Program Director - 2025657

Requirements

• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Education: Master's degree in international development, public administration, business, public health or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum 7-10 years of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian or development programming, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role overseeing multisector, multi-donor portfolios in conflict-affected or fragile contexts.
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated expertise in program design and management, grant management, compliance, MEAL systems, budget management, and partnership development; familiarity with integrated programming across health, nutrition, WASH, protection, food security, livelihoods and resilience programs.
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of humanitarian principles and donor compliance (e.g., USG, ECHO, EU, UNICEF, WFP), Sphere Standards and the Core Humanitarian Standard.
• Leadership & Communication: Excellent leadership, staff management, strategic planning and communication skills; ability to represent the organization to donors and external stakeholders.
• Communication: Fluency in written and spoken English required; Excellent writing abilities in standard English required; Arabic proficiency is an asset.
• Other: Willingness to travel extensively to field sites, including insecure and austere environments; ability to live and work in challenging conditions.

Additional Information

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY: World Relief is a global humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world's greatest crises. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. POSITION SUMMARY: The Program Director provides strategic leadership, oversight, and accountability for World Relief Sudan's multi-sector program portfolio, operating across complex and conflict-affected environments. As Deputy to the Country Director and a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Program Director holds delegated authority for programmatic decision-making and ensures the delivery of high-quality, accountable, and compliant programming across all field locations. The role drives program strategy, design, implementation, and performance, while strengthening partnerships, influencing coordination platforms, and securing new funding. The Program Director ensures that programming is evidence-based, responsive to evolving needs, and aligned with humanitarian principles, organizational priorities, and donor requirements. World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees. World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health. *** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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