- Job number: SRH06492
- Status: Employee
- Area of expertise: Regional Coordination / Country Director
- Position: Missions
Que faisons nous …
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid organization that has been providing assistance to populations affected by armed conflict and natural disasters for over 40 years, responding to their basic needs for food, water, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the leading cause of death worldwide, SI applies its expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essential areas of food security and livelihoods. Present in more than 20 countries, teams made of expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers work with professionalism and commitment while respecting local cultures.
La mission
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, conducting activities in emergency and post emergency context, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, including refugees/returnees and IDP camp settings.
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 SI has been one of the first responders of the cholera response.
Areas of operation:
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 and intervening in the host communities.
– 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 70+ employees. This is the result of a scale-down following US funding cut in 2025 that are finally relaunched.
Descriptif de l’offre
The primary objective of this position is to support and coordinate emergency response, WASH and FSL interventions in the transit centre, within Renk town and the eastern corridor where displaced persons have sort refuge in coordination with program teams , field coorinator and national partner organizations. He/she is responsible for the supervision of the operational teams allocated to his/her role as assigned by his line manager.
He/she must ensure that the project activities are well coordinated and delivers quality results. Where appropriate, in consulation with program team at base and coordination, proposes adjustments or developments
Coordination mechanisms are in place and are working but require strenghtening. However, there are many actors in Malakal with fewer resources and response turn to overlap due to gaps in coordination. Engagement with auhtorities may as well be challenging due to intereferance and restrictions to communities not controlled by the government. Furthermore, while Malakal base is in the center, other teams will be managed remotely with possible visits to the sites. In summary;
1- Strengthen coordination by partners to maximize the use of available resources
2- Capacity building to teams
3- Heavy administrative impediments causes delays in recruitments and may delay project implememtation
4 -Incorporate aspects of durable solutions in our programming in line with community needs
Key priorities for the beginning of your mission:
1. Ensure quality of program documentation and reporting
2- Identify the technical and management gaps of programme staff and support the development of a capacity development plan in coordination with Field Coordinator and Coordination team
3- Support the team in updating the relevant tools (BVA, Targets achievement and MEAL) and revise them before submission to coordination
4- Supervise the team in the activities implementation, ensuring that activities are carried out as per plan and that issues are identified and addressed, in coordination with Filed Coordinator and Coordination team
Votre profil
Master Degree in humanitarian/development studies, social sciences, management or other related discipline.
Mastering of project cycle management, and project reporting.
Knowledge in proposal design and writing.
Good Communication /coordination and representation skills in English.
Knowledge of Food Security & livelihoods(ex: indicators FCS, CSI, CARI assessment, etc.), livelihood (agriculture, livestock) and markets (surveys, monitoring) is a strong asset.
Skills on GIS and MEAL software (Kobo, XLS).
Knowledge of SI rules and procedures would be an asset.
Leadership and management.
Coordination with partners.
Planning and prioritization.
Good stress management.
Important flexibility and adaptability.
Experience working with SI (or a similar organization) is an asset
Prior experience in South Sudan would be considered as an asset
Fluent in English, written and spoken. Arabic is an asset.
SI vous offrira les conditions suivantes
· Permanent expatriate contract
· Salary calculated based on the expatriate salary scale (gross salary starting at €2,250/month)
· Per diem and accommodation covered during deployments
· One day off for each weekend spent in the field – 25 days of paid vacation. No RTT (reduced working time)
· Health/life insurance and repatriation (100% covered)
· Free choice of location (France or abroad) outside of deployment periods
Comment postuler
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Solidarités International reserves the right to close a recruitment process before the deadline date of the advertisement. Thank you for your understanding. To learn more about Solidarités International: www.solidarites.org
Champs libre 2
Although it remains currently quiet, Renk is host to many displaced persons with limited economic opportunities triggering negative copping mechanisms. Criminality especially, robbery and petty theft targeting aid workers/permises have become rampamts. Travel in the eastern corridor is challenged by bad roads especially, during the rainy season