Emergency Response Team Project Coordinator
Starting Date / Initial Contract Details
March 2026.Full-time, 2 Years
Role Summary
Working as a senior member of a diverse team, the Emergency Response Team (ERT) Project Coordinator manages the implementation and coordination of the emergency response project. Providing leadership, strategic direction, management and evaluation of all aspects of the project, the Project Coordinator also plays a key role in liaison (with consortium partners, donors, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders), team leadership and security.
Project Overview
The Emergency Response Team (ERT) works across all 10 states of South Sudan in response to acute emergencies: disease outbreaks, displacement due to conflict, and above-emergency-levels of malnutrition. Medair is one of the few agencies with the ability to respond across multiple sectors flexibly and rapidly throughout South Sudan, covering health, nutrition, and WASH.
Workplace & Conditions
Juba, South Sudan, with frequent travel to ERT field locations
Responsibilities:
· Oversee the overall implementation of the ERT project in consultation with the relevant Project Manager(s) and in accordance with the project proposals, ensuring objectives are met within the required time frame and budget.
· Lead the ERT team ensuring that senior staff are line managed while overseeing the staffing and performance of the overall team.
· Represent Medair within the Emergency Rapid Response Mechanism (ERRM) consortium and coordinate with key stakeholders.
· Design, monitor and the project budget incoordination with budget holders and the finance team.
· Ensure donor and Medair compliance within the ERT processes.
Qualifications & Technical Competencies:
• University degree.
• Excellent English(spoken and written).
• Experience in the design, monitoring of implementation and evaluation of humanitarian / emergency programmes. Understanding of ECHO, FCDO, UN and other donors desirable.
• Experience leading teams in an insecure and complex environment.
Behavioural Competencies
• Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style.
• Excellent networking and coordination skills.
• Resilient, able to manage personal stress levels in a fast-paced environment.
• Problem solver, able to prioritise and delegate well.
• Strong negotiation skills.
Team Spiritual Life
Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.
Before you apply
Please ensure you are fully aware of the:
- Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.
- Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).
Application Process
To apply, go to this vacancy on our Medair page. Please do not make multiple applications. We will not review email applications. Only English-language applications / CVs will be reviewed. Advertised on Jobupfree.