Vacancy for Project Officer
(Turkish National Only)
“We Work, Build and Promote”
IYD – Humanitarian Relief Association
Deadline for applications: 10/04/2020
Position: Project Officer (Turkish National Only).
Location: Turkey-Gaziantep.
Working Area: Office.
About: IYD – Humanitarian Relief Association:
IYD is a Turkish, non-governmental, non-profit and has no political association working in various fields of humanitarian relief, development, and education.
IYD was established early 2013 in Turkey.
IYD was registered in 2014 with a license No. (34-203/022) and it has been working according to Turkish Organizations Law No. /5253/ under the name: ULUSLARARASI INSANI YARDIMLAŞMA DERNEĞI
IYD’s office are spread throughout Turkey and Syria as following:
- Turkey: Istanbul – Gaziantep.
- Syria: Aleppo – Idleb.
IYD vision:
In science and work, pioneers in developing ways of life to draw smiles and instill hope.
IYD mission:
To provide the best services to develop the affected societies, meeting the basic needs according to the international standards and within a unique ethical methodology.
Our values:
- Respecting others
- Transparency
- Teamwork
- Creativity
- Independency
- Neutrality
IYD strategic goals:
- Working on ensuring a decent life for all the affected people.
- Rehabilitation and construction of the damaged infrastructure.
- Securing the daily basic needs.
- Raising and revitalizing the capacities of the Syrian Civil Society.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Project Officer
Project / Department Title: WFP Project
Direct supervisor / Reports to: Project Manager
Overall objective of the job:
The project officer provide support to the project manager in term of communicating, reporting, response to complaints, and attend and participate in meetings. Taking the initiative in monitoring the distribution process of food support. Leading the outreach activities, and coordinate with other stakeholders. Contribute to the development of the activities of the project.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Prepare the daily distribution trackers.
- Prepare the daily and weekly reports.
- Communicate with the field team and collect feedback from the team members.
- Response to the complaints through the assigned mechanism.
- