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Context:

Food insecurity is one of the highest in the world due to recurring shocks (consecutive years of widespread flooding, conflict-based displacement), and an ongoing protracted macro-economic crisis.
The country also faces cholera outbreaks on a yearly basis, has very limited sanitation coverage and safe water access remain a challenge for most of the population.
On top of these chronic situations, South Sudan has been highly impacted by the war that started in Sudan in April 2023. By end of 2024, more than 1,000,000 people had entered South Sudan, the vast majority entering through the Joda/Wunthow border point in Renk County, Upper Nile State (northern part of South Sudan).
More recently, resurgence of internal tensions have led to heightened conflict and analysts are worried that the peace conditions offered by the Peace Agreement may not hold.
As a result, 9,3 million are in need of humanitarian assistance as of 2025.

SI sectors of intervention:

The portfolio includes both WASH & FSL activities. SI's expertise in running emergency WaSH intervention is highly acknowledged by all WaSH actors and donors and has been one of the first responders of the cholera response.

SI is present:

In Upper Nile, SI has an office in Renk and a sub-office in Malakal. The field office in Renk has been set-up to support the ongoing response to the Sudan Crisis and to ensure constant monitoring and rapid access to affected communities. SI's long term presence in Upper Nile enables the organization to ensure proper coordination with other key players on the ground in order to provide a high-quality response and avoid duplication of efforts. The response has focused on cholera since November 2024 while maintaining life saving WASH services for returnees and refugees in the two main transit centres of the country.
SI is assessing capacities and needs to support in areas recently affected by conflict.
In addition, SI has a rapid emergency team based in Juba, who is being deployed following Rapid Needs Assessment in flood, epidemic or conflict induced displacement in the country.
Size of operations:
In 2025, the mission’s estimated budget is around USD 6 million, and there are 60+ employees. This is the result of a scale-down following US funding cut in 2025 that are finally relaunched.
To learn more about the South Sudan mission, please click here: click here .

General objective: 

• Contributing to the mission’s strategic development.
• Monitoring and identifying funding opportunities in line with SI country and global strategy.
• Overseeing compilation of timely and high-quality proposals, reports and contract modification requests for submission to donors and consortium partners.
• Monitoring compliance with donor procedures throughout the grant cycle and building capacity of new and existing staff on internal accountability tools and donor procedures.
• Proactively following-up on donor contractual obligations, from contracting to closing and archiving, and ensuring contractual obligations are known and understood by relevant staff/departments.
• Centralizing and preparing relevant documentation for external audits and audit report archiving.
• Developing partnerships with national partners and reinforcing SI localization strategy (tools, partner identification)
• Managing the partnership with other partners of consortiums.

The main challenges:

• Contributing to the mission’s strategic development.
• Diversifying fundings sources in line with SI country and global strategy.
• Capacity building of field staff in terms of reporting, internal accountability tools and donors’ procedures.
• Increasing the quality of reporting and proposal development.

• Localization strategy to develop.

Security Constraints:

There is an internal curfew at night for international staffs - different zones are set (6-8-10PM). Curfew can be reduced based on security updates (as has been the case recently)
The situation in South Sudan is volatile at the moment, please document yourself before applying.
There is one driver available on evenings and weekends for movements out of office hours.
Access to activities is possible for all (and encouraged!).
In coordination, movements outside of Juba town (besides intervention location) for leisure are limited

Living Conditions:

The Grants Manager is living in a shared guesthouse with the other international staffs.
Individual room in the guesthouse, with electricity 24/7 and generator during specific time. NB: During field visits, living conditions are much more basic.
Juba, as the capital of South Sudan offers a good variety of markets, supermarkets, restaurants, and bars.