ACF- Job Advert - Health and Nutrition Manager

ACF- Job Advert - Health and Nutrition Manager Job Vacancies Elizabeth (Elizabeth A) November 3, 2026, 7:58pm 1 ACF is Looking for Health and Nutrition Manager for its Location in Duk, for more on the role and application process, please find attached Job Advert Thank you Job Advert- Health and Nutrition Manager.pdf (2.9 MB) Key dates from the attached advert: Closing Date: 17 November 2026 About Action Against Hunger Attached advert: VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Action Against Hunger is a non-governmental organization whose aims and mission is to save lives by eliminating hunger, under-nutrition, particularly during and after emergency situations like disasters. Action Against Hunger focuses on nutrition, health and healthcare practices; food security and livelihoods (FSL); water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and advocacy. , Action Against Hunger USA is currently looking for a qualified South Sudanese Nationals to fill in the position of Health and Nutrition Program Manager based in Duk Jonglei (with 50% field travel). Position: Health and Nutrition Program Manager, Reports to: Field Coordinators (Administratively) Head of Health and Nutrition Department (Technically) Location: Jonglei State, with support to other Counties Last Updated Oct 2026 Start Date: As soon as possible Opening date: 29 October 2026 Closing Date: 17 November 2026 About Action Against Hunger Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,990 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good. Action Against Hunger is part of the Action Against Hunger International network. As an independent NGO, Action Against Hunger currently manages operations in 8 countries: Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia, and Haiti. About the Country Program in South Sudan Action Against Hunger has been operational in South Sudan for past 30 years, addressing both chronic and acute needs through a comprehensive multi-sectoral approach. Our programs integrate Nutrition, Food Security & Livelihoods, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Protection, and Gender interventions to strengthen resilience and improve community well-being. To implement these programs effectively, Action Against Hunger engages both national and international staff, with a dedicated country team of approximately 100 professionals operating across regional and satellite offices. Action Against Hunger currently operates in five regions: Warrap, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Pibor, Jonglei and Central Equatorial states with a robust portfolio of $15 million per year, covering emergency response, resilience-building, research, and innovation programs to drive sustainable impact. In 2024/2025, the key donors include ECHO, UNICEF, AICS, GFFO, SIDA, WFP, SSHF, GAC, The Netherlands MFA, FAP, Private donors and other partners committed to supporting humanitarian and development efforts in the country. To enhance the level oversights to the various projects implemented in the field sites, ACF is recruiting Health and Nutrition program managers for NBeG, Warrap and Jonglei States. 7 aX Qe ¢ Page | 1 Il. SUMMARY OF POSITION: The primary purpose of the position is to provide leadership, program and financial management support for the health and nutrition projects, supervising health and nutrition staff and ensuring targets are met in compliance with donor regulations. The post-holder will be reporting to the Field Coordinators with dotted lines to the Head of Health and Nutrition department. The responsibility of the Health and Nutrition Manager will be to provide leadership to the planning, coordination, implementation and monitoring of all facets of the health and nutrition programs in NBeG, Warrap and Jonglei State, build capacity, lead and guide the health and nutrition teams. S/he will provide technical management and overall oversight in the following areas: budgeting and expenditure control, development and control of implementation plans, building capacity of health and nutrition teams, service delivery reporting as well as high quality financial and narrative reporting. The Project Manager will contribute to strengthening ACF’s Health and nutrition portfolio by including but not limited to providing support in documentation; knowledge management and contribute to the development of new __ funding applications/proposals in the sector. S/he will also be expected to represent ACF in consortiums, State and County engagement forums. As part of her/his responsibility and to assure objectives are being met S/he will be expected travel extensively to all health and nutrition sites in NBeG, Warrap and Jonglei State. S/he will be expected to demonstrate excellent partnership management skills through engagement with MOH, UNICEF, WHO, WFP and other implementing partners in NBeG, Warrap and Jonglei State. PURPOSE: Manage and coordinate all activities under the SIDA, GFFO, GAC, ECHO WFP, UNICEF projects, including the development, implementation and monitoring of project and budgets according to donor agreements and rules/regulations, and ACF internal policies To work with other Nutrition & Health PMs and other sectors to analyze needs in the area and propose activities & locations accordingly. ENGAGEMENT Coordinate with relevant stakeholders such as MOH, UN agencies focal person, other implementing partners for the smooth implementation of the health and nutrition projects. Provides advice and guidance to ACF senior management. Coordinate and participate in relevant rapid assessments, taskforce meetings during emergencies and disease outbreaks DELIVERY Deliver programming interventions for meeting the needs of children, women, adolescents and beneficiaries based on assessment findings. Contribute and participate in the development of new funding applications/concept notes and proposals by providing the technical inputs as required ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Project Management; Programme delivery, management and quality assurance Manage and coordinate all activities under the SIDA, GFFO, GAC, ECHO WFP, UNICEF projects, including the development, implementation and monitoring of project and budgets according to donor agreements and rules/regulations, and ACF internal policies Responsible for ensuring quality and the timely implementation of this project and day to day management of the project. Working with other Nutrition & Health PMs and other sectors to analyze needs in the area and propose activities &locations accordingly. / Page | 2 e Ensuring quality implementation of nutritional and primary health