Technical Advisor Clinical Services
Concern Worldwide

Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that strives for a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. We deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world's poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to innovative development programming, we go to the hardest to reach places to make sure that no-one is left behind.


 Section/Unit: Programes
 Grade Level: GB5
 Supervisor: Health and Nutrition Coordinator
 No. of Post: 1
 Duty Station: ElGeneina - West Darfur
 Duration: 12 months
 Closing Date: 05 Nov 2026

 
 Background:

 

Job Summary

The Technical Advisor is responsible for providing technical oversight and ensuring high quality integrated Health Nutrition, and WASH service provision in Concern intervention localities in West and Central Darfur Responsibilities will include supporting capacity building through on-the-job mentorship of frontline healthcare workers to delivery high quality maternal, newborn, child health, and nutrition services, offered as part of a comprehensive package of care, and work with health facilities to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to health shocks and increased demand. This position will work closely with the health and nutrition officer, pharmacist, and WASH officer in ensuring availability and access to high quality health and nutrition service delivery in the targeted localities.

 



 
 Duties and responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

Programme Development and Implementation Support.

 Contribute to program development and strategic direction through continuous monitoring and analysis of

the medical and humanitarian context, regular reporting on emerging needs and trends, and close

collaboration with the Programme Manager to inform programmatic decision-making, concept papers,

proposals, project work plans, budgets, and adaptation of project activities.

 Work closely with the Program Manager to ensure effective planning, implementation, and monitoring of project activities.

 Conduct capacity assessment to identify capacity gaps in all targeted health facilities based on an agreed template and develop a capacity development plan in consultation with program manager and H&N Coordinator.

 Develop monthly workplan, track its implementation and ensure targets are met.

 Maintain a strong presence in the projects to oversee the implementation of activities, providing on-site clinical mentorship and supportive supervision to healthcare workers and ensuring adherence to

standard procedures and national treatment guidelines for patient diagnosis and treatment.al isor

 Provide supportive supervision, coaching, mentoring, and on-the-job capacity strengthening to frontline

health workers, fostering continuous learning, professional development, and improvement in clinical

competencies and quality of care.

 Work with health workers to systematically identify barriers to quality care, conduct root cause analyses, and

develop and monitor actionable improvement plans to address identified gaps and enhance health outcomes.

 Promote gender-responsive and inclusive health programming, ensuring equitable access to quality services

for women, men, girls, boys, and vulnerable populations.

 Provide direct clinical and service delivery support during periods of increased workload, staffing gaps, emergencies, or other critical operational needs to ensure continuity and quality of patient care.

 

 Support continuous medical education using various methodologies, including group sessions for health workers at the health facility level, case studies or mortality audits. Ensure all trainings are in

accordance with

the national guidelines.

 Support continuous quality improvement of health and nutrition services through regular supportive

supervision, clinical audits, case reviews, direct observation of service delivery, analysis of quality indicators,

client feedback mechanisms, and monitoring against established standards of care. Facilitate the identification

of quality gaps, root causes, and implementation of corrective action plans to improve service quality and patient outcomes.

 Ensure integration of Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and Infant and Young Child

Feeding (IYCF) component of nutrition into primary health care.

 Ensure the integration and quality implementation of Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC)

services within primary health care, in line with national guidelines and standards, to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes.

 Ensure the delivery of comprehensive, quality primary health care services across the life course, integrating preventive, promotive, curative, rehabilitative, and referral services in line with national guidelines and standards.

 Submit weekly and monthly reports on mentorship and technical assistance activities, as well as findings and

recommendations for strengthening services in the health facilities and compliance with the national

treatment guidelines.

 Strengthen health management information systems including data quality, management, analysis, and use

for decision making in all targeted health facilities.

 Prepare and submit high-quality narrative reports and documentation related to programme progress,

including quarterly, bi-annual, and annual reports, and lessons learnt as required.

