Operations Manager Atlas Logistique - Darfur Response - Sudan

Sudan continues to experience one of the world’s most severe and protracted humanitarian crises due to the armed conflict that erupted in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The fighting has spread across much of the country, with particularly intense violence in Darfur, Kordofan, Khartoum, and surrounding regions. The conflict has led to widespread destruction of infrastructure, the breakdown of basic services, and extremely limited humanitarian access in many areas. The scale of displacement is unprecedented.

Darfur remains one of the most severely affected regions, with a total of 7.6 million people in need. Ongoing fighting and repeated attacks on towns such as El Fasher and surrounding localities have triggered repeated waves of displacement into already overcrowded areas and across the border into Chad. Communities face extreme food insecurity, with reports of famine conditions in parts of North and West Darfur. Many households survive on very limited meals. Malnutrition rates among children are critically high, and outbreaks of diseases such as cholera and measles have been recorded due to damaged water systems and weakened health services.

Overall, the situation remains highly volatile. Continued fighting, restricted humanitarian access, and underfunded relief efforts are driving worsening hunger, displacement, and protection risks across Darfur and the wider region.

HI & Sudan

Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion (HI) initiated its operations in Sudan in early 2024, in Gedaref State, initially providing technical, financial and operational support to a national NGO, with activities managed remotely due to access constraints. Following HI’s registration with the Sudanese authorities in December 2024, the organisation progressively expanded its operational footprint. In January 2025, HI opened a base in West Darfur (El Geneina) and began direct implementation, including hygiene kit distributions for households with malnourished children, cash-based food assistance, and the strengthening of inclusive humanitarian approaches. In October 2025, HI opened an office and the launch of direct activities in Al Jazirah State, with a focus on physical rehabilitation (including stimulation therapy for children under five) and Inclusive Humanitarian Action, implemented in consortium with humanitarian partners. In January 2026, in light of the emergency in North Darfur, HI opened an office in Tawila to deploy Atlas Logistique teams, which are responsible for providing storage and transport services for humanitarian actors. An Emergency Medical team is also working alongside MSF Hospital to provide post-surgical rehabilitation care.

2026 Perspectives

Following the increase of institutional fundings, HI is currently in the phase of expending its footprint in Sudan, as per the following frame:

Country structure: Sudan/Darfur: West and North(Darfur team with a transit base in Adre mutualized with the Chad program) Sudan/Khartoum/Madani for the Eastern and central operations and Port Sudan (for administrative purposes until full transfer of the authorities to Khartoum)

Sectoral priorities; Physical and Functional rehabilitation (first focus on early rehabilitation and stimulation therapy), Basic Needs (WaSH and Food Assistance), Inclusive Humanitarian Action, Atlas Logistique (Logistic support to Humanitarian operations) and Armed Violence Reduction.

YOUR MISSION:

Reporting to the Area Manager, with functional links with the Atlas Deployment unit manager (HQ), the Operations Manager leads the overall implementation of the Atlas Logistique components of HI’s intervention in the area, through ensuring sound analysis of the context, subsequent strategic developments and operational oversight, as well as fostering close coordination and partnerships with partners, other humanitarian stakeholders, donors and authorities.

More precisely, he/she is in charge of:

• Developing and overseeing Atlas Logistique’s programming in Darfour, as well as contributing to HI’s strategic frameworks on all relevant aspects related to the Atlas Logistique component of HI’s intervention in Darfur.

• The operational design, management and monitoring of the Atlas Logistique projects, as well as pilot projects structuring Atlas Logistique's development, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and frameworks.

• The identification and analysis of the overall humanitarian community’s needs to ensure that the Atlas Logistique intervention meets these needs and fills observed gaps.

• Participating in various coordination mechanisms (clusters, other inter-agency meetings, bilateral coordination) and ensuring representation towards authorities.

• Contributing to the identification of funding opportunity and steering of fundraising efforts to ensure sustainability of Atlas Logistique operations in the country in compliance with HI’s strategic frameworks.

• Ensuring sound internal coordination with relevant departments (humanitarian access and security, logistics, HR, finance, etc.).

• Supervising the Atlas Logistique teams in Darfur and ensuring capacity-building as per needs.

• Overseeing the smooth and qualitative service provision to user organizations and ensuring accountability towards them and other relevant humanitarian stakeholders.

In this framework, the main missions are:

Mission 1: Management

• Manager as a role model: embody HI's values on a daily basis and be a role model.

• Manager as a coach for meaning: understand the strategy, make it explicit, translate it into operational objectives for his or her team, lead the necessary changes. Give meaning to each management action. Encourage inter and intra departmental exchanges of practice. Encourage innovation and risk-taking.

• Operational manager: organise the operational management of his or her team, structure the work around identified processes, steer performance and facilitate the resolution of problems.

• First HR & Coach: contribute to the development of his or her staff, creating the conditions for their commitment, professionalism and attachment to HI. Ensure compliance with the code of conduct and institutional policies, the mindset and expected individual and collective behaviour.

Mission 2: Strategy and steering

• Contribute to the development of the Atlas Logistique-related components of the programme operational strategy, and to its implementation and annual monitoring.

• Implements the Atlas Logistique component of the Programme’s Operational Strategy, including through sound context monitoring, appropriate planning and deployment of resources, development of partnerships, participation to key coordination mechanisms and steering of fundraising efforts.

• Contribute to organisational transformation, particularly through changes to managerial practices, continuous improvement, and contribute to the improvement of working processes.

Mission 3: Standards and expertise

• Ensure deployment and compliance with HI global frameworks, institutional policies and standards.

Mission 4: Operational implementation

• Ensure the sound management and monitoring Atlas Logistique field projects under his/her responsibility.

• Keeping both potential opportunities and risks in mind, contribute to the monitoring and analysis done by the line manager and other relevant departments, and propose mitigation measures where relevant.

• Develop HI’s external influence and positioning (forums, development of operational and strategic alliances, contribution to ethical positioning definition, etc) and the external representation of the organisation (external coordination mechanisms, events, media) in his/her area of responsibility.

• Coordinate the teams in his/her area and facilitate inter-department internal coordination.

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission: Join the team

• 5 months International contract starting from August 2026 based in Tawila/Geneina
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Salary from 2869 € gross/month upon experience;
• Perdiem: 706 € net/month - paid in the field
• Hardship: 500 € net/month paid with your salary;
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: 5 days every 8 weeks
• Position: Unaccompanied:
• Housing: Collective taken in charge by HI;
• If you are resident in the country: local package.