quality service delivery and equitable access to essential healthcare for vulnerable and crisis-affected populations.
• The successful candidate will oversee health programme implementation, support the delivery of quality and accessible health services, supervise health personnel and work closely with relevant technical teams and support functions to ensure effective programme performance.
• The role requires strong health programme management, technical coordination, leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in a complex humanitarian and development environment.
• The Health Programme Manager will work closely with the Programme Management, MEAL, Finance, Procurement, Logistics, Human Resources and Administration teams, as well as government health authorities, health partners and community stakeholders, to ensure coordinated and accountable health programming.
• The Health Programme Manager will be responsible for ensuring that health interventions are appropriately planned, implemented, monitored and reported in line with approved programme objectives, donor requirements, national health guidelines, humanitarian principles and applicable technical standards.
• The role will also involve monitoring health outcomes, strengthening service delivery systems, promoting infection prevention and control, ensuring appropriate management of medical supplies and supporting evidence-based decision-making.

Responsibilities
Health Programme Leadership and Management:

• Ensure health interventions are implemented in accordance with approved proposals, project documents, workplans, budgets and results frameworks.
• Ensure health activities are delivered within agreed timelines, approved budgets and established quality standards.
• Identify implementation challenges and ensure timely corrective action.
• Lead health programme planning, implementation, monitoring, review and close-out processes.
• Promote a results-oriented, accountable and quality-focused approach to health service delivery.
• Coordinate health programme teams across assigned implementation locations and supported health facilities.
• Provide overall technical and managerial leadership for assigned health programmes and projects.
• Translate programme objectives into practical implementation plans, operational priorities and measurable results.

Technical Oversight and Quality of Health Services:

• Support the integration of relevant health services, including primary healthcare, maternal and child health, reproductive health and communicable disease prevention, where included in approved project activities.
• Work with relevant health professionals to identify and address gaps in clinical practice, service delivery and patient care.
• Monitor the quality of services delivered at supported health facilities and through community-based interventions.
• Support the delivery of safe, accessible, equitable and patient-centred healthcare services.
• Support the application of evidence-based approaches and continuous quality improvement across health interventions.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen health service delivery and recommend practical improvements.
• Ensure health activities respond to identified community needs and the prevailing health context.
• Provide technical oversight of health interventions to ensure compliance with applicable national health guidelines, clinical protocols and recognized humanitarian health standards.
• Promote adherence to infection prevention and control standards, patient safety procedures and appropriate clinical documentation.

Health Programme Planning and Implementation:

• Ensure health teams understand programme objectives, indicators, targets, deliverables and implementation requirements.
• Coordinate the timely commencement and delivery of planned health activities.
• Identify service delivery gaps, implementation delays and emerging health needs, and develop appropriate responses.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, supplies, equipment and logistical arrangements are available to support implementation.
• Monitor implementation progress against approved plans and agreed milestones.
• Support programme adaptation in response to changes in the health situation, operational constraints and community priorities.
• Coordinate health facility support, outreach activities and community-based interventions in line with approved programme designs.
• Develop and regularly review health programme workplans, activity schedules and implementation strategies.

Health Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:

• Work closely with the MEAL team to monitor health programme performance against approved indicators and targets.
• Ensure that health information is handled confidentially and shared only through authorized channels.
• Support health assessments, programme reviews, evaluations and learning activities.
• Support routine data verification, data quality assessments and monitoring visits to health facilities and implementation sites.
• Coordinate the preparation of timely, accurate and evidence-based health programme reports.
• Review health service statistics and performance reports to identify trends, service gaps and areas requiring improvement.
• Ensure health teams maintain accurate, complete and timely service delivery records and programme data.
• Document programme achievements, implementation challenges, lessons learned and corrective actions.
• Ensure health programme information is used to guide operational decisions and improve service delivery.

Health Team Leadership and Capacity Building:

• Clarify staff roles, responsibilities, performance expectations and reporting arrangements.
• Encourage continuous professional development and the sharing of good practices among health teams.
• Coordinate with Human Resources on recruitment, onboarding, deployment and performance management of health personnel.
• Promote teamwork, accountability, respectful communication and a supportive working environment.
• Address performance gaps and support appropriate improvement measures in coordination with HR and relevant supervisors.
• Identify technical and professional development needs among health staff.
• Provide leadership, technical guidance and supervision to assigned health programme personnel.
• Organize or facilitate appropriate training, mentoring, coaching and supportive supervision.
• Promote adherence to professional codes of conduct, clinical standards, organizational policies and safeguarding requirements.

