Programme Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Danish RC IFRC | Sana'a | Posted: 20 Oct، 26 | Deadline: 02 Nov، 26 New Programme Manager

• Danish RC IFRC Sana'a Posted: 20 Oct، 26 Deadline: 02 Nov، 26 Job Description / الوصف الوظيفي Manager، Programme

• Danish RC Vacancy No.: S18966 Category of Contract: Integration Position Type: Integration Application Deadline: 02/11/2026 Job Posted On: 19/10/2026 Duty Station: Sana'a، Yemen Country: YEMEN Grade: National Staff Duty Station Status: N/A Accompanied Status N/A Duration: 12 Organizational Context he International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization، with a network of 191-member National Societies (NSs)

• Job Duties and

• Participate actively in the DRC Yemen country team and take on any delegated tasks by the line manager

• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by the line manager

• Required A post graduate qualification in relevant fields such as project management and disaster management

• Preferred Relevant trainings in Health Emergency Response، CVA and PMEAL، Resource Mobilisation

• Preferred Experience At least 5–6-year experience in strategic programme coordination and management in humanitarian contexts

• Required Experience in designing and managing interventions in health، disaster risk reduction، Anticipatory Actions، emergency preparedness and response and community development

• Required Demonstrated success in assessments، programme planning، monitoring، evaluation and reporting

• Required Experience in managing both Humanitarian/Development programme through a local implementing partner

• Required Demonstrated ability to efficiently facilitate networking and collaboration among Movement Partners and YRCS on programme management

• Required Demonstrated capacity to support strategic engagements with international donors such as DG-ECHO، EU، through dialogues، fundraising and resource mobilization8

• Required Experience of and working with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Yemen

• Required Project planning and management

• Required Assessment، data collection and analysis

• Required Project Proposal development

• Required Coordination، collaboration and stakeholder engagement

• Required Team coordination and team management

• Required Fluent spoken and written English and Arabic

• Required Training and facilitation in relevant fields

• Preferred Competencies، Values and Comments Values: Respect for diversity، Integrity، Professionalism، Accountability Core competencies: Communication، Collaboration and teamwork، Judgement and decision making، National society and customer relations، Creativity and innovation، Building trust Functional competencies: Strategic orientation، Building alliances، Leadership، Empowering others

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Requirements & Qualifications

• Preferred Knowledge، Skills and Languages Budgeting and financial management

The overall aim of IFRC is “to inspire، encourage، facilitate، and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by NSs with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before، during and after disasters، health emergencies and other crises

IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement)، together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The work of IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity، impartiality، neutrality، independence، voluntary service، unity، and universality

IFRC is led by its Secretary General، and has its Headquarters in Geneva، Switzerland

The Headquarters are organized into four main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Coordination، (ii) Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization، (iii) Management and Accountability، and (iv) People and Strategy

IFRC has five regional offices in Africa، Asia Pacific، Middle East and North Africa، Europe، and the Americas

IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world

Together، the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional، cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat

IFRC has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement، including sexual exploitation and abuse، sexual harassment and other forms of harassment، abuse of authority، discrimination، and lack of integrity (including but not limited to financial misconduct)

IFRC also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles

Job Purpose The Programme Manager (PM) will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of programmes and projects supported by DRC through and in cooperation with YRCS and line management by the DRC Country Manager

Working as a member of DRC management team، the Programme Manager will ensure greater coordination of programmes and services، including assessment، planning، implementation، monitoring and reporting for effective and efficient humanitarian service delivery in Yemen

Planning: To ensure effective participatory planning at all levels of programme designing، assessment implementation، monitoring and evaluation and reporting

Provide technical support to YRC relevant departments and staff to initiate and plan for projects at national and branch levels including budget forecasting، development of work plans and procurement plans

Coordinate with the Finance and HR department of YRCS to ensure coherence between activity planning budgeting and implementation and financial reporting as per agreements

Facilitate joint review planning with YRCS department staff to ensure timely preparation of annual، quarterly and activity workplans and budgets to guide programme/ project implementation

Support YRCS as a local lead actor in initiating، planning، implementation، ownership and management of projects and results

Programme implementation، monitoring and evaluation: Support YRCS team to effectively implement programmes (based on an agreed plan، budgets and systems of monitoring and supportive supervision)

Support effective and timely monitoring of projects being implemented by YRCS at HQ and branch level

Support DRC delegates conducting high quality assessments، monitoring and evaluations of programmes in cooperation with the stakeholders concerned (YRCS، branches and partners)

Support the scaling up of community driven locally led interventions with technical support from DRC delegates

Support DRC regional and country finance colleagues to regularly review and update project expenditures and forecasts

Coordinate and support the YRCS program teams to ensure quality implementation of the DRC funded program interventions in Yemen

Facilitate and deepen YRCS lead role as an implementor of DRC supported projects، projects and response actions

Advocate for and support appropriate capacity-building of YRCS staff and volunteers in project management and relevant technical areas، and for the organizational development of YRCS

Reporting and proposal development: With the support of Country Manager، and other DRC delegates and together with YRCS staff develop high quality and context relevant project proposals to address emerging communities’ needs in Yemen

Prepare and submit standard reports on time according to the specific project agreements

Prepare human stories and case stories by visiting YRCS project sites and coordinate activities with YRCS branch management

Coordinate DRC RO and HQ quality assurance (QA) of the narrative and financial reporting by YRCS

Prepare and submit for approval Annual DRC project reports as per procedure

(continued) Coordination and representation: Representing DRC in relevant YRCS and Movement partners meetings as required

Attend relevant clusters and movement coordination meetings as needed at the Sanaa levels and share information with DRC delegate to plan

Ensure that the YRCS staff and volunteers working on DRC projects at HQ and in the field receive appropriate technical guidance

Logistics، procurement and finance

Support the DRP procurement and logistics teams in planning and conducting timely procurements including coordinating with YRCS in the transportation and distribution of items

Coordinate with YRCS to ensure when applicable emergency response kits and items are prepositioned، emergency response is done on time

Ensure that DRC SOPs for procurement، distribution، Post Distribution Monitoring and reporting and well implemented and proper documentation done

Support the tracking of program items in warehouses and ensure they are fully distributed to beneficiaries on time

Facilitate and coordinate YRCS field monitoring visits، including follow-up on reports and recommendations

Ensure proper usage of medical drugs and other items by PHCS

Oversee and manage the flow of project funds to YRCS، effective and responsible fund utilization، value for money، reporting and accounting as per DRC standards

General support Support the DRC Country Manager in ensuring the coherence of objectives، outputs، and activities across all the projects in DRC’s portfolio and align the DRC International Strategy to the YRCS Strategic Plan and priorities

Support the CM in achieving DRC’s visibility objectives for Yemen، by providing input to the DRC

Communications and visibility plan for Yemen

Support the DRC Business development for Yemen، contributing relevant context relevant for resource mobilization، fundraising and donor engagement

Education Master’s degree in public health، Social Science، Development Studies and other related fields

Team building Managerial competencies، strategic planning، effective communication and listening How to Apply / كيفية التقديم To apply، Please click on the below link: IFRC careers website: Manager، Programme

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