Job
Norwegian Refugee Council
Country Director, South Sudan
📍 South Sudan
🏷 Governance & Public Policy
🗓 Posted 22 Sept 2026
- Lead the Norwegian Refugee Council's country operation in South Sudan, providing strategic direction and management across emergency response, cash assistance, protection, education, shelter and WASH programmes operating in seven states
- Drive effective programme delivery and accountability across all humanitarian interventions, ensuring high-impact response to the estimated 10 million people facing critical needs in 2026
- Build and manage high-performing teams to deliver accountable, evidence-based humanitarian operations whilst navigating complex conflict dynamics, insecurity and bureaucratic impediments
- Represent NRC externally with authority and credibility, engaging actively in inter-agency coordination forums and co-leading Protection, WASH, Shelter, Land and Site Coordination Clusters
- Mobilise resources and lead advocacy efforts to sustain and expand NRC's humanitarian programmes across Upper Nile, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Jonglei, Unity and Central Equatoria States
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