Health and Nutrition Manager — Johanniter — Cabo Delgado

Who is hiring

Behind this vacancy stands Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., a German Christian NGO whose reputation was built on first aid, emergency transport, social programmes and medical projects. Its humanitarian arm operating in the field is called Johanniter International Assistance (JIA) and is headquartered at the federal office in Berlin. The global strategy through 2027 organises the work around three pillars — disaster response and preparedness, health, and livelihoods —

with climate and gender equality cutting across all of them. The declared way of working rests on partnership and localisation, grounded in mutual learning, respect and trust, with accountability, inclusion and safeguarding steering everyday action.

The role in Cabo Delgado

JIA is opening 1 (one) position for a Health and Nutrition Manager in Cabo Delgado. Working under the direct supervision of the Senior Programme Manager, whoever takes the post runs the Primary Health Care and IMAM (Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition) projects side by side with partners.

The role supervises health and nutrition work in the field, brings technical input into planning, implementation and reporting, equips the team to deliver quality activities and watches over compliance with the applicable national and international standards. It also drives the multi-sectoral integration of activities, coordination with other sectors and the management of the technical team — from people management to budget oversight, logistics, performance indicators and beneficiary feedback —

always aimed at reinforcing the Ministry of Health's effort to reduce disease and mortality, with special attention to children and women.

The work fronts the announcement draws

The notice organises the job into nine areas. In short, the manager is expected to:

• Align the country strategy with JIA's strategy and support both long-term programming and exit strategies;
• Lead by example according to the organisation's leadership principles, guide the Health and Nutrition Officers and join recruitment processes for competent technical staff;
• Enforce the security rules, guidelines and standard operating procedures of the project region, putting the safety of teams and stakeholders first;
• Provide technical, administrative and management support — identifying priority geographic areas in light of the humanitarian context and the needs of vulnerable populations, designing programmes together with the Senior Programme Manager, tracking plans and deadlines, guiding field teams and running workshops, trainings and review meetings for clinicians, community activists and government staff;
• Implement activities according to the work plan and recognised technical and humanitarian standards — the notice cites the Basic Package of Health and Nutrition Services in primary care, treatment and prevention guidelines, the Sphere standards, Do No Harm and the humanitarian inclusion standard for older people and people with disabilities;
• Take care of project management — procurement and spending plans, burn-rate monitoring, financial projections, community liaison and periodic reports on activities, achievements and obstacles;
• Conduct monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning: log frame and indicators, regular reviews with teams and participants, feeding health information systems, documenting and circulating lessons learned;
• Represent the organisation at coordination meetings, workshops and sector forums, cultivating solid, honest relationships with government, UN agencies, national and international NGOs and current and potential donors;
• Take part in service availability mappings and in participatory, inclusive needs assessments that underpin new project proposals;
• Administer the team — performance appraisals, a capacity development plan, mentoring and induction of new staff, leave, attendance and disciplinary matters — and proactively stop violations of the code of conduct, corruption, fraud and sexual exploitation and abuse;
• Produce weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports, with data gathered in the field, verified and reviewed by the monitoring teams and the Senior Programme Manager.

The profile the organisation seeks

The required base education is a university degree in one of the health areas detailed in the requirements, with a Master of Public Health weighing in your favour. The source bundles into the mandatory package: at least three years in these functions — management, coordination and execution —

applied to health and nutrition in crisis or development cooperation settings, with baseline assessments and rapid diagnoses on your record; having already commanded teams running projects in demanding international operations or conflict zones; knowing closely the international humanitarian donors named in the requirements and each one's rules; mastering the technical standards of the speciality; and knowing how to negotiate and engage with governments and partners.

The rest counts as an asset: WASH, protection or GBV backgrounds, mental health support and previous experience in Cabo Delgado. Portuguese and English, written and spoken, are essential, and the notice stresses the importance of being able to work with teams of diverse origins and contexts.

What the organisation gives back

The announcement promises a competitive, attractive salary, calibrated by the internal salary scale and each candidate's previous experience, plus a benefits package that includes a 13th month, social security and an insurance set — all in a work environment painted as healthy and mutually appreciative.

How to apply

Pay attention to the channel: applications go to recruitment.moz@thejohanniter.org and the window closes on 19 September 2026. The digital envelope must carry four pieces: a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, the contact details of three people who have supervised you and any work certificates you hold. Add the earliest date you can start. Golden rule: the email subject must be, verbatim, "JUH-MOZ-H&N Manager 11/2025" — unchanged.

Two notes from the notice itself: only candidates who pass the initial screening will hear back, and that screening may start before the deadline closes — one more reason not to send everything on the last day.

The organisation positions itself as an employer that treats all applications on an equal footing, regardless of cultural, religious or social background, gender, age, disability or sexual orientation, with an open invitation to women and people with disabilities; and it warns that background checks — a criminal record and references enter the process — are required, precisely to protect those in vulnerable situations.

Notes on this listing

About salary: the source frames it as "competitive" without giving figures — the salary field therefore reads "negotiable", with no invented numbers. How long the contract lasts and the exact location within Cabo Delgado are left open by the notice itself. The text above condenses an announcement written in English; the original stays with the source.

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