Health Technical Coordinator

Position: Health Technical Coordinator

Location: Sudan (In-country and remotely based on security situation. When security improves, position will be based in El Fasher)

Reports to: Program Advisor

About Relief International:

Relief International (RI) is a leading non-profit organization working globally to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises, and chronic poverty.

RI combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact. Our signature approach – which we call the RI Way—emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design, and implement the solutions that work best for them.

RI includes the four corporate members of the RI Alliance: RI-US, RI-UK, MRCA/RI-France and RI-Europe. Under our alliance agreement, we operate as a single, shared management structure.

About Sudan:

RI currently operates in four states (Blue Nile, Al Jazirah, Red Sea and North Darfur) and soon expanding to more states, with a focus on the four RI sector pillars: Health, WASH, FSL, Nutrition, and Protection.

Position Summary:

The Health Coordinator will provide technical advice and support to the field management and the health and nutrition teams. He will be responsible for leading the overall health program design, developing, monitoring, and evaluating health aspects of the country program. He/she will coordinate and network at a senior level with national and regional health and nutrition authorities, and actively participate in health sector coordination, supporting the development of quality standards and protocols to improve the overall program deliverables. The role holder will also lead on all health elements of proposals and oversight on reporting, providing capacity building for technical program staff, promoting best practices in the health programs, and contributing to the overall management of the country program.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Program Management

• Give technical advice to program managers on health interventions
• Provide input into the integration of beneficiary participation and accountability in all aspects of the project
• Provide technical support to all health in all project locations, including the evaluation and impact analysis of current projects, writing of donor proposals and reporting within the required timeframes
• Identify and initiate new potential health funding opportunities (e.g. consortiums, geographical expansion, new calls for proposals, innovation)
• Carry out regular monitoring visits in conjunction with field managers, ensuring that project objectives are met within the timelines and program standards
• Work closely with the implementation teams and DCD P to achieve program objectives and targets effectively and efficiently
• Monitor the development of reporting systems for health data collection, analysis, and feedback to relevant stakeholder
• Provide advisory support on quality control and storage of health & nutrition supplies

Program Development and Representation

• Develop and maintain proactive relationships with the SMoH, UN, INGO forums, donors, partners, and other key stakeholders to maintain program visibility, and quality and improve partnership
• Represent RI at various technical sector meetings, regional meetings, webinars, and learning events as required, in coordination with technical program managers and share learning across the teams
• Take the lead in the development of the Health sections of new proposals

Program Quality Assurance

• Oversee the health management capacities/structure, evaluating health team organogram and program management abilities on a routine basis
• Develop recommendations and guidelines for ensuring health program quality across field locations and health program sites
• Routinely review existing data collection capacities and help the team improve facility-level data collection and reporting
• Maintain a resource library for the health team and keep up-to-date with the latest trends and updates within the sector. Ensure relevant health staffs have access to appropriate information when needed.
• Actively participate in the identification and management of any disaster or epidemics or direct response
• Ensure the health projects expenditures are in line with approved budgets, advising on potential under/over spending and recommending appropriate corrective action
• Ensure health projects are implemented in line with donor proposals and by RI, donor, country, and international standards such as Sphere standards including WHO recommendations
• Regularly assess and provide feedback and recommendations to RSO advisors, as well as field staff on the quality of health and nutrition programs and interventions during field visits and at other relevant times.

People Management

• Create and maintain a work culture based on mutual respect, and team spirit, where accountability is promoted, alternative viewpoints are welcomed, the team strives for excellence, and is conducive to professional growth.
• Promote and instill a focus on capacity building, coaching & mentoring, deepen understanding and ownership of individual roles, and strengthen performance management systems through the implementation of a comprehensive staff development plan in close collaboration with HR
• Ensure staff care and wellbeing is an integrated part of programming
• Support the PMs in promoting accountability, clearly communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback through regular individual engagements and performance reviews
• Provide technical support and guidance for the recruitment of health staff

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Public Health or relevant health qualifications
• Minimum of 5 years professional working experience with at least 3 years in the humanitarian sector
• Excellent proposal and report writing skills. Knowledge and practical experience of the principles and the design, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of humanitarian public health projects
• Experience with project planning and grant management oversight (multiple donors including BHA, UN, ECHO) in a humanitarian emergency context
• Excellent negotiation/advocacy skills within varying cultural and professional contexts, in particular regarding donors and government officials.
• High level of skill in developing, implementing, and training others in the tools needed for program cycle management monitoring and review
• Skilled in, and committed to, community participation/interaction, field visits, and presence in program areas
• Practical experience managing staff and programs in insecure locations
• Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English
• Flexible and able to cope with basic living conditions in the field in the context of humanitarian and under developed countries.

RI Values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities.

We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability