Job Description

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We are hiring a Health and Nutrition Program Manager to join our team in eastern Sudan. This role is responsible for Health and Nutrition interventions and projects in the area. You would work in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health responsible department and other partners to implement all Samaritans Purse health and nutrition activities at project locations. Do you have experience working with grants, NGO's, monitoring and evaluation, and local government entities? Bring your health experience into a role that will make an eternal impact!

A day in the life of a Health and Nutrition Program Manager: 

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do!  We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of Health and Nutrition Program Manager, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Support and supervise all health and nutrition projects to achieve expected project goal 
• Lead and coordinate both Samaritans Purse and the Ministry of Health clinical professional teams
• Collaborate with Samaritan's Purse International Health Unit during the entire program implementation
• Develop program proposals, Log frames and budgets 
• Conduct needs assessments and identify health priorities
• Develop educational materials and outreach campaigns
• Address and manage emerging health and nutrition emergency crises per needs of project location
• Support human resource team to recruit new staff
• Submit weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports per program requirement 
• All other duties as assigned
• Ensure all planned program activities are implemented per the teams work plan
• Coordinate with Ministry of Health and other health & nutrition partners to implement project activities  in line with MOH and WHO clinical protocols

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) and Masters in Public Health (MPH) and five (5) years of experience in managing health programs in the NGO sector; or equivalent com Experience in technical report writing. Experience working in remote and austere conditions. 
• Thorough knowledge of Health and Nutrition best practices. 
• Working knowledge of inventory management and distribution best practices
• Working knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation and Program Management
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 
• Ability to keep communication lines open with all parties in the program and coordinate scheduling changes
• Ability to understand complex security situations and advise program design accordingly
• Strong organizational skills
• Good interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Ability to coordinate activities with other agencies, building and maintaining positive working relationships
• Arabic language skills are strongly preferred
• Excellent problem solving, creativity and critical thinking skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel 
• Ability to work with culturally and socially diverse teams and individuals
• Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies strongly preferred.
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete requirement is available upon hire. 

Job Location: several smaller cities in eastern Sudan

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Accompaniment: Unaccompanied 

Travel Expectations: Approximately 30 days/year. Maintaining required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary.

Benefits:

• International medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave 
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days
• When at IHQ, on-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents) 

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.  Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.  John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ.      Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.  Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5