Health and Nutrition Technical Lead
Samaritan's Purse
About the role
Location: Juba, UY, South Sudan
Job ID: 17579
Date Posted: Jul 23, 2026
Get Involved! What do we believe? Demonstrate Biblical Integrity At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and prayer for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the world. As a faith-driven organization, our Statement of Faith shapes every aspect of our global work.
Please take time to review the following link as you consider working with us: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/our-ministry/statement-of-faith/
What is the opportunity? Respond with Compassionate Action We are seeking a Health and Nutrition Technical Lead to join our International Projects team in Juba, South Sudan . Through humanitarian work, the goal and purpose of Samaritans Purse are to help people in Jesus name and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
In the role of Health and Nutrition Technical Lead , you will have the opportunity to:
- Maintain a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ
- Lead multisector health and nutrition assessments with SamaritansPurse technical leads and partners, documenting findings to shape program design and implementation.
- Develop response plans, budgets, and fundraising tools (concept notes, proposals, donor reports) that support SouthSudans overall strategy and meet international humanitarian standards.
- Create technical standards, training materials, standard operating procedures, and emergency response plans; assist program managers in crafting detailed implementation, budget, procurement, and MEAL plans.
- Oversee timely, highquality delivery of activities, ensuring sound procurement, supplychain oversight, and valueformoney management of medicines and nutrition supplies.
- Drive learning and accountability by assessing team capacity, coaching staff, documenting lessons and best practices, and integrating feedback through interagency coordination forums.
- Other duties as assigned
What are the qualifications? Serve with Excellence As a qualified candidate, you will have the following skills and experience:
- Bachelors degree in public health, health science, nutrition, or a related field and five (5) years of international work experience in East/Central Africa; or equivalent combination of education and experience. A masters degree in Public Health with a medicine background and at least 3 years of experience as a technical advisor is highly preferred.
- Management and capacity building experience of national staff in non-governmental organizational programming is strongly preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of development of health and nutrition programming
- Thorough knowledge of participatory methods to engage local communities in needs assessments, design, and implementation of local, culturally acceptable health and nutrition interventions
- Comprehensive knowledge of monitoring & evaluation systems in large complex programs
- Ability to work with flexibility and be accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances
- In-depth knowledge of program development, management, monitoring and evaluation, community development/mobilization, and grant writing.
- Twelve credit hours of college-level Biblical studies is strongly preferred.
What are the benefits? Walk in Bold Faith Samaritan's Purse is proud to offer a competitive benefits package, including:
- International medical, prescription, dental and vision insurance
- Paid Family Medical Leave
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid holidays
- 12 vacation/personal days
- 10 sick days
- When at IHQ, on-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
Type: Full-Time
Department: International Projects
Language Requirement: English
Travel: Approximately 50% of the time within South Sudan. Maintaining required travel documents and vaccinations for entry into foreign countries will be necessary.
Accompaniment: Unaccompanied
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Location: Juba, UY, South Sudan
Date Posted: Jul 23, 2026
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