Senior CSO Technical Support Coordinator (STSC)

Senior CSO Technical Support Coordinator (STSC)

JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 6338

Job Title: Senior CSO Technical Support Coordinator (STSC)

Application deadline: 29.01.2022

Duty Station: NPA North East Syria (NES)

Job Requirements:

Education:

Must have:

  • Relevant university degree or relevant equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency in English language skills and Arabic, both written and verbal.
  • Good understanding of ICT systems and experience with MS Office applications, including Excel.

Experience:

Must have:

  • Minimum 5 years of experience in development work, with track record and relevant experience in capacity building and civil society development, peace building, governance and women empowerment type of programming in Syria.
  • At least 2 – 3 years relevant experience of developing capacity building plans, designing training programs and building local civil society organizations capacity.
  • Substantial knowledge of local governance and civil society structures, strategy development, and structure and CSO development.
  • Knowledge in program development and design.
  • Excellence in training development and facilitation.
  • Good communication and training skills.
  • Strong knowledge of cultural and political contexts in Syria.

Other qualifications:

  • Can work well in highly stressful environment, prioritize deliverables and meet reasonable deadlines
  • Willing to travel within NES.

Personal Competencies:

  • Self-driven with integrity, initiative and ability to think and work independently
  • Strong communication, networking and interpersonal skills

Additional Considerations:

  • Staff is to abide by the policies and personal code of conduct by the Norwegian People’s Aid and represent the organisation in a loyal and responsible manner.
  • All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks including vetting and due diligence.

Job Description:

General description:

The Senior CSO Technical Support Coordinator (STSC) will be responsible for leading and developing CSO ca-pacity development strategy, planning and roll-out, including:

  • Lead development of capacity building strategy for the projects detailing the approach, processes at each level, methodologies and quality assurance mechanism,
  • Undertake capacity assessment, as and when needed,
  • Lead development of approaches, materials, training courses and curriculums for institutional and thematic strengthening and capacity building of CSOs partners,
  • Lead development and finalization of training materials in consultation with subject matter experts and other team members, as required.

S/he will be the principal assistant of the Programme and Project Managers in assessing, designing, implemen-tation and tracking progress of all capacity development initiatives. The STCS will take the lead in implementing, and with capacity building and other staff coordinate CSO Capacity Development Plans. S/he will conduct or-ganizational capacity assessments with NPA partners, organize capacity building activities, take charge of main-taining partner information and participate in the preparation of capacity building activities reports as well as capacity development plans and follow up on the progress. The STCS is also responsible for ensuring that the NPA Partnership Principles are understood and applied in the program that also involves non-funding partner-ships with local stakeholders, including other civil society and community-based organizations.

Specific duties:

  • Develop and refine the existing tools for CSO development assessment for NPA partners and other as-sessments as required, identifying gaps in capacity and development needs;
  • Lead the process and plans for the institutional capacity of selected CSOs to strengthen their capabilities and interface with local stakeholders, including development of tailor made individual CSO capacity devel-opment plans;
  • Lead the development of tools and manage implementation of an intensive capacity development pro-gramme and technical assistance including general institutional skills, thematic skills and in coordination with other staff also financial, management, administrative and operational capacity.
  • Ensure ongoing follow up on the capacity development plans and lead the development of practical tools to measure progress and establish capacity development index.
  • Create an effective monitoring mechanism for tracking training progress and coverage of trainees and a training pre and post evaluation system.
  • Establish a quality assurance mechanism and ensure compliance as per established criteria.
  • Strengthen NPA partner networks and coalitions to share information, exchange best practices and lessons learned, and achieve shared objectives.
  • Facilitate documentation of the training activities.
  • Prepare, present and submit training reports as per project requirements.
  • Contribute to preparing work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and technical and administrative re-ports.
  • Lead coaching, mentoring and regular follow up on the ongoing process of partners’ capacity building with capacity development and other staff.
  • Attend partners activities and ensure the feedback is included in enhancing planning and implementation of other activities in coordination with partners and management.
  • Represent NPA in formal events such as conferences and meetings conducted by stakeholders.
  • Develop and maintain proper soft and hard copy archiving for all activities under his/her responsibility.
  • Supervise and guide capacity development staff.
  • Undertake other tasks, as assigned by the supervisor, for accomplishment of the project objectives.

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How to Apply:
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HRiraqsyria@npaid.org           

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