Health Commodities, Medical Supplies and Equipment:

• Support appropriate forecasting, quantification and timely replenishment of health commodities in coordination with responsible technical and supply chain personnel.
• Monitor the availability of essential medicines, medical consumables, equipment and other approved health supplies.
• Monitor stock availability and identify potential shortages, overstocking, expiry risks or supply disruptions.
• Escalate supply chain issues that may affect continuity or quality of health services.
• Ensure health teams follow approved procedures for the receipt, storage, distribution and documentation of medical supplies.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Logistics and Pharmacy personnel to identify and plan health commodity, medical supply and equipment requirements.
• Ensure that procurement and distribution requirements are communicated in advance to relevant support functions.
• Promote appropriate use, accountability and maintenance of medical equipment and health programme assets.

Health Programme Budget and Financial Management:

• Ensure health programme activities are implemented in line with approved financial controls and donor requirements.
• Work closely with Finance to monitor health programme budgets, expenditure and resource utilization.
• Review programme expenditure against approved budgets and implementation plans.
• Ensure programme expenditures are supported by appropriate documentation and linked to approved activities.
• Monitor budget utilization, expenditure trends, forecasts and potential variances.
• Identify financial risks that may affect programme implementation and recommend appropriate corrective action.
• Promote cost-effective resource utilization and value for money without compromising service quality.
• Support the preparation and revision of health programme budgets in coordination with Finance and relevant programme personnel.

Donor Compliance, Grant Management and Programme Reporting:

• Ensure health programme documentation is complete, organized and accessible to authorized reviewers.
• Ensure health programme teams understand relevant donor conditions, indicators and documentation requirements.
• Work closely with the Partnership and Grants team to monitor grant deliverables, milestones and compliance obligations.
• Provide accurate programme information, activity updates and supporting evidence for donor and management reports.
• Contribute to grant amendments, extensions, budget revisions and programme close-out processes where required.
• Support donor monitoring visits, health programme assessments, audits and review exercises.
• Ensure health programme implementation remains consistent with approved donor agreements, project objectives and reporting requirements.
• Identify potential compliance risks and escalate them through established organizational channels.

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement:

• Participate in joint assessments, field visits, technical discussions and programme coordination meetings.
• Ensure external commitments and representations are made within delegated authority.
• Coordinate with relevant ministries, departments and agencies to support alignment with applicable health policies, standards and priorities.
• Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with relevant government health authorities, health facility managers, UN agencies, NGOs, health partners and community structures.
• Promote collaboration between health teams and other relevant programme sectors to support integrated service delivery.
• Maintain professional communication with implementing partners, service providers and community representatives.
• Represent LPF at health coordination meetings, technical working groups and other relevant forums as delegated.

Community Engagement and Accountability:

• Ensure community feedback is documented, reviewed and used to improve service delivery.
• Promote dignity, inclusion, non-discrimination and equitable access to health services.
• Promote meaningful community participation in health programme planning, implementation and review.
• Promote accountability to affected populations throughout the health programme cycle.
• Support community health education, awareness and engagement activities where included in approved programmes.
• Support appropriate feedback, complaints and response mechanisms for health programme beneficiaries.
• Ensure health personnel communicate respectfully and appropriately with patients, caregivers and community members.
• Ensure health interventions are responsive to the needs, priorities and concerns of affected populations.

Safeguarding, Protection and Patient Safety:

• Promote infection prevention and control, patient safety and appropriate clinical risk management.
• Promote appropriate patient confidentiality, informed consent and responsible handling of sensitive health information.
• Ensure safeguarding principles are integrated into health programme planning, implementation and service delivery.
• Ensure health personnel understand their responsibilities for reporting safeguarding concerns, abuse, exploitation and other serious misconduct through established mechanisms.
• Ensure health activities are implemented in ways that protect the dignity, safety, privacy and rights of patients and community members.
• Promote compliance with LPF's safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), child protection and Code of Conduct requirements.
• Support identification and mitigation of safeguarding and protection risks associated with health interventions.
• Ensure health services are delivered without discrimination and with due regard for vulnerable individuals and groups.

Risk Management and Emergency Health Response:

• Support contingency planning and continuity of essential health services during operational disruptions.
• Support health needs assessments, rapid response planning and appropriate adaptation of interventions during emergencies.
• Monitor changes in the operating environment and emerging public health concerns that may affect programme priorities.
• Escalate significant risks and emerging health threats to the appropriate management and technical authorities.
• Ensure emergency health activities comply with applicable technical standards and humanitarian principles.
• Work with relevant teams to develop and implement appropriate risk mitigation measures.
• Identify operational, technical, financial, security and contextual risks that may affect health programme delivery.
• Coordinate health programme responses to outbreaks, disease-related emergencies and other humanitarian needs within LPF's mandate and available resources.

