Main Purpose

In close collaboration with the Mission Coordination Team, to define and implement the operational strategy for project interventions. To be responsible for MSF’s operational response at project level, and and contributing to the identification and analysis of the population’s health needs and the humanitarian issues at stake. To ensure compliance to MSF’s charter, ethical standards and policies in order to achieve organizational objectives and improve the health conditions and humanitarian situation of target populations.

The position is part of the Sudan Emergency Pool (SEP), which serves as the mission’s first responder for acute crises throughout Sudan. Within this framework, the Project Coordinator provides operational leadership during exploratory missions and first-phase emergency responses, delivering rapid and mobile support wherever serious medical or humanitarian emergencies occur. The Project Coordinator must be ready to move within Sudan as required and contribute to context analysis, local networking, access management and safe operational decision making in both assessed and exploratory emergency settings.

Accountabilities

• In close collaboration with the Country Coordinator and the SEP Emergency Coordinator, represent MSF and defend its interests before local authorities, local NGOs, community representatives and other relevant actors, in line with agreed positioning and messaging. Contribute to maintaining a positive and clear image of MSF and support awareness within the target population regarding MSF activities and services.
• Monitor, analyse and report on political, security and humanitarian developments in the project area in order to understand the population’s health status, needs and vulnerabilities. Establish and maintain contacts with key stakeholders and participate in exploratory missions and rapid assessments to identify potential areas of intervention. Contribute to access negotiations and the identification of operational risks and constraints in order to inform project proposals, define priorities and estimate human, material and financial resources required. Contribute to MSF’s bearing witness activities by documenting and relaying information on humanitarian needs and constraints, in line with MSF principles and guidance.
• Be accountable for, and supervise, the implementation of project activities, including emergency response actions, ensuring that MSF technical standards, ethical principles and operational objectives are respected. Coordinate activities with other MSF sections and relevant partners present in the area, as applicable.
• Ensure the proper application of HR policies and associated processes at project level, including recruitment, briefing and debriefing, performance follow up, staff learning and internal communication. Ensure teams are appropriately briefed on contextual, security and operational issues. Promote MSF’s associative values and ensure that staff understand and adhere to MSF principles and project objectives.
• Supervise, in coordination with the Project Medical Referent or Medical Coordinator, the implementation of safety, health and wellbeing measures for project staff, ensuring safe working conditions and contributing to the identification of solutions when psychosocial or wellbeing concerns arise.
• Ensure that data collection, medical reporting and epidemiological surveillance systems are implemented and functioning, in agreement with the Medical Coordinator or Medical Referent, in order to support appropriate medical programming and operational decision making.
• Evaluate project performance and provide timely and accurate reports to the Country Coordinator and the SEP Emergency Coordinator on project planning, implementation, monitoring and evolution, in line with the mission reporting cycle.
• Be accountable for the planning, coordination and follow up of financial and material resources allocated to the project. Contribute to budget preparation and ensure appropriate monitoring of expenditures and key financial indicators.
• Supervise the use, maintenance and accountability of project assets and resources made available to MSF. Oversee project orders and purchases, both medical and logistical, in coordination with relevant technical referents, in order to ensure efficiency and early identification of deviations or risks.
• Contribute to the definition, implementation and regular review of the project’s security framework and emergency response arrangements, in close collaboration with the Country Coordinator and SEP Emergency Coordinator. Ensure that security rules, procedures and reporting mechanisms are understood and respected by project staff, and promote a culture of proactive information sharing and risk awareness.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Operate within the Sudan Emergency Pool framework as a rapidly deployable Project Coordinator, capable of assuming coordination responsibilities in newly assessed, unstable or rapidly evolving emergency contexts where systems, teams and resources may be incomplete or temporary.
• Support exploratory missions and first-phase emergency responses by contributing to the rapid set up of basic coordination structures, working methods and communication flows required to enable immediate humanitarian action.
• Operate with a high degree of adaptability during SEP deployments, including managing frequent changes in location, scope of activities, access conditions and operational priorities as the context evolves.
• Work under shortened decision-making timelines and with partial or evolving information, supporting timely operational decisions while ensuring alignment with MSF principles and risk tolerance defined by Country Coordination and the SEP Emergency Coordinator.
• Act as the main point of contact at field level between deployed SEP teams and mission coordination, ensuring that critical contextual, operational and access-related information is relayed clearly and without delay.
• Support the transition, handover or disengagement of SEP-supported activities by contributing to the documentation of context, operational decisions and lessons learned, as required. 
• When not deployed, contribute to SEP preparedness by maintaining contextual familiarity, supporting the consolidation of contacts and contributing to reflections aimed at improving emergency response readiness.

Requirements

• Education      • Essential bachelor University degree or medical university degree 
                         • Background in project coordination, humanitarian operations, or a related field is desirable.
   
•  Experience  • Essential: Minimum of two years’ experience in a managerial, coordination or senior operational role in         complex            humanitarian or emergency contexts. 
                         • Essential: Minimum of one years’ experience with MSF in a managerial or coordination position. 
                         • Essential: Demonstrated experience working in challenging humanitarian environments with security and                               access constraints.
                         • Desirable: Experience supporting emergency assessments, access negotiations or first-phase emergency                            responses.
•                          Essential: Minimum of one years’ experience with MSF in a managerial or coordination position. 

                                   Essential: Demonstrated experience working in challenging humanitarian environments with security and                                        access constraints.

                                   Desirable: Experience supporting emergency assessments, access negotiations or first-phase emergency                                      responses.
 

Application Requirements:

Interested candidates are requested to send the applications with documents; (Updated CV, Educational certificates, work experience certificates, previous employers’ references and copy of their national ID) to:

To apply online here at the following link:

Sudanjob.net

OR

Via hand delivery of the application through Labour Office, Port Sudan or MSF Belgium office in Port Sudan House no. 237, Block no.1, Hai Almattar area, Port Sudan, Red Sea State, Sudan. 

NOTE:  Please note that MSF will Only accept applications and CVs submitted in the English language. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Opening date:  29 January 2026                          Closing date: 07 February 2026

Best wishes

MSF BELGIUM