Emergency Response Manager – Health and Nutrition

The Opportunity

Save the Children is seeking an Emergency Response Manager – Health and Nutrition to lead a multi-country ECHO-funded humanitarian action addressing acute malnutrition and related health crises in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar.

The role is responsible for the strategic, operational, and managerial oversight of the regional response, ensuring timely, high-quality, and on-budget delivery across all three countries. This includes overseeing integrated nutrition, primary health care, WASH, protection, cash assistance, and anticipatory action interventions. The Emergency Response Manager will ensure strong coordination among country offices, consortium partners, and key stakeholders including UNICEF, Danish Church Aid, and government authorities.

Under the direct supervision of the DPOPAM and matrix reporting to the PDQ Director, the postholder will manage budgets, lead teams, and drive adaptive decision-making in complex emergency contexts. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role may require working outside the normal role profile and flexible working hours.

To be successful, you will bring/have:

Essential Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience managing complex, multi-location humanitarian or nexus programmes, with at least 5 years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing large-scale nutrition or health responses (CMAM/IMAM/NiE), with protection integration preferred.
• Experience leading multi-country or multi-partner consortia.
• Strong experience with ECHO grants, compliance, and reporting.
• Operational expertise in supply chain management, cash/voucher programming, WASH in health facilities, protection and safeguarding integration, and MEAL systems.
• Experience engaging with government ministries, UN agencies, and clusters.
• Strong budget management skills (budgets over €2M).
• Excellent people management, partner coordination, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% across Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Madagascar.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Humanitarian Assistance, International Development, or related discipline.

Desirable

• Experience with anticipatory action, crisis modifiers, or shock-responsive programming.
• French language skills (advantageous for Madagascar).
• Experience working in Southern Africa and with Save the Children systems.

The Organisation

Save the Children employs approximately 25,000 people worldwide and works in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises or in need of improved healthcare, education, and protection. We campaign and advocate globally to ensure children’s rights are upheld and their voices are heard.

We are committed to three breakthroughs by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children access quality basic education
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, alongside a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including persons with disabilities.

Application Information

Please submit a CV and cover letter, including details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A full role profile is available at: www.savethechildren.net/careers

Save the Children is committed to child safeguarding. Our selection process includes rigorous background checks to ensure protection from abuse. All employees are expected to uphold our global anti-harassment policy.

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