Deputy Inter-Sector Working Group (ISWG) Coordinator
(01 Position -Hassakah base)
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills:
- 4 to 5 years relevant work experience in working with NGOs.
- Effective skills in coordination, organization, prioritization, communication, and negotiation.
- Self-motivated and takes initiative.
- Excellent English and Arabic (Kurdish desirable).
- Ability to travel in North East Syria based on NGO SOPs.
- Strong understanding of NGO programs, and preferably direct programmatic experience.
- Experience in humanitarian coordination strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of international humanitarian response.
- Strong knowledge of and adherence to humanitarian principles.
- Strong knowledge of local governance structures.
- Strong reporting and writing skills.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Essential Responsibilities:
COORDINATION
Support the lnter-Sector Working Group Coordinator in:
- Ensuring that partners and sectors work collectively towards a complementarity, coherence and harmonization of assistance delivery.
- Leading on collective identification of needs, gaps and response in collaboration with NES Sector Coordinators and Working Groups.
- Strengthening the monitoring of the operationalization of response plans and hence supporting Sector Coordinators and partners in tailoring response plans to the needs and gaps.
- Strengthening area-based coordination mechanisms where required in collaboration with NES Sector Working Groups.
- Charing area-based coordination meetings, such as the Dei Ez Zot coordination meeting, in an inclusive manner taking local NGOs into consideration.
REPORTING AND REPRESENTATION
- ln coordination with the NES Forum Management and Liaison Team maintains a healthy relationship with local governance structures as required , support with technical meetings and enhance knowledge of INGO response, including humanitarian principles and standards, in order to maintain and—where needed—broaden access and operational space.
- Provide regular reporting at the inter-sectoral level including field visit reports, situation reports and emergency updates in coordination with the lnter Sector Working Group Coordinator, the lnter-Sector Working Group and NES Forum information Management Unit.
- Represent the Inter Sector Working Group Coordinator in various meetings in platforms especially in harder to reach areas, including Raqqa, Deir ez Zor and Aleppo Governorate.
Accountability
Reports Directly To: NES Forum Inter-Sector Working Group Coordinator
Works Directly With: NES Forum IM and liaison teams, NES Forum Sector Coordinators, NES NGOs.
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
NGO team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Organizations Commitment towards Safeguarding & Ethics: The organization is committed to ensure that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to the organizations code of conduct policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct online learning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates can follow the links below to fill in their information and attach CVs not later than September 16, 2023:
Preference will be given to the local candidates of the community. Organization reserves the right to accept or reject any or all CV(s) without assigning any reason.
All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.