About Relief International

Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. We work in 14 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

Scope and Nature of Services:

Relief International Sudan’s health portfolio with support of BHA, ECHO, UN, SHF funding has expanded significantly across eight states (North Darfur, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Al Jazirah, Sennar, Red Sea, Khartoum, and Northern State). RI requires short-term health technical coordinator consultancy who will provide technical leadership to sustain quality, coordination, and program development during the transition to a two months period.

The Health Technical Consultant will ensure quality oversight, support programmatic and proposal development strengthen field technical capacity, maintain donor compliance, and during the transition phase preceding the recruitment of a permanent Health Coordinator. He/She will work closely with senior management, program teams, and partners to sustain continuity of essential technical functions, ensure integration across sectors, and represent RI in key health coordination forums.

The Consultant will provide interim technical leadership to ensure:

• Timely technical inputs to donor proposals, reports, and concept notes.
• Implementation of a structured capacity‑building plan for national health staff.
• Effective coordination and remote supervision across supported health response

Information, services or resources to be provided by the consultant:

• Lead in drafting technical input for 2 donor proposals (AICS and ECHO HIP 2026), AICS concept note and any other ongoing grants ensuring technical rigor, alignment with project indicators, and timely submission
• Take lead in providing technical inputs for donor reports including 1 ECHO IR, 3 SHF reports  and any other ongoing grants
• Provide technical support during program quality meetings including Data review meetings,
• Develop a structured capacity-building frame work and ensure that it is reviewed, discussed and adopted for implementation for RI and partner health staff
• Review monthly HIS reports shared by the field level team and provide technical feedback and inputs
• Work closely health sector leads at field level and MEAL team to review monthly Donor Data, IPTT replicas) and provide technical feedback/response for the field team.
• Strengthened Health Information and Supervision System by attending monthly Country level data review meetings (based on schedule) and provide technical inputs on areas that needs improvement
• At the end of the 2 months mission document best practices, lessons learned, and produce a technical handover brief for the incoming Health Coordinator.

What we're looking for

• Qualified Medical Doctor with a Master’s Degree in Public Health or relevant health qualifications
• Significant professional working experience within the humanitarian sector
• Experience in a similar context in Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Chad or a similar complex humanitarian setting
• Excellent proposal and report writing skills. Knowledge and practical experience of the principles and the design, monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of humanitarian public health projects
• Experience with project planning and grant management oversight (multiple donors including BHA, UN, ECHO) in a humanitarian emergency context
• Excellent negotiation/advocacy skills within varying cultural and professional contexts, in particular regarding donors and government officials.
• High level of skill in developing, implementing, and training others in the tools needed for program cycle management monitoring and review
• Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English

RI Values.

Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief International Values:

We value:

• Integrity
• Adaptability
• Collaboration
• Inclusivity
• Sustainability

• Lead in drafting technical input for 2 donor proposals (AICS and ECHO HIP 2026), AICS concept note and any other ongoing grants ensuring technical rigor, alignment with project indicators, and timely submission
• Take lead in providing technical inputs for donor reports including 1 ECHO IR, 3 SHF reports and any other ongoing grants
• Provide technical support during program quality meetings including Data review meetings
• Develop a structured capacity-building framework and ensure that it is reviewed, discussed and adopted for implementation for RI and partner health staff
• Review monthly HIS reports shared by the field level team and provide technical feedback and inputs
• Work closely health sector leads at field level and MEAL team to review monthly Donor Data, IPTT replicas) and provide technical feedback/response for the field team
• Strengthened Health Information and Supervision System by attending monthly Country level data review meetings (based on schedule) and provide technical inputs on areas that needs improvement
• At the end of the 2 months mission document best practices, lessons learned, and produce a technical handover brief for the incoming Health Coordinator

• Excellent proposal and report writing skills
• Experience in a similar context in Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Chad or a similar complex humanitarian setting
• Experience with project planning and grant management oversight (multiple donors including BHA, UN, ECHO) in a humanitarian emergency context
• High level of skill in developing, implementing, and training others in the tools needed for program cycle management monitoring and review
• Fluent and articulate in spoken and written English

• Qualified Medical Doctor with a Master’s Degree in Public Health or relevant health qualifications
• Significant professional working experience within the humanitarian sector