Health & Nutrition Project Officer At Social Development International

Social Development International SDI is a non-profit NGO established in 2015 and daily registered in Turkey, which provides humanitarian assistance to affected people in Syria. SDI services are covering northern Syria areas through its programs which are SNFIs, health, nutrition, education, WASH, protection, FSL, and CCCM. Currently looking for a qualified Health & Nutrition Project Officer.

Purpose of Position:

The general purpose of the post is to be in charge of the implementation, follow-up, and supervision of the different SDI health and nutrition activities in Syria.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Helping in developing strategic planning for the department in line with the overall strategy of the organization.
• Represent the organization through meetings, workshops, and other related events in Turkey or outside Turkey.
• Attend the meetings related to this position or any meeting as per the line manager’s request.
• Communicate and coordinate with all stakeholders, including the clusters coordinators and partners, and develop a communication mechanism with them to maintain proper channels of communication with donors, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Manage the health and Nutrition projects in a programmatic manner in order to meet the project’s objectives within budget in a timely manner and report any operational concerns.
• Providing strong leadership of the health and nutrition program.
• Maintain and strengthen the comprehensive integration of nutrition and health plans of intervention.
• Ensure that health activities are delivered in line with donor requirements and in accordance with the humanitarian principles and SPHERE standards, and SDI SOPs.
• Prepare and submit periodic reports of the program’s progress and achievements.
• Determine any specific need for capacity building related to the position and inform the line manager.
• Contribute to the donor mapping and communication process and identify potential donors.
• Contribute to the project and budget proposal development.

Position Qualifications:

• A university degree, preferably related to the medical field.
• Work experience in similar positions working in the humanitarian sector for at least two years.
• Proven experience and a good understanding of humanitarian relief operations related to the Syrian context, especially in mentioned sectors.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Working experiences in public health and in managing health welfare in communities.
• Experience in supervising Health Promotion activities and some basic mental health activities.
• Arabic is essential.
• Good level in English

Professional and personal skills and abilities:

• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Good organizational, multitasking, and time management skills.
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a variety of people.
• Excellent problems and conflicts solving skills.
• Proven administrative and technical skills, and ability to keep accurate records.
• Flexible and able to work well under pressure.
• Able to work collaboratively with team members to achieve goals.
• Patience & flexibility.
• Working under high pressure.
• Teamwork skills.

SDI Commitment on Child Safeguarding – CPS

Actions of Child abuse and exportation violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse of Children and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

SDI is an organization working with vulnerable populations, including children, both directly and indirectly. Thus, SDI has a moral responsibility and a duty to protect children within the population that we serve from both intentional and unintentional harm. SDI understands that all staff needs to be aware of this policy even though many of the staff may never have unaccompanied contact with children or young people through their work. It is not possible to eliminate risk entirely, but we are obliged to develop strategies and mechanisms to reduce the risk.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual exportation and Abuse – PSEA

The actions of SEA violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff, and its collaborators toward the served population and to protect vulnerable populations within the communities served by SDI from any acts of sexual exploitation and abuse which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards the served communities.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual Harassments and discrimination – PSHH

The actions of SHH violate the ethical norms and damages the team spirit. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution if relevant. SDI prohibits SHH, and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff and its collaborators towards one another and to protect staff within the environment of SDI from any acts of sexual harassment and harassment which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards its staff.

Safeguarding:

· The position holder is required to commit to SDI’s safeguarding policy, as we will do rigorous background checks to ensure that children are protected from any kind of abuse.

· The position holder is also required to carry out his duties in accordance with SDI anti-harassment policy.