The Environmental Health/WASH Coordinator will lead the implementation and technical oversight of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) programs in South Kordofan, Sudan, under the International Rescue Committee. The role ensures high-quality, timely delivery of EH/WASH interventions in emergency and crisis settings, with frequent field travel and coordination across sectors and partners.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the DDP to develop and implement a response to assessed EH/WASH needs, which is in accordance with the Sudan Strategic Action Plan (SAP).
- Oversight of the technical aspects of the implementation and coordination of the EH/WASH program.
- Ensure that all IRC South Kordofan EH/WASH projects are implemented in a timely and professional manner, according to established objectives, goals, and indicators and in line with donor requirements and beneficiary needs.
- Lead the EH/WASH teams in the development, implementation, and monitoring of work plans, ensuring that activities reflect the commitments IRC made to the donor and the community.
- Ensure all implementation approaches employ a programming strategy that integrates with other sectors and contributes towards the broader health outcomes.
- Continuously design and improve technical approaches and protocols that are geared towards the improvement of program quality.
- Support EH/WASH teams in technical designs, development of cost estimates, technical specifications and overall documentation packaging for all EH/WASH infrastructure and hygiene behavior change and community engagement activities.
- Work closely with the Partnerships Lead on the selection, contracting, and performance management of local implementing partners (LIPs), including providing technical guidance, capacity building, and overseeing all WASH activities delivered through partner organizations.
- Lead emergency response during displacement situation or disease outbreaks such as cholera, coordinating response actions such as water treatment, sanitation and hygiene promotion scale-up in IDP camp settings and host locations.
- Assess the technical and professional development needs of national WASH staff, then design and deliver targeted capacity building interventions, including structured training, on-the-job coaching and mentorship to strengthen individual competencies and overall quality of program delivery.
- Ensure the timely submission of information for internal and donor reports for all EH program activities, including reporting against the logical framework.
- In accordance with the Sudan SAP, IRC program framework and IRC EH strategies, lead the development of EH/WASH sections in new funding opportunities, including developing logical frameworks.
- Lead and coordinate the development of EH budgets, including, when required, the revision and realignment of existing budgets.
- Review all reports and proposals prepared by EH/WASH staff, provide appropriate feedback to the teams, and ensure that reports are submitted in a timely manner and with acceptable
Work Arrangement
onsite — Kamuleila, South Kordofan, Sudan — Regular travel to other field sites in South Kordofan and surrounding states is required.
Team
Structure: Reports to the Sudan West Deputy Director of Programs (DDP); works within a central Sudan-wide senior management team with separate program coordinators for SAF and non-SAF areas.. Reports to: Sudan West Deputy Director of Programs (DDP)
- Solutions-driven
- Passionate change-making
- Humanitarian impact focus
- Restoring safety, dignity, and hope to affected populations
- Commitment to lasting impact in crisis-affected communities
Additional Information
- Position is based in Kamuleila with regular travel to other field sites.
- Operational context includes conflict-affected and crisis-affected regions in Sudan, including non-SAF-controlled areas.
- Programming targets vulnerable populations including women, children, elderly, persons with disabilities, refugees, and host communities.
- IRC operates in Al Jazeera, White Nile, Gadaref, River Nile, Blue Nile, South Kordofan, West Darfur, Central Darfur, and North Darfur states.
- IRC Sudan has a satellite office in Tunaydbah (Gedaref).
- The IRC implements Health, Environmental Health (WASH), Economic Recovery and Development, and Women’s Protection and Empowerment programming in South Kordofan.
