The PM is responsible for launching and leading SI’s response in the Sobat area, with an initial focus on Ulang and Baliet, and potential into other counties. The role aims to establish SI’s operational presence and deliver timely, high-quality interventions that address urgent humanitarian needs in the sectors of WASH, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), and Non-Food Item (NFI) distribution.
S/he ensures that programs are designed, implemented, and monitored in line with donor requirements, organizational standards, and humanitarian principles. The PM will support the setting up of a string AAP mechanisms. The PM is also responsible for building trusted relationships with local authorities, community representatives, and coordination partners.

Issues and Specific Challenges

SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL (SI) has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, conducting activities in emergency and post emergency context, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, including refugees/returnees and IDP camp settings.
Context:
Food insecurity is one of the highest in the world due to recurring shocks (consecutive years of widespread flooding, conflict-based displacement), and an ongoing protracted macro-economic crisis.
The country also faces cholera outbreaks on a yearly basis, has very limited sanitation coverage and safe water access remain a challenge for most of the population.
On top of these chronic situations, South Sudan has been highly impacted by the war that started in Sudan in April 2023. By end of 2024, more than 1,000,000 people had entered South Sudan, the vast majority entering through the Joda/ Wunthow border point in Renk County, Upper Nile State (northern part of South Sudan).
More recently, resurgence of internal tensions have led to heightened conflict and analysts are worried that the peace conditions offered by the Peace Agreement may not hold.
As a result, 9,3 million are in need of humanitarian assistance as of 2025.

SI sectors of intervention:
The portfolio includes both WASH & FSL activities. SI’s expertise in running emergency WaSH intervention is highly acknowledged by all WaSH actors and donors and SI has been one of the first responders of the cholera response.

Areas of operation:

SI is present:

In Upper Nile, SI has an office in Renk and a sub-office in Malakal. The field office in Renk has been set-up to support the ongoing response to the Sudan Crisis and to ensure constant monitoring and rapid access to affected communities. SI’s long term presence in Upper Nile enables the organization to ensure proper coordination with other key players on the ground in order to provide a high-quality response and avoid duplication of efforts. The response has focused on cholera since November 2024 while maintaining life saving WASH services for returnees and refugees in the two main transit centres of the country and intervening in the host communities.
In addition, SI has a rapid emergency team based in Juba, who is being deployed following Rapid Needs Assessment in flood, epidemic or conflict induced displacement in the country.
Size of operations:
In 2025, the mission’s estimated budget is around USD 6+ million, and there are 70+ employees. This is the result of a scale-down following US funding cut in 2025 that are finally relaunched.
To learn more about the South Sudan mission, please click here.

About the mission

SI base in Malakal is fully operational with South Sudanese and International staff working at the Humanitarian Hub. The staff of 10+ staff are supporting operations in Malakal town, Bulukat TC and in Fashoda (LuL, Wau Shiluk and Kodok). Si is looking to launch operations int he Sobat River area, Baliet and Ulang (potentially Nasir and Canal Pigi as well). The team in that area is yet to be defined but the PM would report to the Field Coordinator and having a fucntional link with the Programme Coordinator. In addition, s/he will heavily involved in the recruitment of the team in the area (supervisors and officers)

Priorities for the first 2-3 months:

A salaried position:
According to experience, starting from EUR 2100 gross per month (2100 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem of USD 700.

SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate’s country of origin and the place of assignment.

Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.

Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded