Strategy:

Economic Recovery Strategy

• Contribute with field knowledge and experience to strategy development process
• Follow the strategy, communicate to field staff and implement accordingly

Donors:

Proposal development: narrative, budget, log frame

• Contribute inputs to the proposal development process
• Contribute to Economic Recovery Need-Based Assessments
• Contribute to proposing draft budget preparation for Economic Recovery interventions

Grant management

• Contribute to the preparation for regular grant review meetings
• Contribute to budget realignments when required

Programme management:

Donors

• Understand donor requirements and apply within activity implementation, including communication to field staff.

Work plans

• Lead in developing and updating work/implementation plans for each project according to allocated targets, locations, and budgets
• Implement work plans in close liaison with field team members and report to the Economic Recovery Coordinator
• Organize the workload of the field teams in line with the work plans and objectives of the projects

Reporting

• Consolidate reporting inputs; communicate systematic reporting schedule to field staff

Planning expenditure and procurement

• Consolidate, adhere to, and regularly update spending plans/ forecasts, and procurement plans; alert Area Manager and Economic Recovery Coordinator when deviating from plan.
• Follow up closely and manage the budgets of each projects located in the areas of supervision

Delivery of targets

• Understand targets and communicate to field staff; timely communication with Area Manager and Economic Recovery Coordinator  when deviating from agreed targets (+/-)

Compliance with DRC’s administrative, logistics & procurement & financial SOPs

• Familiarize with, understand and apply SOPs across all the projects and for all the teams
• Ensure the qualitative implementation of projects as per DRC’s standards
• Disseminate to/ advise field staff on compliance
• Raise feedback/ issues to Economic Recovery coordinator when SOPs are not working, with proposed solution/s

Monitoring

• Conduct and provide feedback on field visits on a timely and regular basis
• Implement a monitoring system and tools, including regular updates of Results Trackers and information management system
• Amend implementation based on feedback elicited through monitoring and agreed changes with Area Manager and Economic Recovery Coordinator

Selection/targeting

• Advise and supervise field staff on use of beneficiary assessment and selection tools
• Adhere to selection criteria in implementation of activities, support selection processes e.g. panels.
• Ensure completed paper beneficiary assessment and selection tools are consolidated electronically, including on information management system

Evaluation, learning and research

• Participate in evaluation exercises and research exercises
• Understand evaluation objectives and communicate to field staff/ activities/ beneficiaries which/who may be evaluated
• Ensure documentation is up to date and systematically organized to enable access by evaluators
• Document lessons learned at project junctures
• Ensure that the learnings are applied in activity implementations and designs

Team Management

• Manage field staff, coach partners and other contractors, and provide feedback on a regular basis
• In coordination with Area Manager and Economic Recovery Coordinator, plan recruitment in a timely manner; cooperate with and follow up on shortlisting, testing, interviewing, offering, contracting.
• Keep ongoing record of performance evaluation and development material, raise capacity building needs, actively take part in/ facilitate training opportunities

Collaboration

Internal coordination

• Day to day coordination with Ops departments and Programme colleagues
• Raise challenges to Line manager when support is not provided appropriately/timely manner
• Coordinate technically with the Economic Recovery coordinator to raise technical challenges or seek technical advice/solutions

External representation and coordination

• Deputies for, as required, cooperation/liaison with: coordination with donors; INGOs and LNGOs; Ministry partners

Experience and technical competencies:

• Minimum three years of experience with an NGO in related activities/projects in Syria.
• Minimum two years’ experience in coordinating Livelihoods activities responsibility.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, development, or similar relevant education.
• Excellent computer skills, including Excel.

Languages:

•  English and Arabic (fluent)

 In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:  

• Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.
• Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.
• Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.
• Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.
• Demonstrating integrity: You act in line with our vision and values.

We offer:

Contract length: till the end of December 2025 (subject to funding availability)

Level: Management – G1

Location: Homs – Syria (includes regular field visits to Aleppo, Hama and Idlib)

Expected Start date: As soon as possible

Application process:

Interested? Then apply for this position here: Economic Recovery Team Leader - Application Form

All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in the same language as this vacancy note. CV-only applications will not be considered.

Applications close: 07 May 2025

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. DRC reserves the right to conduct tests and interviews before the closing date and can close the advertisement earlier in case of finding a suitable candidate.

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