 Strengthen health facility capacity and readiness to anticipate, respond to, and ensure continuity of quality primary health care services during disease surge and increased demand.

 

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

 Contribute to updating of project database and maintenance of statistical database of project figures and compile information to produce monthly narrative reports.

 Prepare weekly and monthly reports highlighting project achievements, challenges, and plans and share them with Program Manager on regular and timely manner.

 Participate in periodic, project review to guide adaptive management and improve programme quality.

 Regularly update the clinical mentorship tracker, monitor outputs on a monthly to ensure performance targets are on track.

 Work with the MEAL team to document and share experience and learning.

Coordination and Representation

 Networking and maintaining positive relationships with relevant coordination bodies and stakeholders such

as SMoH, WHO, WFP, UNICEF and other nongovernmental organizations in Darfur.

 Participate in the relevant coordination mechanisms at state and locality level and represent Concern in technical meetings as needed.

 Represent Concern in technical health and nutrition missions conducted by the SMoH, UN agencies and other stakeholders.

 

Accountability

 Upholding and promoting Concern’s values, including workplace equality, diversity, and inclusion values.

 Ensure the highest standards of accountability through ensuring good communication and information sharing

within and outside the programme and enabling staff, beneficiaries, and other stakeholders’ participation.

 Support relevant colleagues to ensure that the Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM) is

functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed.

 Comply with Concern’s policies and procedures (P4, Safeguarding, finance, logistics, HR, security management, etc.).

 

Other Duties:

 Engage in emergency response as and when required by the organization

 Undertake additional responsibilities as assigned, including administrative and planning functions, and adapt

to changing programme needs and priorities in response to the evolving operational and humanitarian

context.

 Any other tasks agreed with the Line Manager.

 

Emergency Response

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet

their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sudan

Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization

 

 

Qualification, Skills and Experience:

 Should have a degree in medical/clinical background (e.g. nurse, midwife, MD). Postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.

 Must be registered with the professional councils in Sudan.

 At least 3 years of relevant experience.

 Strong SRH experience an advantage

 Demonstrable experience in planning and management, of health and nutrition programmes.

 Experience in coordinating clinical teams for effective service delivery

 Good knowledge and understanding of the health system, policies, and guidelines pertaining the health and nutrition.

 Demonstrable coaching and mentorship ability.

 Excellent supervision, facilitation and training skills

 Ability to represent, liaise, and negotiate at various levels.

 Good command of written and spoken English.

 Excellent computer skills especially word, excel, and power point.

 Willingness to travel regularly to project locations and operate effectively in diverse and challenging field environments

 

 

Competencies:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas:

 Ability to organize, plan, and deliver results.

 Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

 Ability to work effectively with teams of different background and government counterparts.

 Ability to apply problem solving skills to ongoing challenges

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation.

Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality

 


 
 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Qualification, Skills and Experience:

 Should have a degree in medical/clinical background (e.g. nurse, midwife, MD). Postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.

 Must be registered with the professional councils in Sudan.

 At least 3 years of relevant experience.

 Strong SRH experience an advantage

 Demonstrable experience in planning and management, of health and nutrition programmes.

 Experience in coordinating clinical teams for effective service delivery

 Good knowledge and understanding of the health system, policies, and guidelines pertaining the health and nutrition.

 Demonstrable coaching and mentorship ability.

 Excellent supervision, facilitation and training skills

 Ability to represent, liaise, and negotiate at various levels.

 Good command of written and spoken English.

 Excellent computer skills especially word, excel, and power point.

 Willingness to travel regularly to project locations and operate effectively in diverse and challenging field environments

 

Competencies:

Candidates are expected to demonstrate abilities in the following priority competency areas:

 Ability to organize, plan, and deliver results.

 Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

 Ability to work effectively with teams of different background and government counterparts.

 Ability to apply problem solving skills to ongoing challenges

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation.

Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality


Emergency Response

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet

their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and Sudan

Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization


Concern Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies.

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s

 

Core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies

 

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