Sudan is among the top four countries in the world with the highest prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM), with an estimated 13.6 percent. The nutrition outlook is expected to deteriorate in 2026 due to ongoing conflict since mid of April 2023, food security decline, compromised health and WASH services, and prolonged displacement. The estimated people in need for nutrition services is projected to rise further with the deteriorating nutrition determinants. Currently, the nutrition cluster estimate that 3.67 million children under five will suffer from acute malnutrition during 2024, out of which, 729,000 children will have severe acute malnutrition which put them at immediate risk of death if not treated on timely manner.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: To generate evidence and operational insights on the impact of conflict on nutrition vulnerabilities, access, utilization, quality, and integration of nutrition services in urban and peri-urban displacement-hosting areas in Sudan, and to provide actionable recommendations to strengthen urban nutrition
programming.
The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children.
WASH is one of the basic social service and advocacy programme areas that UNICEF supports in Sudan to fulfil the rights, development, and protection of vulnerable children. In response to the current crisis in Sudan, the WASH delivery model has become heavily dependent on partnerships with CSOs, making this position strategically crucial in the section.The WASH Officer will play a pivotal role in overseeing and coordinating water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives, with a focus on urban settings, institutions, and in empowering water utilities.
Sudan is among the top four countries in the world with the highest prevalence of global acute malnutrition (GAM), with an estimated 13.6 percent. The nutrition outlook is expected to deteriorate in 2026 due to ongoing conflict since mid of April 2023, food security decline, compromised health and WASH services, and prolonged displacement. The estimated people in need for nutrition services is projected to rise further with the deteriorating nutrition determinants. Currently, the nutrition cluster estimate that 3.67 million children under five will suffer from acute malnutrition during 2024, out of which, 729,000 children will have severe acute malnutrition which put them at immediate risk of death if not treated on timely manner.
Purpose of Activity/Assignment: To generate evidence and operational insights on the impact of conflict on nutrition vulnerabilities, access, utilization, quality, and integration of nutrition services in urban and peri-urban displacement-hosting areas in Sudan, and to provide actionable recommendations to strengthen urban nutrition
programming.
The Operations function is a strategic Business Partner role, assuring the best use of UNICEF assets in alignment with sound management practices, office priorities and goals to deliver results for children.
WASH is one of the basic social service and advocacy programme areas that UNICEF supports in Sudan to fulfil the rights, development, and protection of vulnerable children. In response to the current crisis in Sudan, the WASH delivery model has become heavily dependent on partnerships with CSOs, making this position strategically crucial in the section.The WASH Officer will play a pivotal role in overseeing and coordinating water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) initiatives, with a focus on urban settings, institutions, and in empowering water utilities.
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