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Senior Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Manager

IRC - International Rescue Committee

Posted

12 July 2026

Application deadline

Rolling basis

Start date

Immediately

Location

Kamuleila, Sudan

Years of experience

5-10 years

Language

English / Arabic (an asset)

Organisation type

NGOs and Nonprofits

Thematic Area

Health and Population

Role

Programme and Project Management

Job type

Full-time job

Right to work requirements

Anyone can apply

Salary

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About IRC - International Rescue Committee

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.

About the role

The Senior Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Manager will provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for integrated SRHR programming in fragile and conflict-affected settings across operational areas in South and West Kordofan. The position will oversee the delivery of high-quality, and contextually appropriate SRH interventions across supported health facilities and communities, ensuring services remain accessible to women, girls, adolescents, displaced populations, and other vulnerable groups affected by conflict, displacement, weak health systems, and limited access to essential healthcare. The Senior SRH Manager will lead integrated programming across family planning, maternal and newborn health, post-abortion care, STI management, Minimum Initial Service Package (MISP), and Clinical Management of Rape (CMR) services, while strengthening quality of care, Basic Emergency Obstetric Neonatal Care(BEmONC) services, antenatal/postnatal care, safe deliveries, and EmONC referrals, provider capacity, accountability, coordination, and systems integration within humanitarian and early recovery settings. The role also requires strong donor management experience and the ability to oversee complex grants and contracts with demanding performance, reporting, compliance, and adaptive management requirements in challenging operational environments.
This position has an end date of March 31, 2027.

Your responsibilities

Technical Leadership and Quality Assurance

  • Lead the design, implementation, and scale-up of integrated SRH services in supported locations.
  • Ensure services align with national protocols, global standards, and humanitarian principles.
  • Strengthen quality of care through mentorship, supportive supervision, clinical coaching, andquality improvement approaches.
  • Support integration of SRH services within PHC, MNCH, nutrition, immunization, and community- based platforms.
  • Promote trauma-informed, rights-based, and non-discriminatory approaches to SRH service delivery.
  • Build technical capacity of health staff, community workers, and local partners through training, mentorship, and continuous learning approaches.

Program Management and Delivery

  • Oversee project implementation to ensure timely achievement of targets, deliverables, and donor commitments.
  • Lead development and monitoring of workplans, spending plans, procurement forecasts, and activity tracking tools.
  • Ensure adaptive programming in response to insecurity, displacement, disease outbreaks, and access constraints.
  • Monitor program performance indicators and support evidence-based decision making. 

Coordination and Representation

  • Represent the organization in Health, SRH, GBV, and technical coordination forums.
  • Strengthen collaboration with the Departments of Health, local partners, UN agencies, andcommunity structures.
  • Engage religious leaders, community gatekeepers, and local influencers to support acceptance ofSRH services in culturally sensitive settings.
  • Support harmonization of referral pathways and integrated service delivery approaches.

Grants, Reporting, and Compliance

  • Oversee implementation of donor-funded SRH projects, ensuring compliance with contractual and reporting requirements.
  • Contribute to proposal development, budget planning, donor reporting, and program reviews.
  • Ensure accurate monitoring, documentation, and timely submission of quality reports and indicators.
  • Work closely with operations, supply chain, finance, and MEAL teams to ensure effective project delivery.

Key requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Reproductive Health, Midwifery, Medicine, Nursing, or related field.
  • Minimum 3 -5 years of progressive experience managing SRH programs in humanitarian or fragile settings.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing integrated SRH programming including FP, BEmONC, MNH, STI management, MISP, and GBV/CMR services.
  • Experience managing complex donor-funded programs and contracts, including institutional donor compliance and reporting.
  • Strong experience working in conflict-affected, hard-to-reach, or resource-constrained environments.
  • Experience working with Ministries of Health, humanitarian coordination systems, and local partners.
  • Previous experience supervising multidisciplinary teams in remote management settings.
  • Experience supporting community engagement and social behaviour change approaches in culturally sensitive environments.
  • Knowledge of Sudan or similar humanitarian contexts is strongly preferred.

Key Competencies

  • Strong strategic and operational leadership skills.
  • Excellent understanding of humanitarian SRH programming and integrated service delivery models.
  • Strong interpersonal, diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Ability to navigate complex cultural, religious, and political sensitivities around SRH programming.
  • Strong program management, planning, and organizational skills.
  • Excellent analytical, reporting, and donor communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and adapt programming in volatile environments.
  • Commitment to gender equality, safeguarding, inclusion, and survivor-centered approaches.
  • Strong mentoring and team development skills.
  • Professional working proficiency in English required; knowledge of Arabic is a strong asset.

How to apply

Apply through the IRC careers portal using the job requisition ID JR00003838.

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