SUDAN-DEPUTY COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR PROGRAMS (M/F)-MADANI (SRH05504) Sudan
| Salary: | Per diem |
ABOUT THE MISSION
Following fighting between SAF (regular army) and RSF (rapid support forces) since April 2023, SI is developing a rapid emergency response in Sudan.
In Geneina, West Darfur, SI opened a base in August 2022, providing assistance to IDPs living in the gathering sites inside the city. The response was WASH in emergency activities with water trucking, construction of boreholes, hygiene kits distribution, latrines construction and rehabilitation…
Today, the situation in Darfur, and specifically in Geneina is worsening due to the conflict at country level. SI is assessing the sites and the needs for an emergency response which began in May 2023, providing WASH in emergency activities to the IDPs and host communities in Geneina, and possibly in other states in Darfur (El Fasher, Nyala). SI began water trucking activities in May 2023 and is the only WASH actor in Geneina.
In the East of the country, especially Gedaref, Al Jazirah and Madani states, security situation is tense but much calmer than in Darfur. SI is doing assessments to implement a WASH/shelter and NFIs response for IDPs, mainly coming from Khartoum.
In Khartoum, SI wants to develop a WASH emergency response as soon as possible, and when authorizations are provided.
SI is one of the pillars of the INGO forum coordination, especially for Darfur.
ABOUT THE JOB
General objectives:
The Deputy Country Director for Programs (DCDP) ’s objectives are to provide leadership and management of the strategic programming, overseeing the strengthening of SI’s programs development, quality and accountability. The DCDP ensures the internal coherence between program activities and is responsible for ensuring that programs are driven by needs, based on evidence, adaptable to contextual changes and conflict sensitive, monitored closely and resourced appropriately.
The main challenges:
- Due to the ongoing conflict, the SI mission in Sudan has significantly increased its activities and funding (from 400,000 USD at the end of March 2023 to over 10 million USD in August 2023).- Emergency phase is still ongoing
- Collaborate with the CD to implement the country and program strategy.
- Support fundraising efforts and donor and partners’ relationship management and representation.
- Oversee Programme Development by providing cohesive leadership to SI programming, ensuring support to program coordination team and timely communication on program issues to the CD and HQ
- Provide guidance for the Quality management of the Programs by ensuring that quality criteria and indicators are monitored and lead to decision making
Priorities for the 2/3 first months:
- Prepare the proposals cycle of 2024 according to the 2022/2025 strategy
- Review the projects implemented in 2023 in order to draw the lesson learned and incorporate them into 2024 proposals and develop the post-emergency phase
- Support the coordinators in strategy definition and implementation, and in improving the quality of programming
- Review and strengthen SI emergency strategy set-up and mechanism in line with emergency fundings and in parallel develop a strong second line response