Syria mission - Programme Coordinator - Based in Jordan (Amman)

About the mission

Posted on: 31/05/2017
Desired start date: ASAP
Duration of the mission: 5 months
Location: Position based in Amman

Humanitarian situation / SI intervention

With the Syrian crisis now in its 6th year, 13.5 million people require humanitarian assistance, including 6 million IDPs and 5.7 million in severe need, according to the Humanitarian Needs Overview 2017 (OCHA HNO, 2017). Over half of the population have been forced from their homes, and many people have been displaced multiple times. Children and youth represent more than half of the displaced, as well as half of those in need of humanitarian assistance. In the absence of a political solution to the conflict, intense and widespread hostilities are likely to persist in 2017-2018. Many frontlines may move in 2017 and control over territories by the different parties is under constant change causing influx of IDPs. 6,100 individuals are estimated to be newly displaced every day in Syria.

SI acknowledges that IDP’s living in camps and settlements require high levels of support, facing extreme levels of poverty. In addition however, as areas become accessible following the retreat of ISIS, the humanitarian community is also now faced with host populations and IDP’s living in villages with significant needs, currently going unaddressed. Si’s strategy therefore has two approaches, the first to continue and expand support to IDP’s living in informal settlements or camps in Northern Syria. The second, to provide rehabilitation support for water and sanitation infrastructure in the newly accessible areas.

Solidarites International (SI) has been present in Northern Syria since 2013. Throughout this time, the organisation has focused its activities in Aleppo Governorate, primarily Azaz, Tall Refaat and Jabel Samaan districts and is considering expanding to other locations, particularly in response to the Raqqa crisis. Over this time, SI has positively established itself as a water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH), food security & livelihoods (FSL) and non-food item (NFI) actor, working in partnership with relevant Clusters and other (I)NGO’s via cross-border operations from Turkey.

SI is now in the process of relocating its teams in Amman via a new hub to carry out its operations inside Syria while a presence will be maintained in Turkey. The expatriate team will be based in Jordan with some travel to Turkey.

Please note that the Coordination team is remotely managing operations.

About the job

The Program Coordinator will work with as objective to reinforce the mission and to support implementation of the strategy, program development and proposal writing. S/he will be in charge of the assessment of the needs and humanitarian access and to design programs in accordance with these key challenges.

The Program Coordinator will support the WASH, FSL and MEAL (depending on the recruitment of a MEAL coordinator) PM’s in the implementation of the project, its adjustments, the monitoring and the reporting.

In close link with the HoM and the PM’s, the Program Coordinator will be in charge of representing SI in external coordination mechanisms to ensure SI visibility and development and to ensure smooth coordination with other actors

One of the main challenges of the context is to ensure the quality of the programs in an extremely volatile security and remote context, while staying in line with SI’s values and mandate.

Specific tasks of the positions:

• To support the Country Director in developing the programs strategy and department
• To support the Program teams in developing and improving remote management processes and the intervention strategy.
• To support the Program teams (WASH, FSL) and the Country Director in designing programs in accordance with the humanitarian needs and access
• To support the MEAL Manager in ensuring accountability and transparency throughout all implemented programs(depending on the recruitment of a MEAL coordinator)

Key priorities:

• To support the Program teams in launching new activities and ensuring the successful implementation of those ongoing.
• To work with the Country Director in the development of the 2017-2018 intervention strategy for the coming year based on needs and access issues, and on the experience of the current activities.
• To drive development of the mission based on the findings of the humanitarian needs assessments
• To participate to the different coordination mechanisms to better understand the needs and access issues
• To support the Country Director in representation with other donors than those currently supporting the mission to investigate future funding opportunities.

Your profile

• Masters’ degree or equivalent in international organization management or project management or in a relevant technical field as Wash or FSL.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience as, Program Coordinator or equivalent, developing and managing sustainable relief programs in conflict, with specific skills in strategic planning, assessment, program design and development, and monitoring and evaluation

• Experience in a complex and volatile context.

• Proven experience in conflict contexts and insecure environments, with consequent experience in supporting emergency response

• Experience in remote program management/ coordination would be an asset

Skills:

• Excellent communication, organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent analytical and writing skills
• High management abilities, and particularly team management skills and capacities to provide distance technical support ; interest in capacity building
• Significant knowledge and experience of grant writing and management for major institutional donors, including: ECHO, DFID, OFDA, UN Agencies, etc.
• Ability, acquired through experience, to professionally and appropriately represent the organization with a diverse range of civil society organizations, clusters and other international organizations
• Capacity to work in complex and volatile environments ; good stress management
• Diplomacy, autonomy, perseverance and creativity
• Strong interest in the Syrian crisis and in the Middle east context
• Cultural awareness and capacity to respect local customs

Languages:

• Fluent English: speaking, reading and writing skills
  
• Arabic is an asset
  

We offer

A salaried post: according to your experience from 2.200 euros gross per month and a monthly Per Diem of 700 USD

Social and medical cover: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which reimburses all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.

Break: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of one break every three months. For a one-year assignment, the expatriate will have a 7-day break during the 3rd and the 9th month (with 500 euros allocated by Solidarités). He or she will also be entitled to go back to his or her home country for a 14-day period after six months spent on the mission (Solidarités will cover travel costs).

For further information about SI, please consult our website: http://www.solidarites.org/en/

Contact

Corinne LORIN, Recruitment & Follow Up Officer

Application process

Does this description fit you? Please send us your CV and Cover letter in English. CV only applications will not be considered.

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