Project Manager – Sudan Full Time NEW

Work Context

The humanitarian and socioeconomic crisis in Sudan continued to deteriorate throughout 2025, leading to further collapse of services, deterioration of health facilities, food security, and nutrition among the population, and one of the biggest internal mass displacements in Africa’s history. Food availability is hampered by the current conflict, and price increases reduce access to food, medicine and other basic goods.

The number of people displaced by the conflict that started on 15 April 2023 continues to increase. About 13 million people fled their homes in Sudan, this includes about 10 million people displaced within Sudan and another 3 million people who fled abroad.

CESVI implements humanitarian operations in the country with a particular focus on protection and is currently focusing on the most affected areas, in particular in Red Sea State and Northern State.

Job Description

The Project Manager is responsible for project implementation in the field, overseeing team operations, managing and organising data and information, and consolidating reports and inputs according to donor guidelines and policies. He also ensures the quality of the programme. In close coordination with the INTERSOS and UPO team, the Project Manager will have the following responsibilities:

• Plan and manages project activities.
• Ensures the achievement of objectives and the effective implementation of planned activities.
• Ensures the correct use of CESVI and donor procedures.
• Draws up periodical, interim and final reports for the donor.
• Prepares and updates the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
• Monitors indicators and apply appropriate tools for their monitoring.
• Prepares and updates the Procurement Plan and ensure compliance with purchasing procedures according to CESVI and donor rules.
• Defines and requests authorisation for project variations, extensions or revisions, in coordination with the partner.
• Collaborates on security issues, contributing to the revision and updating of plans and manuals where required.
• Coordinates with headquarters for project, organisation and donor visibility activities.
• Supervises field operations, manage personnel and resolve any operational issues.
• Ensures transparent selection criteria for beneficiaries, avoiding bias and affiliation.
• Ensures participation to coordination meetings and Cluster meetings
• Seeks new project opportunities and develops new proposal in the area of his/her responsibilities

Essential Requirements

• Master’s degree in International Cooperation, Project Management, Social Sciences or another relevant field
• At least 2 years of experience in development and/or humanitarian intervention projects, international development programme management and donor relations
• Proven experience in project planning, proposal development, report writing, resource mobilisation, networking, partnership building and working with NGOs
• Experience in proposal writing and reporting
• Experience in managing and coordinating staff and field activities
• Expertise in contract management and resource mobilisation from institutional donors including AICS, USAID-OFDA, DFID, WFP, ECHO and EU
• Excellent organisational skills and aptitude for working under pressure, meeting deadlines in dynamic and complex environments
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills to interact with staff, partners, government officials, donors and other stakeholders
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), knowledge of Italian (written and spoken) is preferred
• Ability to confidently represent oneself and the organisation in front of senior officials
• Mastery of MS Office; a good understanding of the project cycle and its implementation is desirable

Desiderable Requirements

• Proven working experience in Africa with INGOs
• Previous experience with CESVI
• HEAT Training or equivalent in personal security and security management

SAFEGUARDING

CESVI has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a child or a vulnerable adult by any of our staff, related persons or partners.

CESVI commitment to being a safe organization begins with the staff recruitment process which includes meticulous checks, such as criminal records checks or check disclosure of previous convictions, to ensure children and vulnerable people are safeguarded and abuse is prevented. Safeguarding checks are part of the selection process performance.

HEALTH SAFEGUARDING

CESVI pays particular attention to safeguarding the health of all the human resources of the Organisation. Therefore, in order to protect its staff, an assessment of their suitability for the position in each mission is carried out before departure. Such assessment is done by the Occupational Doctor of the Organisation, who will also examine the vaccination coverage.

WE OFFER

CONTRACT DURATION: 11 months

SALARY**: 3.500-3.8000 € gross monthly salary**

• 1 round-trip flight every 12 months
• Insurance coverage
• Visa costs
• Guesthouse
• Rest&Recuperation: 500€ every 8 weeks

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