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The population of North Darfur State has faced some of the gravest atrocities and impacts of Sudan’s conflict that broke out in April 2023. The cumulative population of North Darfur State is 3,351,985 people, of whom at least 52% are internally displaced—33% in Tawila locality alone. Humanitarian needs have reached critical levels. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) identified famine or faminelike conditions across Sudan as early as October 2024, with five hotspots in North Darfur.
Current rates of general acute malnutrition (GAM) and severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in North Darfur average 24.3% and 6.7%, respectively—well above the emergency thresholds of 15% and 2%. The IRC is currently responding to the Emergency in Darfur regions with operational presence in West, Central, and North Darfur.
The Senior Health and Nutrition Manager will be based in Tawila, North Darfur under the Tawila Field Office. The role is managed in partnership between the Emergency Health Coordinator and Tawila Field Coordinator. The incumbent will bring proven experience, skills, and knowledge in health and nutrition programming within emergency settings, including transitions from emergency relief to recovery. Working closely with the field team and the Emergency Health Coordinator, the Senior Health and Nutrition Manager will support the development of strategic approaches and sustainable technical guidelines in collaboration with departmental leads and Health and Nutrition Technical Advisors, ensuring alignment with IRC’s programming standards in North Darfur.
The role requires close collaboration with other sectors—such as Economic Recovery and Development (ERD), Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), and Protection—to provide technical support and strategic guidance in ensuring effective sequencing, layering, and integration. Key responsibilities include managing health and nutrition staff and providing technical assistance to deliver high‑quality, impactful interventions. The Senior Health and Nutrition Manager must be willing and able to live in and travel to remote field locations as needed.
- Program design, development and reporting: 15 %
- Provide high‑quality technical input during the development of proposals and concept notes in Health and Nutrition while promoting sector integration.
- Support in preparing donor project reports, and any other special reports needed by the government, donors, etc.
- Support on budget development for the Health and Nutrition sector, in coordination with the Emergency Health Coordinator, and take necessary steps to ensure proper management and utilization of funds.
- Support in the development of tools and prepare success stories and briefs on innovation/best practices and project learning in liaison with the coordination office.
- Responsible for developing detailed implementation plans (DIP), work plans, procurement plans for the health and nutrition program working collaboratively with other sector leads (Finance/ Supply chain/operations/environmental health/economic recovery and development (ERD)/Integrated protection) to guide quality program delivery to the clients.
- Build the capacity of the implementation team to improve knowledge and skills for the implementation of sector goals.
- Ensure timely, accurate and quality data collection and reporting of…
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