Project Coordinator Syria
Trócaire, Syrian Arab Republic
Job Description
About Trócaire
Trócaire is an International NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create.Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world.Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We work towards five goals:
• Promote Access to Justice;
• Achieve Climate amp; Environmental Justice;
• Ensure Women amp; Girls’ Protection, Voice amp; Influence;
• Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity and
• Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.
Our work is rooted in our values of Solidarity, Courage, Participation, Perseverance and Accountability.
Find out more about Trocaire on Trocaire.org.
The Trócaire Lebanon and Syria Response works through local partners and focuses on delivering an integrated humanitarian response that includes the provision of basic, livelihood, and protection assistance and the strengthening of the social cohesion of the local communities. As a partnership agency, Trócaire works with a portfolio of local partner organisations to strengthen their capacities to deliver humanitarian assistance in a way that ensures compliance with international standards.
Trócaire is recruiting a Project Coordinator based in Damascus to support managing the partnerships with local partner organizations including: representation and coordination, capacity strengthening, coaching and mentoring of local partners, overseeing the implementation of active projects and ensuring compliance. The Project Coordinator will also support the development of new programmes. In coordination with Basic Assistance and Livelihoods Manager (BALM) the Head of Programmes, the Project Coordinator will be expected to provide close support and accompaniment to partners in the management of ongoing programming a role which requires excellent project management, communication, coordination, planning, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting skills as well support in the development of new programme opportunities.
As Trócaire works in partnership, this role will include accompaniment to local organisations, as well as building strong relationships with partner organisations and other relevant stakeholders, including humanitarian agencies and networks. The post holder will liaise closely with relevant counterparts from partner organisations, ensuring high levels of programme quality, effective project management and compliance with donor requirements; while strengthening Trócaire’s capacity to support and mentor partner staff, providing technical/administrative support in every aspect of project management, organising, and facilitating trainings for partners.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
· Support partners in kicking off projects and developing project work plans in line with the agreed scope and scale.
· Ownership and leadership of timely start and effective delivery of Trócaire’s work plans for the related ICSP funded projects in Syria, in line with the agreed project locations, scope, and activities.
· Support the BALM and contribute to setting and implementing program work plans in line with the Trocaire’s approach and project scope.
· Working with the Trócaire peers and colleagues from other units to support partners with the preparation of timely and quality consolidated donor reports for the various project outcomes.
· Support and provide input to the BALM in the review of the partner budget expenses against project progress as per the reporting requirements and plans.
· Conduct field visits to partner project locations and with the support of line, and MEAL Manager, ensure that the agreed monitoring and evaluation (Mamp;E) tools are in place, ensuring strong ongoing monitoring of activities and tracking of progress against relevant results frameworks.
· Support in conducting or analysing findings from the evaluation of project activities, documenting lessons learned through case studies and reflection workshops.
· Support the development of new projects through providing input, analysis, and proposed activities.
· Keep abreast and inform Trocaire team of latest developments in Protection and Basic Assistance trends, especially related to active areas of work, and support revisions to link Trócaire’s approach to best practice in the sector.
· Support and provide inputs to the BALM in the design, development of new protection projects, and funding proposals.
· Support in the design and rollout of new projects in the allocated locations within ICSP and other fundings scopes.
· Join Program meetings as planned, required and relevant.
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