Investigation Support and Case-building Manager At Syria Civil Defense (White Helmets)

ABOUT STICHTING WHITE HELMETS FOUNDATION

Stichting White Helmets Foundation (SWHF) is a not-for-profit organisation based in the Netherlands. The Foundation aims to provide aid to communities and persons recovering from conflicts and disasters; provide support and orientation to refugees and communities in hosting countries; support justice, human rights efforts, international advocacy and research activities.

Stichting White Helmets Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and applications are actively encouraged from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Investigation Support and Case-building Manager (ISCM) plans, develops, manages, and evaluates the implementation of the projects under the White Helmets Investigation Support and Case-building United (ISCU) to ensure that projects are delivered in line with the objectives, timeframe and budget of the donor(s). S/He provides technical support, leadership, and strategic direction; ensures that outputs meet quality standards and liaises key stakeholders and donors.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

• Duty station: The Netherlands
• Line manager: Justice & Accountability Program Manager (JAM)
• Line management Responsibility: (Lead Investigator, Senior Legal Officer, Field Coordinator)
• Full-time/Part-time: Full-time

Tasks and activities:

• The ISCM manages the implementation of all aspects of the project: ensuring that key deliverables as set out in the project proposal are met in time and within budget; that narrative and financial reporting is carried out satisfactorily in a timely manner and taking into account donor and project partner requirements and feedback.
• In coordination with the JAM, managing the relationship with the donor and relevant stakeholders as it relates to the ISCU, ensuring that they are well-informed of the project’s progress including its challenges and limitations and any modifications to the project’s proposal and/or budget.
• In coordination with the JAM, Identify and develop key relationships that support the project implementation and facilitate the development of the project in coordination with project partners.
• Managing the project team ensuring that the development of all technical tools, materials, strategies and plans align with the vision objectives and goals of the project.
• Coordinate with the Operations Support Manager to ensure that both the Finance and Administrative teams maintain regular expense reports, tracking spending based on project activity, and monitoring funding levels.
• Work with the relevant team and partners to ensure that periodic projects reviews, monitoring and evaluation are executed regularly.
• Monitoring of risks, ensuring that changes are controlled, and problems addressed; reporting on risks including measures to address challenges and opportunities.
• Provide relevant project briefs, factsheets, and updates to consultants, partners, and any other internal and external parties.
• Coordinate the preparation of project documentation (policies, work plans, sub-plans, new requests to donors, etc.) and maintenance of relevant project files.
• Coordinate and support training content development (amend and review as necessary);
• Participating in seminars, conferences and meetings as relevant.
• Contribute to the Justice and Accountability program by supporting proposal writing efforts, papers and program documents.
• Being responsible for the final outputs from the ISCU, by ensuring the legal quality of submissions through facilitating internal and external review processes as and when needed.

Required qualifications: Education, Experience and Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree in law, International Relations, Political Science, Social Sciences, Humanities, or a related field.
• At least five years of experience in medium to large scale projects management and/or research work with a focus on discrete areas of Law, Human Rights or politics.
• At least two years of experience working with international donors and project planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation.
• Strong analytical skills and ability for reporting.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English & is required.
• Fluency in Arabic and Dutch are both highly desirable.
• Must be familiar with relevant legal issues and international affairs. Interest in human rights, and transitional justice work and have a demonstrated commitment to the field.
• Strong organisational skills and keen attention to detail.
• High standards of confidentiality, reliability and discretion.
• Integrity by sharing the SWHF’s values and ethical standards.