CARE International in Turkey (CARE), together with its partners, is providing humanitarian assistance to people affected by the Syrian crisis, both in Syria and Turkey. In response to the large-scale influx of refugees in late September/early October 2014, CARE began projects in southern Turkey.

CARE Turkey places women and girls at the centre of its work with refugees because a woman is the catalyst of change in her community – changing her life will change the community; they are also disproportionally affected by poverty. In the context of refugees, girls are vulnerable to early marriage, and girls and boys both are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and to exploitation in the labour market. This does not mean that we do not work with men. By engaging with men, we are better able to address these issues.

Position Summary

The position will be based in Adana with a regular travel to other locations. Under the supervision of the Project Coordinator/Officer, Field Supporter will be working in collaboration with other members of the technical and field staff. The Field Supporter will be responsible for supporting Food Security and Resilience activities, including resilience-based Shelter activities, in South-East Turkey.

CARE in Adana will be working through multiple donors at both institutional and private levels which requires specific attention, qualified implementation, and inclusive programming. The Food Security and Resilience Field Supporter (FSR), will support the program field level activities of CARE in coordination with the FSR Officer, ensures the accountable representation and implementation.

General Functions

• Implementation of Field Activities
• Contribute to high quality implementation of CARE’s Turkey Programme

Estimated breakdown:

Office work:  0-20% (0-1 day/week)

Field work: 80-100% (4-5 days/week)

RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Implementation of Field Activities (75%)  

• Identify project’s participants as per project’s SoP.
• Identify the focal points in host and refugee community to provide a link between CARE and the communities we serve.
• Support the Project Officers with adequate and accurate records of information by undertaking regular data entry work as required
• Increasing the accessibility of program to women beneficiaries through the cycles in response with women cooperatives
• Support the Project Team in communication with the refugee and/or host community
• Participate in regular entry of electronic data relating to activities
• Monitoring efforts during and after the implementation of rehabilitation activities
• Keep good communication with beneficiaries and make calls whenever necessary for invitation for sessions/activities, collecting and sharing information.
• Ensure accountability procedures are followed
• Provide regular communication for the activities on daily basis to Project Officer.
• Pro-actively provide the information and feedback based on field observations

2. Contribute to high quality implementation of CARE’s Turkey Programme (25%)

• Assist the Project staff for monitoring of the Food Security and Resilience program activities
• Provide feedback from project’s participants and community leaders
• Ensure the complaints are received by CARE properly and beneficiaries are informed and report on this to Project Officer.
• Contribute to the successful completion of both soft and hard copy documentation
• Any other program related tasks assigned by the line manager

QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Training

Required

University Degree

Technical Requirements

Required

• Fluent spoken and written Turkish
• A team player, eager to learn new skills
• Bachelor’s degree of Engineering or other
• Strong communication skills
• Prior experience of working with humanitarian organizations in Turkey
• Good documentation skills
• Being familiar with electronic data collection tools
• Willingness to work in the Field

Desired

• Ability of spoken and written English and Arabic
• Prior experience of working in a non-governmental organization (NGO)
• Experience working in a community-based role
• Experience in data collection, coding & compilation
• Very good computer skills, especially in MS Word and MS Excel

Child Protection Policy

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to CARE Turkey, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. CARE Turkey is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy

CARE Turkey expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. CARE employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside CARE.

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested candidates, please attach a Curriculum Vitae in English and a Cover letter (in a separate file of no more than one A4 page) describing how your skills and experience match the requirements of this post, following to provided link when you click on the apply button.

Applications in languages other than English will not be reviewed.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

** CARE International is an Equal Opportunity Employer **

** Female candidates are encouraged to apply! **