UN Wash Program Manager Jobs in South Sudan

About the Mission in South-Sudan

The conflict between Northern and Southern Sudan is known as the longest war in Africa.

Six and half years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Nairobi in January 2005, South Sudan became the youngest country in the World on July 9th 2011, after a referendum.

In 2013, new rounds of violence erupted. Following East African mediation efforts and the threat of United Nations sanctions for both sides, a peace agreement was signed in 2015.

Following Machar’s return to Juba in 2016 and his appointement as vice president, a new breakout of violence happened in Juba in July 2016.

Machar was replaced as vice-president and fled the country as the global conflict erupted again.

In the coming months at least, the general security situation is likely to remain precarious and volatile in the whole country.

Up to 300,000 (even more) people are estimated to have been killed in the war.

More than 4 million people have been displaced in a country of 12 million, with about 2 million internally displaced and about 2.1 million having fled to neighboring countries (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, DRC…).

Almost 7.1 million people are food insecure in the country.

SI has been operating in South Sudan since 2006, and has developed activities in emergency and post emergency contexts, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas.

SI currently runs WASH and FSL interventions benefiting IDPs and host communities in Raja (Western Bahr El Gazal), as well as WASH activities in the PoC in Malakal, and provides emergency WASH assistance in informal settlements in Upper West Nile state.

SI also intends to launch a cholera preparedeness&response programme in Juba.

The main axis of SI’s country strategy are as follows: