Program Manager- GFFO and BMZ

Country: Sudan Organization: World Vision Closing date: 24 Oct 2026 With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith. Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories! Here’s where you come in: As Program Manager- GFFO and BMZ, you will provide overall leadership, coordination, quality implementation, and compliance for GFFO and BMZ-funded integrated emergency and resilience projects in East Darfur, South Darfur, and Blue Nile. Reporting to the Zonal Operations Manager and receiving technical support from relevant Technical Advisors, you will oversee Protection, Health, Nutrition, WASH, Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA), and Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) interventions delivered through World Vision and implementing partners. You will ensure timely delivery of project objectives, donor compliance, effective budget management, quality reporting, stakeholder coordination, and strong team leadership to achieve measurable humanitarian outcomes. (a) Grant Management, Compliance and Reporting (GFFO & BMZ) You will lead programme implementation across the three target areas, strengthen collaboration and information sharing across GFFO, BMZ, and related grants, and maintain effective communication with World Vision Germany, the Regional Office, and donor focal points. You will provide timely programme updates, oversee high-quality donor reports and information requests, conduct field monitoring visits, and address implementation challenges through adaptive management. (b) Protection, Safeguarding and Capacity Strengthening You will strengthen organizational capacity in protection and safeguarding, provide technical guidance on safeguarding standards and survivor-centred programming, and deliver training for staff and partners. You will improve safeguarding risk management, reporting pathways, and accountability mechanisms while ensuring compliance with World Vision policies, international standards, protection mainstreaming, AAP, gender equality, disability inclusion, and humanitarian principles. (c) Programme Quality, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL) You will ensure compliance with donor requirements, World Vision policies, and humanitarian standards. You will oversee implementation, procurement, workplans, cash forecasts, and MEAL plans; coordinate assessments, monitoring, evaluations, and learning activities; maintain data quality and documentation; and promote evidence-based improvements and the sharing of best practices and lessons learned. (d) Reporting, Compliance and Donor Accountability You will maintain donor satisfaction through proactive communication, timely and accurate reporting, regular field engagement, and at least two quality case studies or success stories per quarter in collaboration with Communications and MEAL teams. You will monitor performance against logframe indicators and targets, analyse results with MEAL teams, recommend improvements, and respond promptly to donor requests and recommendations. (e) Financial Management, Resource Stewardship and Compliance You will monitor project budgets, expenditures, and burn rates, forecast spending, and recommend budget realignments when necessary. You will ensure procurement, logistics, and financial processes comply with donor regulations and World Vision policies, while reviewing partner financial performance and supporting grant compliance. (f) Coordination, Representation and Partnerships You will represent World Vision in coordination meetings, technical working groups, donor engagements, and humanitarian forums. You will strengthen collaboration across GFFO, BMZ, and related grants, coordinate with government authorities, UN agencies, clusters, and implementing partners, and support joint monitoring, donor field visits, and external reviews. (g) Team Leadership and Capacity Strengthening You will lead, supervise, and manage the performance of Project Coordinators and project staff. You will strengthen staff capacity in project management, donor compliance, reporting, safeguarding, and humanitarian programming, promote teamwork and cross-sector collaboration, and support recruitment, onboarding, and performance appraisal processes. Requirements include: • Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Law, Social Work, Development Studies or another relevant discipline. • A Master's degree is an added advantage • Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible humanitarian programming experience. • At least 5 years managing large donor-funded projects (preferably UNHCR, GFFO, BMZ, ADH). • Demonstrated experience managing multi-location programmes. • Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams. • Demonstrated experience managing multi-sector emergency projects involving Health, Nutrition, WASH, Protection and/or Cash Assistance. • Experience in protection programming within humanitarian settings. • Experience working with government institutions, UN agencies and national NGOs. • Promote community-based protection approaches. • Ensure protection risks are identified, monitored, and addressed through coordinated interventions. • Strengthen accountability to affected populations through effective complaint and feedback mechanisms. Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement • The job requires regular travel to project sites in Darfur and Blue Nile States • Staff is required to be physically fit. • Proficiency in the English language; Arabic is an added advantage Applicant Types Accepted: Local and International Applicants (IA's) Accepted How to apply Is this the job for you? Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online by the closing date October 24, 2026. World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org.Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.