Job Description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Program Development

• Support in proposal development for program expansion.
• Conduct routine assessments and monitor health trends to inform programming.
• Engage with other NGOs and UN organisations to ensure effective leverage of resources.
• Facilitate donor visits and respond to all donor adhoc requests
• Conduct regular project reviews in conjunction with the SMoH and CHD
• Program Implementation
• Provide leadership in the implementation of Primary Health Care services in the County as guided by the project objectives, logical framework and work plan.
• Improve Maternal and Child Health indicators and EPI coverage in the County.
• Ensure HF conduct EPI outreaches.
• Ensure use of the SMOH data collection and reporting tools by all HFs
• In liaison with CHD conduct weekly, monthly and quarterly supervisory visits to the health facilities.
• Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned, including administrative and planning functions.
• Conduct routine support supervisory visits to the health facilities
• Strategic leadership and Representation.
• Manage proactive and responsive relationship with county authorities in close collaboration with the Project Manager.
• Directly oversee project implementation, ensuring that all strategic objectives are met through proper design, staffing, implementation and quality assurance at county level.
• Support CHD staff and build capacity of health workers to manage health activities.
• Respond to adhoc project and donor requests
• Conduct quarterly joint support supervision with CHD.
• Conduct quarterly QOC assessments at the HFs.
• Attend county level coordination meeting (weekly, EPI hub meetings)
• Any other duty that may be assigned by the supervisor.
• Reporting: Write weekly reports every Friday by 4pm
• Report all incidences affecting service delivery within 24hours
• Provide monthly, narrative, HRIS, ITT by 8th of every month.
• Provide monthly reports by 2nd of every month
• Provide quarterly reports including success stories by 5th of every quarter
• Monitor the project assets and ensure they are well tagged
• Staff and Budget Management: Directly manage health facilities staff by developing performance objectives and appraisals.
• Support the CHD to ensure qualified staff are recruited into existing positions.
• Ensure HF staff files are well kept and updated at all times at the CHD.
• Ensure health facility staff have JDs
• Develop staff development and leave plans
• Ensure staff adhere to WV policies
• Provide on job coaching and mentorship to staff on weekly basis
• Work closely with the CHD to prepare payrolls

The following may be acquired through a combination of formal, prior experience or on-the-job training:

• A health professional
• At least 5years of professional experience, out of which at least 2 years in emergency response.
• Prior experience in project design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of project
• Experience working in difficult environment contexts within South Sudan.
• Prior working experience in managing health projects implemented through government health care system
• Experience supervising health workers and volunteers.
• Flexibility, ability to multitask, ability to handle pressure well and meet deadlines, ability to improvise

• A degree/Diploma in medicine, Nursing, Public Health or related field)
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
• Speaks fluent Dinka/arabic language.
• Motorcycle riding license.

• Work experience should demonstrate understanding of the South Sudan’s refugees projects.
• Strong working understanding of community health interventions
• Demonstrated application of Do No Harm, including understanding of intended and unintended consequences of gender equality and social inclusion interventions, and risk mitigation approaches
• Excellent work experience in training facilitation and mentoring

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only