VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Post Title:                                             Senior Project Officer

Organization:                                       Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

Location:                                              Mardin, Turkey, with frequent field visits to Diyarbakir

Duration:                                              Contract until 31 July 2020 with a possibility of extension (2 months probation)

  (Duration of this position has limited by project duration.)

Starting:                                                01 November 2019

Application closing Date:                   18/10/2019

Background:

Welthungerhilfe (WHH) is a private, non-profit-making, politically independent and non-denominational relief organization, which supports people living in deprivation and poverty, irrespective of the color of their skin, their religious beliefs or their worldview.

WHH implements projects in Turkey assisting Syrians under Temporary Protection in their various needs, ranging from the provision of basic needs requirements through cash transfer up to protection related interventions and livelihoods activities.

Overall Role:

The Senior Project Officer works under the direct supervision of the Head of Project and supports the implementation of the project implemented in Mardin and Diyarbakır Provinces. The Senior Project Officer will liaise closely with the partner organisations and project staff to ensure that project activities are advancing and to address any problems that arise.

The Senior Project Officer is responsible for the following tasks:

 Duties and Responsibilities

A. Technical advice and guidance

• In close cooperation with Head of Project, coordinate the implementation of the project activities in Case Management, PSS and Legal Counsel.
• Support the Head of Project to ensure that partners are meeting their contractual obligations.
• Management of Case Management team
• Represent WHH to state authorities, NGOs and UN agencies. Attends and advocates (in consultation with CD, the Alliance 2015 partners and the WHH Country Team) in relevant UN/NGO Cluster Meetings
• Coordinating with partner organizations on all operational aspects of project
• Work with project and partners to develop work plans and check progress to ensure these are completed.
• To provide support to create an activities and workshops curriculum for refugees

B. Manage a quality service

• Monitor the referral process to ensure a smooth and efficient system
• Facilitate Case Management Team meetings
• Provide support to WHH procurement department to develop the specification for goods and services to be procured.
• Work closely with WHH operational teams (finance, logistics, M&E, communications) to ensure a quality delivery of services

C. Reporting and recording

• Maintain accurate and confidential client records
• Manage a quality service for programmes
• Monitor a referral process to ensure a smoot and efficient system

D. Monitoring

• Supervise monitoring of project activities
• Work with the teams to analyse feedback, monitoring data to improve service

E. General

Respect confidentiality and the rights of the clients

In addition to the above, the Senior Project Officer may be asked to carry out other duties requested by the Project Manager or Supervisor. 

Required Qualifications:      

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in social sciences/international relations/international law or the relevant field
• Work Experience: 3 years professional in the field of protection sector, preferably in a non-profit organization
• Skills/knowledge: good command of Microsoft office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point)Language Skills: fluent in written and oral Turkish and of English. Knowledge of Arabic and/or Kurdish is an asset
• Personality requirements:
  • To have knowledge about the Turkish legal framework and social welfare system, inter-agency standards and guidelines
  • To have team management skills
  • To have decision-making skills for acting on policies and strategies
  • To have problem-solving abilities
  • Stress resistance, to stay calm and polite even in high workload situations
  • Ability to handle all types of calls/problems in a non-judgmental and friendly manner
  • Good communication skills
  • Ability to build positive relationships in a cross-cultural environment.
  • Honest, hardworking and a self-motivated person able to work in a dynamic environment
  • It is preferred that the candidate is familiar with the South-eastern context of Turkey.
  • Ability to travel within Turkey

Whilst employed by Welthungerhilfe, the Senior Project Officer is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of all information obtained in the course of work.

Submission Guidelines:

The applicants should submit a cover letter and CV in English with the subject Job Application – TUR1003 Senior Project Officer to the gelbasla.com no later than October 18, 2019 

WHH reserves the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline.

A cover letter must include salary expectations, inform about the applicant’s citizenship, and indicate a date when the applicant is available to start working at WHH.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Welthungerhilfe reserves the right to fill in the position before the deadline due to urgency.