Job ID
41916
Job Title
Project Officer
To work for
COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Program Implementation and Support
• In coordination with local partners, support assessments to identify updated needs and gaps in areas of interventions;
• Prepare ToRs of project activities, in accordance with administrative, logistical and MEAL procedures;
• Meet and coordinate the intervention continuously with partners, local authorities, and any other key stakeholders through an effective communication and negotiation;
• Set up the work plan for field activities in accordance with the project expected results;
• Assess goods/services needs to support project activities by ensuring proper communication to the logistics department;
• Provide leadership to the project team on the field, coordinating and supervising the activities implementation and promptly addressing potential challenges.
Reporting
• Ensure data collection and monitor the progress of project indicators; ensure data collection, storage, processing, analysis, and dissemination in line with internal and Sectors protocols;
• Ensure that project reporting (internal and external) is completed in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with donor requirements and procedures.
Compliance
• Ensure proper and transparent administrative justification of all expenditures;
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess the quality of ongoing activities;
• Ensure that project staff can perform their roles and responsibilities and work on the process of professional growth and knowledge transfer;
• Ensure a positive work environment by demonstrating leadership and conflict resolution skills, facilitating team building and productive discussion with staff and stakeholders;
• Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with COOPI's Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy and any other adopted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies and guidelines;
• Perform any other tasks relevant to the project assigned by a line manager.
• In coordination with local partners, support assessments to identify updated needs and gaps in areas of interventions;
• Prepare ToRs of project activities, in accordance with administrative, logistical and MEAL procedures;
• Meet and coordinate the intervention continuously with partners, local authorities, and any other key stakeholders through an effective communication and negotiation;
• Set up the work plan for field activities in accordance with the project expected results;
• Assess goods/services needs to support project activities by ensuring proper communication to the logistics department;
• Provide leadership to the project team on the field, coordinating and supervising the activities implementation and promptly addressing potential challenges.
Reporting
• Ensure data collection and monitor the progress of project indicators; ensure data collection, storage, processing, analysis, and dissemination in line with internal and Sectors protocols;
• Ensure that project reporting (internal and external) is completed in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with donor requirements and procedures.
Compliance
• Ensure proper and transparent administrative justification of all expenditures;
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to assess the quality of ongoing activities;
• Ensure that project staff can perform their roles and responsibilities and work on the process of professional growth and knowledge transfer;
• Ensure a positive work environment by demonstrating leadership and conflict resolution skills, facilitating team building and productive discussion with staff and stakeholders;
• Ensure that project activities are implemented in line with COOPI's Code of Conduct, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) policy and any other adopted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies and guidelines;
• Perform any other tasks relevant to the project assigned by a line manager.
Qualifications
Education & Professional Experience
• Bachelor Degree in Social Science, Psychology, Social Work or other field related to social development and humanitarian work;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in ERL and Protection sectors with NGOs or humanitarian actors;
• Arabic native speaker;
• Proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Having worked with an INGO is considered a plus.
Personal Skills
• Ability to timely complete assigned tasks in the required manner;
• Proactivist, problem solving spirit and calm in stressful situations.
• Bachelor Degree in Social Science, Psychology, Social Work or other field related to social development and humanitarian work;
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in ERL and Protection sectors with NGOs or humanitarian actors;
• Arabic native speaker;
• Proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Having worked with an INGO is considered a plus.
Personal Skills
• Ability to timely complete assigned tasks in the required manner;
• Proactivist, problem solving spirit and calm in stressful situations.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
The project officer will be hired by COOPI under the project titled ''Provision of integrated Early Recovery and Protection Assistance to vulnerable populations in Aleppo and Daara Governorates’’ (Syria Humanitarian Fund – OCHA).
The Project Officer will be based in Aleppo with frequent and periodical travels to project locations, if the security situation allows it. She/he will be responsible for planning, implementing and following up field activities as well as for the beneficiary selection, and will supervise project staff - and report - to the Program Manager. She/he will coordinate under coordination personnel supervision to ensure that field activities are carried out according to internal and donor guidelines, procedures and deadlines, and will manage and oversee effective relationships with local partners and key stakeholders.
The last date for receiving the applications is January 30, 2025. Due to the urgency of this role, we will be reviewing CVs and interviewing candidates in advance of the closing date. For this reason, interested candidates are asked to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The project officer will be hired by COOPI under the project titled ''Provision of integrated Early Recovery and Protection Assistance to vulnerable populations in Aleppo and Daara Governorates’’ (Syria Humanitarian Fund – OCHA).
The Project Officer will be based in Aleppo with frequent and periodical travels to project locations, if the security situation allows it. She/he will be responsible for planning, implementing and following up field activities as well as for the beneficiary selection, and will supervise project staff - and report - to the Program Manager. She/he will coordinate under coordination personnel supervision to ensure that field activities are carried out according to internal and donor guidelines, procedures and deadlines, and will manage and oversee effective relationships with local partners and key stakeholders.
The last date for receiving the applications is January 30, 2025. Due to the urgency of this role, we will be reviewing CVs and interviewing candidates in advance of the closing date. For this reason, interested candidates are asked to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Salary and Benefits
As per COOPI Salary Scale.
About us
We are an independent Italian NGO founded in Milan by Father Vincenzo Barbieri on April 15 1965.
For 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable development, by making use of the professionalism of local and international operators, and through our partnerships with public and private bodies and civil society organizations.
Today we are present in 24 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 150 humanitarian projects reaching almost 2,400,000 people. Since 2006 we have been providing food, education, health and protection to thousands of children in 8 countries through our child sponsorship programs.
Since 1965 we have helped 100 million people, through 1,600 projects in 63 countries, employing 4,500 expatriate and 55,000 local operators.
For 50 years we have been dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty and to supporting populations affected by wars, socio-economic crises or natural disasters in their path to recovery and sustainable development, by making use of the professionalism of local and international operators, and through our partnerships with public and private bodies and civil society organizations.
Today we are present in 24 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, with 150 humanitarian projects reaching almost 2,400,000 people. Since 2006 we have been providing food, education, health and protection to thousands of children in 8 countries through our child sponsorship programs.
Since 1965 we have helped 100 million people, through 1,600 projects in 63 countries, employing 4,500 expatriate and 55,000 local operators.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jan 20, 2025
Expiry Date
Feb 19, 2025
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CV Language
English
Additional questions for applicants
Q1: Have you been under any administrative, disciplinary, or criminal conviction resulting from an investigation of sexual exploitation or abuse?
Q2: Are you under investigation or have resigned before investigation closure related to sexual exploitation or abuse?
Q3: Are you in a sexual relation or married to a person under 18 years old?
Q2: Are you under investigation or have resigned before investigation closure related to sexual exploitation or abuse?
Q3: Are you in a sexual relation or married to a person under 18 years old?