Working environment:
The French Red Cross (FRC) has been present in Palestine since November 2022, based in Ramallah and working in close partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Initially established to implement a five-year AFD-funded project supporting the institutional and pedagogical development of Ibn Sina College of Health Professions in Nablus, the Delegation has progressively expanded its portfolio to support PRCS across key health and humanitarian priorities.
The Delegation currently combines longer-term institutional and capacity-strengthening programmes with support to PRCS’s response to the evolving humanitarian context, particularly in emergency medical services, first aid, rehabilitation and disability inclusion, and health education. This includes support to PRCS through CDCS-funded EMS/First Aid programmes, rehabilitation activities, and the continued implementation of the AFD-funded Ibn Sina College project. The overall approach is centred on capacity building, technical expertise, knowledge transfer and institutional strengthening, increasingly through delegated implementation by PRCS while maintaining FRC technical, programme, financial and donor oversight.
The programme portfolio is implemented in a highly volatile operational environment, characterised by severe humanitarian needs in Gaza, increasing access and protection constraints in the West Bank, and significant pressures on Palestinian health and emergency-response systems. The Delegation therefore needs to balance longer-term development and capacity-strengthening objectives with the ability to adapt programmes to rapidly changing humanitarian and operational priorities.
Position
For a Programme Coordinator position, the role sits at the centre of this portfolio: ensuring strategic coherence across programmes, supporting and overseeing PRCS-led implementation, maintaining strong donor and partner relations, ensuring smooth and proactive coordination between programme and support teams through all steps of the project cycle, supporting positive team coordination including through the supervision of the Project Manager, identifying opportunities for programme development and funding, and ensuring that FRC’s support remains relevant, technically sound and adaptable to the changing Palestinian context.
MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Reporting to the Head of Delegation, the Programme Coordinator will :
- contribute to the development and implementation of the operational strategy of the Delegation,
- ensure the monitoring and steering of the implementation and development of programmes,
- and contribute to the representation of the Delegation to partners, humanitarian coordination bodies and other relevant stakeholders.
- Lead on all aspects of programmatic design and projects implementation (working closely with all relevant technical experts and counterparts as well as in constant coordination with PRCS), and actively contribute to the strategic & operational positioning and development of the Delegation in support of the Head of Delegation.
- Coordinate the development and writing of new quality Project Proposals and Concept Notes, in coordination with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and in line with the Delegation’s annual operational programming validated by the FRC.
- Support the programme team in the planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and quality and timely narrative and financial reporting of projects, in line with FRC’s international strategy and MEAL obligations (processes and tools) in the country of intervention.
- Contribute to the representation of the FRC and the development of partnerships in support of the Head of Delegation.
- Ensure good coordination and support of project and programme teams for quality project management.
- Contribute to good partnership relations and the capacity building of the PRCS, as well as to any further support activities that the position may require.
Reporting relationship: Head of Delegation
Managing and Operational links :
- The incumbent will manage the FRC Delegation’s technical programme/project in the field of health, in coordination with partners, Health and NSD Logistics regional experts, and under the supervision of technical advisors from HQ. At the time of posting, the FRC Delegation is considering ad hoc technical staff support rather than long term in-country technical programme teams. The development of projects and portfolio through the Programme Coordination position will impact the Delegation organigram.
- The incumbent will be the direct line manager of a national Project Manager, focused on the AFD project (see context section above)
Collaborates internally with :
- All the delegation & FRC HQ support services (Desk, Finance, Logistics, MEAL, Technical departments, Compliance & Audit, Security Management, etc.)
Collaborates externally with :
- PRCS counterparts and management team
- Ibn Sina College Project Manager
- AFD Project Manager
- Counterparts and colleagues within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
- Technical experts and consultants supporting project development and implementation
Profile
1/ Qualifications and experience
Experience :
- At least five (5) years’ experience in the same type of position – mandatory
- Previous experience in programme coordination positions – mandatory
- Previous experience in supervising staff and supporting their professional and technical development –
- Experience and/or knowledge in communicating with various partners and donors – mandatory
- Experience in developing new projects (concept note, proposal, budget, logframe, etc) – mandatory
- Experience in donor reporting and contract management – mandatory
- Experience working with local partners and partner-implemented projects / programmes – mandatory
- Experience working with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement – mandatory
- Previous experience managing projects with AFD and CDCS is a strong asset
- Experience in the MENA region and specifically in Palestinian context is a strong asset
- Background in health or in health projects (including emergency medical services, nurse sciences, pre-hospital care, first aid, etc.) is a strong asset
Education :
- Studies in humanitarian or development studies, or any equivalent field
- Mastery of the project cycle and project management tools
- Knowledge of the different humanitarian sectors
- Mastery of the humanitarian coordination system
- Knowledge of the main donors and rules
2/ Competencies
Mandatory job requirements
- Organisational capacity
- Coordination capacity
- Strong writing and synthesis skills (for both proposals and reporting contributions)
- Effective capacity in grant management
- Effective capacity in MEAL procedures and processes
- Strong communication and diplomatic skills in multicultural work environments
- Teamwork skills (active listening, proactivity and consensus building)
- Experience in team management
- Initiative and ability to work efficiently and effectively without close supervision
Valued skills
- Proficiency in Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), networking (Google-Suite/Google Workspace)
- Expertise in identifying and implementing jointly capacity-improvement plans
- Experience facilitating trainings and accompanying staff to strengthen their expertise
- In-depth knowledge of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’s National Society Development approaches, especially through a Programme Coordination and Development lens
Skills related to the specific environment of the mission:
- Flexibility and quick adaptability
- Restraint, patience and diplomacy in institutional relations
- Ability to work within a coordination team and in functional link with the project and field teams
- Ability to work with a multicultural team
- Resilience to stress and high workload
- International driving licence mandatory
Languages
- English and French mandatory (oral and written); Arabic would be an asset.
Conditions of employment:
- Type of status: expatriate
- Type of contract: Fixed-term contract under French law
- Salary: According to the classification of the position on the CRf grid and the experience of the candidate
- Per diem: daily per diem which varies according to the country
- Leave: 10 to 15 days minimum every 6 months – Airfare paid at 100% by CRF for home travel
- Health coverage: CFE + Mutuelle MSH (covered 100%) – covered at 75% by the CRF
- MedEvac/repatriation insurance: YES
- Other insurances: Provident insurance (death and disability)
SUMMARY
- Location: Ramallah- PALESTINE
- Duration: 12 months (renewable)
- Starting date : December 2026
- Mandatory driving licence
The French Red Cross reserves the right to close a recruitment before the closing date of the advertisement and the application deadline. Thank you for your understanding.
If we do not contact you within 3 weeks, please consider that we will not consider your application.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
Online training
To learn more about the Red Cross Movement, we invite you to follow two online training courses, free of charge and accessible to all. W.O.R.C. (World of Red Cross and Red Crescent): this course covers topics such as the origin and history of the Movement, its fundamental principles, the emblem, the International Federation, the ICRC and the national societies. Stay Safe aims to develop a common culture of security management within the Movement. You can find these courses on the International Federation’s Learning Platform: https://ifrc.csod.com/client/ifrc/default.aspx
How to apply
https://www.croix-rouge.fr/jobs/form?jobId=Q9DFK026203F3VBQBLOV4QWUD-57491&langCode=fr_FR