Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that works alongside communities affected by conflict, climate change, and disasters to save lives, build resilience, and promote long-term health and well-being.

Our team of more than 6,000 staff and local volunteers operates across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East through programs focused on Health and Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Education, and Livelihoods, which lay the foundations for community resilience.

To achieve this, we work with local actors to develop safe and inclusive, evidence-based programs that are conflict-sensitive, climate-adapted, and responsive to the needs of the communities we serve.

Relief International is a network of three organizations sharing a common mission

As the Project Coordinator, you will work with the Programme Manager(s) and ensure the effective planning and implementation the assigned Relief International’s project in Sudan. You will lead project start-up and close-out processes, ensure adherence to donor and internal compliance standards, oversee budget utilization, and drive high-quality, timely delivery of results across multiple sectors.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading overall program implementation across sectors (e.g., health, nutrition, WASH, FSL, protection), ensuring alignment with grant objectives, work plans, and timelines.
• Ensuring donor compliance, including financial oversight, procurement planning, and narrative and financial reporting in coordination with grants, MEAL and operations and finance teams.
• Work with MEAL team to strengthen monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) frameworks across the project to improve evidence-based decision-making and adaptive programming.
• Managing partnerships with local and national actors, including oversight of sub-grants, capacity strengthening, and partner compliance monitoring.
• Ensuring integration of cross-cutting themes such as safeguarding, gender equity, inclusion, and community accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supporting staff performance and team cohesion, including mentoring, performance management, and contribution to the overall leadership of the Sudan country program.

You will navigate a complex humanitarian environment that requires adaptation to political instability, climate risk, and diverse regional needs. You will coordinate across departments and partners to ensure programs are effective, safe, and accountable to communities.

1. Key Responsibilities

Program Implementation and Coordination

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of the project, ensuring alignment with project objectives, work plans, and timelines.
• Coordinate with sector leads (Health, Nutrition, FSL, WASH, Protection, etc.) to ensure timely activity rollout and synergy across interventions.
• Monitor implementation progress against log frames, flag bottlenecks early, and lead course correction with support from technical and operational teams.
• Oversee start-up and close-out processes, including kick-off meetings, work plan finalization, and project learning reviews.

2. Budget and Grants Compliance

• Ensure adherence to donor rules and internal policies across program expenditures, procurement, and reporting.
• Lead the development and monitoring of budget vs. actuals (BVAs), working closely with Finance to track spending and reforecast where necessary.
• Support preparation of high-quality donor reports, including narrative and financial components.
• Coordinate timely submission of budget modifications, no-cost extensions, and realignment requests as needed.

3. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

• Ensure robust MEAL systems are in place for the project to measure progress and results.
• Lead on setting clear output, outcome, and impact indicators in collaboration with MEAL and technical teams.
• Facilitate data-driven program reviews, learning events, and documentation of best practices and lessons learned.
• Support accountability mechanisms including community feedback and complaints response systems.

4. Safeguarding, Gender, and Inclusion

• Ensure safeguarding policies are fully integrated and operationalized in the project funded activities.
• Promote gender-sensitive and inclusive programming, ensuring interventions meet the needs of marginalized groups, including women, children, and persons with disabilities.
• Monitor implementation environments for risks to beneficiaries and staff and take appropriate actions where safeguarding issues arise
• Train field staff and partners on safeguarding and ensure compliance reporting pathways are well understood and functional.

5. Local Partner Management

• Oversee partnerships with local/national NGOs including sub-grant management, compliance monitoring, and capacity strengthening.
• Facilitate partner assessments, develop improvement plans, and ensure partner budgets and activities are on track.
• Ensure partners are implementing activities and submitting reports in a timely manner 

6. Team Leadership and Capacity Building

• Provide direct supervision to project’s implementing teams 
• Foster a positive team environment that promotes collaboration, performance, and accountability.
• Identify training and development needs of program staff and organize relevant capacity-building sessions.
• Ensure adherence to RI HR policies and support performance management processes.

• Advanced degree in International Development, Project Management, Humanitarian Affairs, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of progressive program management experience in humanitarian or development settings, with at least 2 years in an INGO working environment managing multi-sector grants.
• Proven experience managing UN-funded programs (e.g., UNICEF, WFP, UNOCHA/SHF) with demonstrated success in compliance, budgeting, and timely delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs in fragile, conflict-affected, or protracted crisis settings for at least two years.
• Solid understanding of MEAL systems and integration of learning into adaptive program implementation.
• Demonstrated capacity in team leadership, coordination with multi-disciplinary teams, and remote supervision.
• Experience working with or managing local partners, including due diligence, capacity strengthening, and oversight.
• Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Fluency in English (both spoken and written).

Desirable Criteria

• Previous experience working in Al Jazirah, Khartoum, Northern state and Darfur region 
• Familiarity with digital tools for project management, remote monitoring, and data collection in insecure contexts.

RI Values

Relief International upholds the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence and affirms its commitment to engaging with the most vulnerable communities.

We value:

• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and accountability
• Agility and innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability