
For more than 75 years, World Vision has been committed to making a positive and lasting difference in the world. We have become a global leader in improving and transforming the lives of children, their families, and their communities. We help children, families, and communities overcome poverty and injustice, irrespective of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Every child deserves a life rich in meaning and purpose. We work with the most vulnerable children in the world so they can experience life in all its fullness.
Job purpose:
The Project(s) Coordinator will serve as the primary focal point for at least two projects in Raqqa and other parts of NES if needed, reporting to the NES Area Manager. He/she will lead project implementation across multiple sectors, including Early Recovery and Livelihoods/MPCA, Peacebuilding, WASH, Education, and Protection, through a hybrid modality that combines direct WVI interventions and partner-led activities.
The Coordinator will oversee both delivery streams, ensuring technical quality, donor compliance, and timely achievement of project targets. This includes managing budgets, tracking expenditures, conducting regular field visits, and providing on-site technical guidance to staff and partners
1. Coordination:
· Serve as the primary focal point for the coordination of two projects in Raqqa, ensuring alignment with WVI’s strategic objectives and donor requirements.
· Liaise with internal departments, including Finance, GAM, MEAL, SCM, Communications, Technical Teams, Field Operations, and others, to ensure smooth and integrated project implementation.
· Maintain close coordination with partners, local authorities, UN agencies, working groups, and other humanitarian actors to enhance synergies, promote complementarity, and avoid duplication of efforts.
· Facilitate bi‑weekly coordination meetings with partners and project staff to review progress, address operational challenges, and plan upcoming activities.
2. Implementation and Follow-Up:
· Ensure that each project has a well‑designed Project Information Management System (PMIS) dashboard that captures all project aspects, and use the system to plan, track, and report on progress.
· Oversee the day‑to‑day implementation of project activities across multiple sectors, ensuring activities are delivered in line with workplans, timelines, and sectoral standards.
· Manage both direct WVI interventions and partner‑led activities, ensuring quality standards and compliance with donor and organizational policies.
· Liaise with logistics and procurement teams to ensure timely delivery of project inputs and supplies.
· Conduct regular field visits to monitor progress, provide technical guidance, and verify that activities remain responsive to community needs and context.
· Identify implementation challenges and work with relevant teams to develop practical solutions and mitigation measures.
· Support community engagement and beneficiary selection processes, ensuring they are carried out in line with agreed criteria and uphold principles of transparency and accountability.
3. Reporting and Documentation
· Ensure timely and accurate submission of narrative and financial reports in line with donor requirements as per the MoU and WVI standards.
· Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including activity reports, PMIS updates, meeting minutes, incident reports, and other relevant records.
· Support the development and periodic update of project work plans/PIP, procurement plans, budget plans, and logical frameworks.
· Support data collection and documentation of lessons learned and challenges in collaboration with the MEAL team.
· Work with the Communications team to document success stories and best practices to inform future programming and contribute to organizational learning.
· Contribute to internal and donor reports as required, ensuring accuracy and consistency in coordination with NES AM, MEAL, Finance, Communications, GAM and other.
4. Additional Responsibilities
· Support the NES Area Manager in proposal development and resource mobilization efforts.
· Contribute to the development of capacity building plans for project staff and partners.
· Represent WVI in relevant coordination forums, working groups, local authorities, communities, donor meetings as required, and other stakeholders as needed.
· Participate in internal planning and meetings and review sessions with the NES team.
· Ensure safeguarding, Do No Harm, and inclusion principles are applied throughout the project
· Perform any other duties as assigned by the NES Area Manager, consistent with the scope of the role.
1. Required Professional Experience:
· 5–7 years of relevant professional experience in humanitarian or development programs, preferably in Northeast Syria or similar complex contexts.
· Proven experience in program management, including planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.
· Demonstrated experience in team leadership and staff capacity building.
· Strong background in coordination with local authorities, UN agencies, and INGOs.
· Experience in budget management and donor compliance (e.g., BMZ, BHA, ECHO, ADH etc.).
· Prior experience in early recovery programming is an asset.
2. Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification:
· University degree (Bachelor’s or Master’s) in a relevant field such as International Development, Humanitarian Studies, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
· Fluency in both Arabic and English (written and spoken) is required.
· Certifications in areas such as Project Management (e.g., PMP, Prince2), Monitoring and Evaluation, Humanitarian Standards (e.g., SPHERE, CHS), Safeguarding, and PSEA are considered strong assets.
3. Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
· Strong understanding of the political, social, and security dynamics in Northeast Syria.
· Knowledge of local governance structures, tribal dynamics, and community engagement approaches.
· Familiarity with German funding requirements and reporting standards.
· Experience in livelihoods, food security, protection, or WASH programming.
· Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
· Ability to work under pressure and in volatile security environments.
· Knowledge of organizational safeguarding policies and commitment to gender equality and inclusion.
4. Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
· The position will be based in Raqqa, with a requirement and willingness to travel to other WV project sites, including Hassakeh and other locations across NES, as needed.
5. Physical Requirements
· The position requires a strong field presence and a high level of commitment to program implementation.
6. Language Requirements
· Fluent in Arabic and English, spoken and written
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