Job title: Emergency Response Program Officer
Job code: TR-Pro-0028
Application start date: 18/08/2022
Application closure date: 25/08/2022
Duration of the contract: 6 Months (2 months Probation) with the ability of extension
Location: Gaziantep – Turkey
Sector: Program unit Availability to start: As soon as possible.
Turkish Nationality is an Advantage.
Takaful Al Sham Charity is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of conflict-affected population. Takaful Al Sham Charity partners directly with affected Syrian populations delivering humanitarian and development programs, Livelihood, Education, and Protection, to enable them to improve their living practices and their sustainability mechanisms.
Role Purpose: He-she will be responsible for managing and implementing Emergency Food project which will be implemented in partnership with INGO, to ensure achieving project objectives in the correct form, following up the budget spending as planned and ensuring documentation and implementation accordance to the requirements of the administration and donors, submitting periodic reports in full transparency.
He-she will be responsible for daily follow up for the project implementation plan, and providing timely response to the requirements of the partner and the donor. He-she will be responsible for providing FSL technical support required for Food projects. He-she will be providing timely problems’ solutions and dealing with the risks of CVA programs, in addition to supervising the needs assessments for the local communities, he-she will be providing technical guidance to the field teams, and leading the coordination with FSL cluster and CWG.
Requirements and Key Responsibilities:
Ensure that program/project goals and plans are implemented on time and on budget, and according to donor/partner/other stakeholder’s compliance requirements.
Evaluate activity progress and determine necessary actions to course correct.
Prepare all required reports related to the project / program coordinator / donors / partners.
Follow-up and exchange information regularly on everything related to the implementation of the project with the program coordinator.
Liaise with logistics, MEAL, Safety and Security, HR…. etc. and all stakeholders from Takaful Al-Sham regarding project activities implementation.
Managing the bakeries’ rehabilitation process and bread distribution or any related project, and provide the required reports periodically.
Demonstrate the ability to guide and train in cash-based projects.
Develop, monitor and implement project work plan according to project outputs.
Develop and monitor project budget and expenditures.
Assist in writing project proposals related to the FSL SO1 + SO2.
Interviewing the project staff, providing appropriate support, and training after interviews.
Follow up with the Media Department on the design success stories for Emergency Response projects.
Experience in designing appropriate vulnerability criteria for selecting beneficiaries in the targeted area (especially for cash transferring and non-food interventions), and ensuring community participation and transparency.
Compliance with codes of conduct, child protection policies and sexual exploitation.
Perform any other duties assigned to him by the line manager.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture / business administration / engineering or any related fields.
• Experience of at least 2 years in project management in relief non-profit organizations.
• Very good experience in expressing, implementing FSL projects.
· Excellent level of negotiation, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Very good knowledge of international donors terms, compliance requirements and sufficient experience in writing funding proposals, project life cycle and professional project management.
• Proficiency in working with MS Office, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Good level of presentation skills, effective communication (verbally and in writing) and speaking with confidence.
• Very good command in English language, reading, writing and speaking.
Desirable:
· Work experience in managing the bakeries rehabilitation and food distribution projects and producing the daily and monthly reports.
· Work experience in managing cash-based interventions (CBI) projects in Syria, or a similar position would be a very preferred advantage.
· Certificate in Project Management PMP or PMD.
Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Takaful Al-sham is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups, and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
Takaful Al-sham’s employees and volunteers are obligated not to practice sexual exploitation and abuse, in exchange for the services they provide, in addition to assuming their responsibilities to protect children from harm and abuse and to ensure a safe environment for them, and to work to create a safe work environment for everyone free from any form of harassment, abuse, exploitation or misconduct during work that diminishes the dignity and safety of the volunteer or employee.