Field Office Manager (Kassala) – UNDP

Job Description

Job Identification	33648
Locations	Kassala, Sudan
Posting Date	26/04/2026, 12:04 pm
Apply Before	10/05/2026, 12:04 pm
Education & Work Experience	Master’s Degree – 2 year(s) experience OR Bachelor’s Degree – 4 year(s) experience
Grade	NPSA-9
Practice Area	Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions
Vacancy Type	National Personnel Service Agreement
Required Languages	Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Background

Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that started on 15th April 2023 continues in Sudan amidst multiple failed ceasefires, generating a multi-layered crisis. The conflict is dramatically worsening Sudan’s already dire Human Development outlook, taking a massive toll on human lives, livelihoods, public infrastructure, and basic services. The continued fighting is devastating the economy, with prices for food, fuel and other basic goods soaring, putting critical goods out of reach for many households. Residential areas are caught up in shelling and crossfire, civilians trapped without electricity or running water, and with limited access to food, drinking water and medical services. Key infrastructure, such as power plants, the electricity grid, health facilities, water stations, banking and communications infrastructure have been severely damaged, making basic services unavailable. Banks have closed, many small businesses in the urban areas have collapsed due to looting, food prices have spiked while cash circulation is limited. 

About 10.7 million people are now displaced by conflicts in Sudan. Their needs are overwhelming: shortages of food, shelter, healthcare, and sanitation, all combine to place them at heightened risk of disease outbreaks, malnutrition, and violence. 

Facing crisis as development emergencies that require integrated solutions, UNDP Sudan Country office has designed Field Office Manager to implement its interventions during this violent conflict with a focus on people’s livelihoods, socio-economic progress, basic services, peace building and institutional service delivery systems. The Field Office Manager aims to support the nexus of humanitarian assistance, transition to peace, security, and sustainability.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Resident Representative (Programme), the Field Office Manager, will be responsible for the overall management of the Field Office, building partnerships with UN Agencies, Civil Society, local authorities and Community based organizations. The incumbent will also support programmatic synergies between UNDP projects in the region, with a focus to ensuring efficiency and effectiveness by utilising UNDP’s Quality Assurance principles. When needed, the incumbent will be responsible for the provision of support services to UNDP Country Office and local projects.

Scope of Work:

Ensure Effective Partnership building in the area:

• Identify and build partnerships with development actors, government officials, civil society and stakeholders at the provincial and local level.
• Particiapte meetings with local authorities and/or partners’ fora, providing information and updates on UNDP activities in the area.
• Foster and maintain coordination and collaboration of activities among partner agencies.
• Engage in development-related forums at the provincial and local level.
• Facilitate sharing of relevant data between UNDP and other development partners.
• Liaise as necessary with government and other UN agencies and development partners at the provincial and local level to facilitate implementation of the UNDP Country Programme.
• Contribute to UN coordination within the area and maintains strong partnership and collaboration with other UN Agencies working in the area.
• Promote visibility of UNDP activities at the provincial and local level.
• Assist UNDP, as needed, in problem-solving at the provincial and local level.
• Participate in UNDP annual planning and review processes.
• Provide UNDP with regular updates on provincial and local development issues and operating space, early warnings and recommendations.
• Share information, experiences and best practices among partners and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure practical implementations issues and matters of concern are raised with the sub national authorities to ensure provincial projects and partners have conducive environment to implement projects.
• Act as SDG focal point in the area for raising awareness, advocacy and promotion.

Coordinate UNDP projects and promotes/foster programmatic synergies:

• Ensure overall coordination of UNDP projects implemented in the area and follow up on issues of integration and synergy.
• Establish lines of communication and coordination between UNDP projects, to ensure cost efficiency, maximize results and foster a continual learning environment.
• Coordinate with other UN agencies to promote joint UN efforts and raise awareness of shared progress towards UNDAF and SDG goals.
• Coordinate with government partners to ensure ownership of projects and advocate for mobilization of government resources for scaling up successful UNDP models.

Ensure Quality Assurance of UNDP projects:

• Organize the collection of data from beneficiaries, focusing on change brought about by UNDP development initiatives.
• Verification of project outputs
• Ensure integration of cross-cutting issues such as Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, accessibility, environment, disaster risk reduction, voice and participation of beneficiaries and following the principles of Do No Harm into project planning, implementation and results.
• Follow up on quality assurance recommendations to ensure projects are following best practice.
• Facilitate the collection and alignment of high-quality data for country office from projects in area, including but not limited to, the creation and maintenance of real-time data system accessible by UNDP country office staff.
• Contribute to the collection and communication of data and findings towards annual country office quality assurance cycle for all projects in the region.

Ensure service provision for UNDP projects and Country Office:

• Support the countr