JOB VACANCY_ NURSE ACTIVITY MANAGER_AWEIL

ALIMA2025 · June 23, 2025, 12:24pm

ALIMA, the international medical NGO with a human face, which places at the heart of its model the co-construction of projects and professional paths

The ALIMA SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Our CHARTER defines the VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action:

Patient First – Patient centered medical care
Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine through research
Responsibility and freedom: encourage decision-making by those closest to patients
Commitment to a dynamic of continuous quality improvement
Creating a climate of trust among colleagues
Collective intelligence
Environmental liability

ALIMA promotes and defends the principles of fundamental human rights. ALIMA has a zero-tolerance approach to those guilty of acts of gender-based and sexual violence as well as to inaction in the face of alleged or proven acts of violence. Protecting the people who benefit and are impacted by our intervention is our top priority in everything we do. Anyone working with ALIMA is committed to :

Respect the charter, the code of conduct, institutional policies including the policy of protection against abuses of power and gender-based and sexual violence, the policy of preventing corruption and fraud ;
Report any violations to policies, framework documents and proceedings to a superior, referral

CARING - INNOVATING - TOGETHER:

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 10 million patients. Today ALIMA works in 12 countries in Western and Central Africa. In 2020, we developed 41 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflict, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects support national health authorities through nearly 357 health structures (including 45 hospitals and 312 health centers). We work in partnership, especially with local NGOs, whenever possible to ensure that our patients benefit from the expertise wherever it is, whether in their country or the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, we are carrying out operational and clinical research projects, particularly in the field of the fight against malnutrition and hemorrhagic viral fevers. ALIMA is also leading operations in response to the covid-19 pandemic across all of our missions.

ALIMA’S TEAM: More than 2000 people currently work for ALIMA. The field teams, as close as possible to the patients, receive their support from the coordination teams generally based in the capitals of the countries of intervention. These receive support from the 4 desk teams and the emergency and opening service team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working on fundraising as well as representing ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams who work on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERTE Santé, SOS Médecins / KEOOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI, INSERM, Universities of Bordeaux or Copenhagen, the NGO Solidarités International and many others.

COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, South Sudan, Mauritania & Sudan, Ethiopia, Haiti

THE WORK WE DO covers: Primary and Secondary Health Care, with a main focus on children and women - including treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition, maternal health, mental health, response to epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), surgery, displaced populations, and gender based violence, Covid 19.

ALIMA in South Sudan

Between 2017 and 2021, ALIMA (The Alliance for International Medical Action) carried out several projects in South Sudan, particularly in Raja and Wau (Western Bahr El Ghazal), Aweil (Northern Bahr El Ghazal), and Juba. In Raja and Wau, with support from AFD, ECHO, GiA, OFDA, and Vitol, ALIMA partnered with Solidarités International to provide inpatient care (IPD/ITFC), support primary healthcare centers (PHCC/PHCU), and operate mobile clinics. In Aweil, through funding from UNICEF, CDS, and the ELMA Foundation, ALIMA offered support to fixed health facilities in Halibol and Maper West and led a malaria response during peak transmission periods. Lastly, in Juba, with backing from ECHO and the CDC—and in collaboration with GOAL and Concern Worldwide—ALIMA focused on Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preparedness as well as COVID-19 prevention and response efforts.

In March 2025, an assessment mission was conducted in Juba and Aweil, in order to better understand current needs and have an overview of ALIMA’s status in the country… Given ALIMA’s mission, we focused on humanitarian needs in terms of health, by identifying the most vulnerable populations and the obstacles restricting access to health services. What emerged from our assessments was an acute need for healthcare workers and therefore a strong desire to intervene as soon as possible to respond to the growing needs. The outcome of the assessment mission resulted to the reopening of the South Sudan mission in June 2025

Mission Location: South Sudan, Aweil

FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINKS

Reports to the Medical Activity Manager
They supervise the nurse supervisors of the care units and the rest of the care team

PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Level 3: As part of his/her duties, the incumbent will visit programs and come into contact with children and/or vulnerable adults. Therefore, a criminal record check or a certificate of good character will be required. In situations where a criminal record check or character reference is not possible, a declaration of honor will be requested.

TASKS & RESPONSABILITIES

The Nurse activity manager is responsible for the quality and implementation of care in the structure where ALIMA operates.

He/she is responsible for the proper functioning of the care services and deploys the human, material and organizational resources necessary to ensure the quality and continuity of hospital or outpatient nursing care activities.
He/she is responsible for the quality of care provided in the facilities and manages in direct liaison with the referring doctor.
The Nurse activity manager, in his/her managerial role, keeps the programme alive and ensures it evolves. He/she identifies problems and proposes solutions to resolve them.
He/she leads his/her team and coordinates the organisation of care in accordance with the protocols in place.
He/she is responsible for monitoring and ensuring the proper collection of statistical data from the various care units in the activities under his/her supervision.
He/she validates the data related to his/her activity before sharing it with the Med Ref.
He/she monitors the indicators specific to their activities.
They provide information to these teams based on the results

Responsible for nursing care activities on site

In collaboration with the Medical activity manager, the Nurse activity manager ensures that the admission criteria are respected, that all nursing care techniques are properly assimilated by the nursing team, and that the care protocols are applied.
Ensures that there is a circuit between the admission and the other care units in the department facilitating quality care and respecting the IPC
Checks with the department supervisors that the teams perform their tasks according to the protocols established in the programme
Is responsible for compliance with standard and additional hygiene precautions
Ensures that patient records are kept and that patients are properly monitored
Ensures that the process of improving the quality of care is maintained through periodic evaluations and the implementation of an action plan
Ensures that the organisation is in place for the reporting of adverse events

Team management

This is done in collaboration with the referring doctor according to the needs of the project.