packages, including CMAM, IYCF, Micronutrient interventions and PHC (RH, EPI, OPD, HE) © Support implementing partners to plan, implement and monitor delegated project activities as effectively and efficiently as possible e Participating in the preparation and execution of nutritional assessments (provide information to those conducting the study: local geographical, economic, social and anthropological data) e Plan, organize and conduct capacity-building training and supervision for the health facilities and local partner staff. e Preparing timely procurement requests according to project procurement plan, BoQ and budgets, e Establish supplies monitoring and controlling mechanisms (Therapeutic products, drugs, and medical supplies) e Manage and ensure proper utilization of funds through monitoring budget follow-up (BFU)and budget forecasting (financial projections) according to the donor proposals. e Ensure that the MEAL plan for the nutrition and health programme is rolled out), followed and share updates with other Nutrition PMs, Field manager and Nutrition & Health Head of Department e Provides leadership in overall planning for annual, quarterly project plans and development of monthly scopes of work. e Monitor and promote integrated programming with health, nutrition, WASH, MHPSS in order to increase overall project impact. e Oversees the development and implementation of annual implementation plans e Ensure that the health and nutrition projects are implemented in strict compliance to ACF’s policy and donor requirements and regulations which include, in all aspects and phases of implementation. e Lead and motivate the project team to instil responsibility in the delivery of the project’s goals and objectives. e Ensure regular monitoring and monthly reporting on all grants’ management aspects: phased budget and actual expenses analysis, procurement plans development, work-plan progress and updating, data collection and analysis and monitoring of indicators. e Take full responsibility for the delegated budget holding function on the programmatic aspects of the supervised grants, participate actively in finance meetings, award review meetings and contribute to financial decision making. © Communicate and work closely with Finance & Awards to develop quarterly and annual expenditure forecasts, monitor monthly expenses ensuring to address overspends and underspends, and ensure that expenses are incurred in accordance with annual budgets, quarterly expenditure forecast, and using correct budget codes. e Maintain effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both internal and external use_and ensure that monitoring and evaluation tools are systematically implemented and used by the team, in cooperation with MEAL staff. e Produce high quality reports within agreed reporting schedules. e Document programme learning and incorporate analysis and lessons learned into new strategies/activities and advocacy work. e Conduct supervisions in collaboration with State and County Health teams and stakeholders. e Participate in cluster meetings, monthly and quarterly review meetings at county and state levels with partners, MOH and UN agencies e Ensure all donor questions, concerns and information requests are responded to appropriately and timely. e In line with the policy of ACF as a learning organisation, contributing to the capitalisation of good practice, experience, and assessments Human Resource Management and staff development The Health and Nutrition Programme Manager is responsible for: e Evaluation of the skill level and technical competence of the ACF teams and local implementing partner 1 Page | 3 Identification of capacity building gap and training needs Skills development for ACF colleagues and local implementing partners staff in his/her programme Ensuring the quality of training programmes established for the ACF teams and local implementing partner Management of his/her teams (leadership, monitoring, motivation...) Determine the HR needs for the implementation of nutrition and health activities Taking part in the recruitment of staff in line with HR procedures and in consultation with Field manager and base HR focal person Conduct staff appraisals and support Project officers in the implementation of staff appraisals & development of work/action plans Follow up on work/ action plans Identifying the training needs of ACF teams and local implementing partner teams based on assessments and observation Organizing and carrying out staff training sessions, Job Training, Mentoring and Supervision in collaboration with Capacity Building PM Organize and lead monthly team meetings with implementing local partners to identify challenges and track progress in the implementation programme at the different centers develop an action plan and follow up accordingly Organizing and leading meetings with the team and individual staff members, on both a regular and ad hoc basis Coordination Coordinate with relevant stakeholders such as MOH, UN agencies focal person, other implementing partners for the smooth implementation of the health and nutrition projects When required, represent ACF with local authorities and governmental counterparts, donors among others Coordinate and participate in relevant rapid assessments, taskforce meetings during emergencies and disease outbreaks Represent ACF in coordination meetings at County and State levels Programme development and fundraising Identify the most appropriate programming interventions for meeting the needs of children, women, adolescents and beneficiaries based on assessment findings. Contribute and participate in the development of new funding applications/concept notes and proposals by providing the technical inputs as required Occasional, significant Any other duties as assigned from time to time within the Health and Nutrition sector and the South Sudan Country Team. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES None FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY None WORKING CONDITIONS, TRAVEL AND ENVIRONMENT The duties of the job require regular job attendance of at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside regular office hours or on the weekends as needed by contact with the missions, mission security, or other obligations Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business travel, as well as to the missions if appropriate. Based on the country’s office needs, the time spent on field trips will be a minimum of 50% of his/her working time. While visiting the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high security risks and/or fundamental living conditions and outside weather conditions. Page | 4