- Location:South Sudan - Lankien
- Workplace Type:On-site
- Hours:48 hours
- Salary:competitive
- Job Family:Programme
- Division:International
- Grade:C2
- Job Type:Fixed Term
- Closing Date:30 January 2026
- Country:South Sudan
Oxfam GB is an international non-governmental organisation with a mission of working with others to alleviate poverty, suffering and distress. Oxfam GB has been working in South Sudan since 1983. Our Programmatic Strategy concentrates on Saving lives, Resilient Livelihoods, Advancing Gender Justice and Good Governance and Active Citizenship through a full spectrum platform that includes humanitarian response, recovery and resilience, long term development and policy and advocacy. Oxfam currently operates via eleven area offices in nine states (Upper Nile, Unity, Jonglei, Lakes, Central Equatoria,
• Drive the overall strategic direction of the integrated program, ensuring its design successfully integrates immediate humanitarian needs (crisis, nutrition) with longer-term development goals (food systems, livelihoods).
• Design, document, and manage the program's defined transitioning pathway, detailing the specific milestones and shifts required to move communities from dependency on relief to sustainable self-reliance.
• Guarantee that all activities utilize an effective area-based programming model, ensuring that layered interventions (crisis response, school feeding, early recovery) maximize synergistic impact within targeted geographic zones.
• Continuously analyze the socio-political, security, and market context in South Sudan to adapt the integrated strategy, specifically for the food systems and livelihood components, to ensure relevance and sustainability.
• Ensure timely and quality emergency responses and malnutrition supplements provision in line with the WFP, national and international standards.
• Oversee the operational quality and effectiveness of school feeding programs, seeking opportunities to link them with local food production.
• Direct rapid, market-sensitive interventions that quickly bridge the gap between emergency aid and livelihood restoration
• Champion the implementation of sustainable agriculture, livestock, value chain, and micro-enterprise development activities to build long-term resilience.
• Oversee the program's Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) system, ensuring data captures integrated outcomes and accurately tracks progress against transition indicators.
• Ensure all program activities and expenditure strictly comply with donor regulations and contractual agreements for the different components (humanitarian, transition, and development funding)
• Manage the complex, multi-component budget, ensuring efficient utilization of resources across layered activities and accurate financial forecasting and reporting.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a multi-disciplinary program team (e.g., nutritionists, agriculturalists, project officers, partner staff), fostering a collaborative culture essential for integrated delivery.
• Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate operational, security, financial, and programmatic risks across the different phases of the program cycle in South Sudan.
• Actively participate in and drive key coordination forums (e.g., Humanitarian Clusters, Food Security & Livelihoods Sector, Recovery Working Groups) to ensure program alignment and avoid duplication.
• Manage relationships and build the capacity of local implementing partners, ensuring they are positioned to take on greater ownership of the long-term food systems and livelihood activities.
• Champion the program's integrated approach and transition successes to influence broader sector policy and donor funding models in South Sudan and regionally.
Essential: University degree in any discipline related to Humanitarian Action, Social Sciences. Experiences in managing food Assistance projects is an added advantage. Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in direct implementation of food security, livelihood, or community mobilization in a humanitarian setting Sensitivity, diplomacy, tact, good communication skills, and ability to remain calm under pressure. Well-developed interpersonal and team skills.
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