Job Description

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We are seeking a Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor to serve in our office in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. As the Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor you will have the opportunity to facilitate the implementation of quality health and nutrition activities in South Sudan through the management of community-based treatment of malnutrition, as well as curative and preventive health programming, ensuring program outputs and outcomes are realized while meeting recognized standards and donor requirements. This is a tremendous opportunity to make an immediate impact in Jesus Name!

A day in the life of a Health and Nutrition Technical Advisor: 

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 Technical Advisor you will have the opportunity to: 

• Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ. 
• Ensure daily field-level execution of Nutrition and Health programs against all set objectives and targets within the agreed budgets and timeframes. 
• Oversee distribution of pharmaceuticals and nutrition commodities to pre-identified clinics. 
• Work with local health clinics to ensure capacity building of health teams on use, storage, and disposal of pharmaceuticals and nutrition commodities. 
• Work with local health clinics to report on use of pharmaceuticals and nutrition commodities on monthly basis. 
• Train, mentor, and build the technical capacity of Samaritans Purse health and nutrition staff.  
• Conduct frequent visits to clinics, identifying gaps through appropriate check lists and working with health teams to remedy gaps identified. 
• Work with health teams to identify appropriate health and nutrition messages to be passed to the local communities based on identified needs. 
• Follow up with individual clinics to ensure proper utilization of the pharmaceuticals and nutrition commodities. 
• Oversee teams monitoring clinics to ensure proper use of medicines distributed. 
• Assists in the development of health and nutrition proposals and project budgets, monitors effectiveness and financial expenditures, and evaluates ongoing and new activities. 
• Conduct field assessments, identifies potential needs, designs and implements response plans, and integrates them into program development. 
• Follow policies and procedures of Samaritans Purse as set forth in the Policy Manual. 
• Attend daily morning devotions and participates in prayer support for the ministry, donors, and volunteers. 
• Maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, volunteers, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public within the workplace, in the community, and before the general public.
• Reflect Godly character by conducting activities in a manner consistent with the Mission Statement, Statement of Faith, Christian Code of Conduct, Statement of Fidelity to the Holy Scriptures and Distinct Objectives
• Other duties may be assigned that are not specifically identified within the content of the job description.

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• Medical doctor/Nursing Degree/diploma or clinical medicine qualifications from an accredited medical school with a valid practicing license and two (2) to three (3) years nursing or clinical experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 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 calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry 
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral diagram, or schedule form
• 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  
• 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: Unity State, South Sudan

Type: Full-Time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required);

Accompaniment: Unaccompanied

Travel Expectations: This position requires domestic/international travel of approximately 15 days/year.   Required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary

Benefits:

International:

• 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