Roving Health and Nutrition Manager 20 views0 applications

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Roving Health and Nutrition Manager oversees all technical and program quality aspects of health and nutrition activities in World Relief South Sudan’s areas of operation, reporting to the Head of Programs. This role involves coordination with Area Coordinators and program staff, as World Relief South Sudan employs an area-based management strategy. The manager will provide technical and managerial leadership to health and nutrition teams, ensuring high-quality activities that respond to assessed needs. Based in Juba, the manager will make regular visits to field locations, including hardship and insecure environments, spending 75% of the time in the field.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
• Supervise all nutrition and health programming across South Sudan. Responsible for the implementation, management, quality assurance, and support for the health and nutrition projects in alignment with the activities plans, timeframes, and budgets.
• Manage correct and timely procurement and logistics around equipment, nutrition supplies and medicines and medical supplies (within the available budgets), and ensure the safe handling, storage, and distribution of these items from the time of procurement until delivery to clients.
• Ensure that minimum stocks are maintained.
• Manage the safe and efficient handling of nutrition and health supplies and equipment.
• In a matrix system, oversee health and nutrition program implementers and provide support to recruitment, development and training, and performance management.
• Utilize data on program implementation and the health information system to track program progress and to adapt the program to ensure that the program saves lives and builds resilience in the targeted populations. Implement and monitor accurate data collection systems, making programmatic changes as needed.
• Assess staff training needs and facilitate appropriate training sessions.
• Lead external engagement within South Sudan for the nutrition and health sectors, including engagement in the clusters and technical working groups at national level and support to staff in other locations to participate at the sub-national level.
• Coordinate activities with Ministries of Health, UN agencies, clusters, other partners, and funding agencies.
• Play an active role in needs assessments, proposal development, budgeting, and project review processes.
• Coordinate activities with Ministries of Health, UN agencies, clusters, other partners, and funding agencies.
• Develop programs with local counterparts using a community development approach.
• Ensure compliance with WHO and South Sudan Ministry of Health guidelines.
• Participate in World Relief’s global health and nutrition community of practice and liaise frequently with the home-office health and nutrition staff to align programs.
• Maintain clear communication with all staff every week.
• Promote and use World Relief’s resources for program quality and available standard tools on the SharePoint Library, and ensure that any reports, presentations, or documents are aligned with branding guidelines.
• Promote sustainable health programs with innovative solutions.
• Coordinate with other World Relief programs for an integrated community development approach.
• Exemplify Christian character and mission in all interactions.
• Strengthen the local church’s capacity for supporting health initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Head of programs or Country Director.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Three years of professional experience in managing or advising clinical and public health programs.
• Up to 100% domestic and/or international travel required
• Two years of experience in hardship postings or complex emergencies, with proven leadership experience.
• Experience in donor reporting (e.g., USAID, UN Agencies) preferred.
• Ability to work in fluid and insecure areas; maturity and adaptability to harsh living conditions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in donor reporting preferred
• Medical Degree or related qualification: Master’s or other professional degree preferred.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.