Desired start date: ideally around 15/02/2021**
Duration of the mission:** 6 months
Location: Gedaref and Khartoum, Sudan
ABOUT THE MISSION
Following heavy fighting between the Tigrayan Forces (TPLF) and the Ethiopian Armed Forces (EAF), many Ethiopians have fled the hostilities and sought refuge in eastern Sudan. In response to this current Ethiopian refugee crisis, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) has decided to restart its activities in Soudan where it was operational in the past. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL sent an Emergency Response Team and has already identified refugee settlements where it wishes to respond to urgent WASH needs. Today there are more than 50,000 refugees, most of whom are located in:
- Hamdayet (main entry zone)’s registration refugee area on the border between Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia where refugees are then transferred to designated camps;
- Village 8, a partially abandoned village where thousands of refugees have settled or transited and where SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is starting an Emergency Wash Response;
- Umm Rakuba, located south of Gedaref, this camp was designated by the authorities to host 25 000 refugees, more than 15 000 refugees have already arrived;
- Tunaydbah, a second refugee camp designated by the authorities, 25 000 refugees will be relocated there once Umm Rakuba will have reached its limits. The coming rainy season will render Tunaydbah’s access difficult. The site is moreover far from ideal to install infrastructures (black oil soil). SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has identified this site to start an additional WASH response.
SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL intends to cover WASH gaps in the transit zone of Village 8 and implement WASH activities such as construction of latrines, showers, hygiene kits, hygiene promotion and desludging in the Tunaydbah refugee camp.
Beside this emergency response, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is willing to reopen a stabilized mission in Soudan and progressively adapt it to the current crisis. As part of this development, a multisector needs assessment will be conducted in consortium with another NGO in the State of Gedaref. The other NGO will cover both sectors of Health and Nutrition while SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL will cover the WASH and FSL area.
Since SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has just reopened its mission in Sudan, Gedaref is its only base at the moment with a small Coordination (Country Director and Administrative Coordination based in Khartoum and rest of the Coordination – WASH Coordinator and Logistics Coordinator – mainly in Gedaref).
ABOUT THE JOB
General objective:
Beyond the general responsibilities of a Country Director (coordination and strategic orientation, relevance and operational quality / operations monitoring, security management, relationships with financial donors / fund-raising, representation, internal/external communication), Sudan’s Country Director will focus on the development of SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL in Sudan through an active search for new projects and funding. Our financial visibility is currently of 6 months. The development of an INGO network will be crucial, the Forum of INGOs in Sudan is active. Partnerships are strongly recommended.
Our mission in Sudan has less than 3 months. The different support and technical departments need to be structured. Recruitment will have to be accompanied by internal and/or external training.
Partnerships with national NGOs will have to be strongly taken into consideration as they are required by the HAC (Humanitarian Aid Commission).
Specific challenges:
Although Sudan has been opening up more widely to International NGOs for the past two years, it is still governed by strict rules. INGOs’s access depends on Public Institutions (visa, authorization to work, to travel, to recruit national staff etc…). The HAC (Humanitarian Aid Commission) is an essential partner, the only entry point for INGOs to work in Sudan.
A lot of NGOs are returning to Sudan now that it has opened up. Down fall is that only a few actors are currently active as they are completing the administrative requirements. The humanitarian landscape will quickly change between January and March and it should be taken into consideration for interventions.
The current specific situation at the border with Ethiopia needs to be carefully monitored. The Sudanese army has taken back its agricultural land from the area of al-Fashaga used by the Ethiopians (a disputed area for 20 years). On both side, the military has strengthened its presence.
YOUR PROFILE
Specific skills and experience:
- Good knowledge and comfortable in external coordination and representation with local authorities
- Good knowledge and comfortable with the usual institutional donors (ECHO, BHA, UN Agencies, CDCS)
- Ability to propose partnerships, consortium to ease the development of the mission
- In the absence of a HR Coordinator, comfortable with HR management and HR monitoring tools
SI WILL OFFER YOU
A salaried post:
According to experience, starting from 3000 euros gross per month (+ 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly i.e. 3300 euros gross per month) and a monthly Per Diem of approximatively 750 USD.
SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.
Vacation: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7 working days break at 3, 6 and 9 months (with 850 USD allocated by SI). To these break periods, it is necessary to add the granting of one additional rest day per month worked, i.e. 12 days in addition for a one-year contract.
Social and medical cover: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.
LIVING CONDITIONS: The candidate will be based in Khartoum with regular visits to Gedaref. Living conditions are good in both places. Staff has access to restaurants, gym centers, swimming pools… and can walk in the city during the day. If most of occidental products (food, clothing…) are easily accessible in Khartoum, it won’t be the case in Gedaref which procures the basics.
More Information
- Job City Sudan