Programme Design, Assessments and Learning:

• Encourage continuous learning, documentation of good practices and improvement of health programme approaches.
• Promote the use of lessons learned, assessment findings and evaluation recommendations in programme design.
• Contribute to the development of concept notes, proposals, workplans, budgets, indicators and other health programme documents.
• Support the development of contextually appropriate and integrated health interventions.
• Provide technical information and programme evidence to support resource mobilization and proposal development.
• Participate in health needs assessments, situational analyses and identification of priority health needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve health service coverage, quality and operational effectiveness.

Audit, Programme Review and Close-Out:

• Support completion of programme deliverables, reports, asset documentation and other close-out requirements.
• Ensure programme records, service delivery evidence and supporting documentation are maintained appropriately.
• Coordinate programme handover and transition arrangements where required.
• Coordinate responses to programme findings and recommendations with relevant teams.
• Support internal and external audits, donor monitoring exercises and health programme reviews.
• Monitor implementation of agreed corrective actions.
• Document lessons learned and recommendations for future health programming.

Other Responsibilities:

• Provide health programme updates, technical advice and recommendations to the designated supervisor and senior management.
• Undertake field visits, health facility monitoring and programme support missions as required.
• Perform other reasonable health programme-related duties assigned by the Country Director or designated supervisor.
• Maintain professional knowledge of relevant health policies, humanitarian standards and emerging public health practices.
• Participate in management meetings and organizational planning processes as required.

Key Deliverables
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to:

• Achievement of approved health programme targets, outputs and outcomes.
• Timely identification and management of programme risks and implementation challenges.
• Appropriate adaptation of health interventions to changing humanitarian and public health needs.
• Effective integration of safeguarding, protection, patient safety, gender and inclusion principles.
• Timely preparation of health programme workplans, reports and implementation updates.
• Completion of required programme reviews, handovers and close-out activities.
• Effective monitoring of programme budgets and appropriate use of resources.
• Compliance with donor agreements, applicable health standards and organizational policies.
• Strong technical coordination and performance of health programme teams.
• Constructive engagement with government authorities, health partners and communities.
• Meaningful community participation and accountability to affected populations.
• Effective planning, coordination and implementation of assigned health programmes.
• Accurate health programme data, documentation and evidence-based decision-making.
• Effective management and monitoring of essential medical supplies and equipment.
• Improved quality, accessibility and continuity of supported health services.

Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience working with health programme budgets, expenditure monitoring and resource planning.
• A Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Management, International Health or a related discipline is an added advantage.
• Experience supervising health personnel and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong organizational, analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong report-writing, documentation, communication and coordination skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in Medicine, Public Health, , Health Administration, Health Management or another relevant health-related field.
• Experience working with MEAL teams, health indicators, service delivery data and programme performance reporting.
• Experience working with donor-funded health programmes and understanding donor compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and managing health programmes or projects from planning through implementation, monitoring, reporting and close-out.
• Demonstrated understanding of relevant health service delivery standards, clinical quality assurance and infection prevention and control.
• Relevant professional registration and a valid practising licence where required for the candidate's professional discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in health programme management, health service delivery or public health programming.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience with health information systems, programme evaluations, data quality assessments and continuous quality improvement.
• Experience supporting primary healthcare, maternal and child health, reproductive health, communicable disease prevention or other relevant health interventions.
• Experience in health programme design, proposal development, budget preparation and resource mobilization.
• Experience managing health programmes funded by institutional donors such as UNICEF, ECHO, NHF, FCDO, USAID or similar donors.
• Experience in emergency health response, rapid health assessments and public health interventions.
• Experience coordinating with government health authorities, health facilities, UN agencies, NGOs and local partners.
• Experience working in conflict-affected, hard-to-reach or resource-constrained environments.
• Experience working with NGOs, INGOs, UN agencies or other humanitarian and development organizations.
• Experience supporting health commodity forecasting, medical supply management and coordination with procurement and logistics teams.

Core Competencies:
The successful candidate should demonstrate:

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Technical understanding of health service delivery and public health programming.
• Strong health programme and project management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across programme and support functions.
• Commitment to accountability to affected populations and community participation.
• Strong leadership, supervision and people-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities.
• Ability to work under pressure and in challenging humanitarian environments.
• Strategic thinking, planning and organizational skills.
• Budget monitoring and financial management awareness.
• Understanding of donor compliance and health programme standards.
• Integrity, professionalism, confidentiality and sound judgment.
• Commitment to safeguarding, PSEA, patient safety, protection, gender and inclusion.
• Evidence-based decision-making and commitment to programme quality.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong report-writing, documentation and data interpretation skills.
• Adaptability, resilience and commitment to continuous learning.
• Results orientation, accountability and attention to detail.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, coordination and negotiation skills.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV and cover letter to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Application Deadline: 28th October, 2026.