2.1: schedules of the project’s healthcare personnel

Draws up and adapts the schedules of the teams according to needs.
Communicates the provisional schedule to the Project Administrator at the beginning of the month and informs them of any changes made during the past month (sick leave, transfers, exceptional leave, etc.).
Checks with the supervisors of the care units that this schedule is being respected by the teams.
In collaboration with the referring doctor, draws up a schedule of annual leave for all the staff under his or her responsibility.
Validates the annual leave sheets of his or her staff in collaboration with the administration.
On the proposal of the care unit supervisors, in agreement with the referring doctor, validates the rotations of his or her staff in each department, with the aim of training everyone in versatility.
Regularly updates the job profiles of their staff (at least once during their assignment)

2.2: Supervises the daily work of the staff:

Participates in the daily improvement of the work organization of the unit supervisors
Implements the work tools with the aim of improving the quality of care
Organizes and leads meetings (frequency to be defined according to the specifics of each project) of unit supervisors and/or monthly department meetings
Ensures the proper use and adaptation of the documents put in place (monitoring sheets, nutritional follow-up sheets, ensures the proper use of biomedical devices, proper data collection, etc.)
Checks with the supervisors of the education (discussion) and vaccination services that no opportunities have been missed,
Ensures the general cleanliness of the site and compliance with hygiene rules (waste management, access to water) in collaboration with the site logistician and the person in charge of external hygienists, etc.
Ensures the proper management of Blood Exposure Accidents in collaboration with the referring doctor

Site work

3.1: works in close collaboration with logistics.

Regularly analyses, with the hospital logistician, the reception capacity according to the evolution of activities with proposals for improvement (service and patient circuit). If necessary, involves the assistant logistician in the medical meetings organized to discuss certain problems encountered within the structure.
Shares information on hospital activity during project meetings.
In collaboration with the care unit supervisors and the site logistics assistant, he/she carries out the weekly and monthly log order after an evaluation of the units’ needs.

3.2: Supervises transfers/ references:

They establish and maintain relations with colleagues and partners who refer patients (external activities, peripheral health centers) informally or formally during medical project meetings.
In collaboration with the department supervisors, they identify the topics to be addressed for Information and Education for Behavior Change (IEC) sessions with carers, depending on the difficulties encountered.
In collaboration with the referring doctor, they organize the referral of patients to other facilities (in the capital).

3.3: Liaises with other stakeholders

Maintains good collaboration with the Management Committee (Coges)
Ensures that dependants and carers are properly looked after if necessary

3.4: Programme evaluation and statistical monitoring:

They ensure that the weekly statistical data is collected correctly in collaboration with the unit supervisors, and that it is forwarded to the referring doctor and/or data manager.
They analyse the quality and quantity indicators of the programme’s medical activities in collaboration with the referring doctor and the rest of the team, and participate in policy discussions and the implementation of activities.

Pharmacy management

Ensures the proper management of the care unit pharmacies in collaboration with the field pharmacist.
Ensures the proper inventory and weekly/bi-weekly ordering of the care unit pharmacy by the supervisor in collaboration with the field pharmacist.
Returns used materials to the pharmacy and orders more for replacement.
In collaboration with the referring doctor, proposes frameworks for discussions (departmental meetings) on the rational use of medicines by doctors and nurses
Participates in discussions and the fulfilment of international orders

Management of biomedical equipment

Ensures the maintenance of biomedical equipment, the availability of procedures and the traceability of maintenance
Ensure that requests for intervention are made as soon as possible for broken equipment
Ensure that a preventive maintenance schedule is in place, that maintenance procedures are applied, and checklists are completed

Implementation of preventive measures against abuse of power, gender-based and sexual violence:

Participate in training and awareness sessions
Apply the standards relating to the prevention of abuse
Ensure that the members of his or her team follow the training and awareness-raising sessions and apply the rules on the prevention of abuse
Contribute to creating and maintaining a fulfilling and protective environment

This job description is not exhaustive and may be modified as the assignment evolves.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Experience

Experience in medical nutrition and reproductive health programmes.
Experience of working in a programme in collaboration with the MoH.
Experience in the implementation of mobile clinic projects
Three years’ experience in a humanitarian NGO in tense security contexts.

Qualities of the candidate

Good listener, good team manager,
Easy to adapt and integrate
Rigorous
Independent and inquisitive
Flexible and able to manage stress
Excellent listening and empathy skills
Ability to work in a team in a multicultural environment

Languages

Fluency in English (spoken and written) is essential and arabic is an asset

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Training: State-registered nurse

Other

South Sudanese nationality residing in Aweil

HOW TO APPLY TO THE POSITION OF NURSE ACTIVITY MANAGER

South Sudanese nationals who meet the above criteria are strongly encouraged to apply by completing the application form through the link provided, using a computer, or by scanning the QR code with a smartphone. For any inquiries or difficulties applying, you may contact the recruitment team at recruitment@southsudan.alima.ngo or call +211 0922376947.

https://forms.gle/149Bo6AGZJ1c9t6DA

The deadline for submission is 30th June 2025 at 5:00 PM.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and ALIMA reserves the right to close the recruitment process before the stated deadline if a suitable candidate is identified. Only complete applications that follow the instructions will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Candidates are advised to submit their applications early, as screening may begin before the closing date.

The protection of your personal data is important to ALIMA. By submitting your application, you agree that your data will be used exclusively for the recruitment process, to assess your suitability and ensure a fair selection. Your information will be handled confidentially and only accessed by individuals involved in the recruitment. ALIMA will never sell or misuse your data.

Please note that ALIMA does not request any form of payment, favors, or other benefits during the recruitment process. Any such acts will lead to disqualification.

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.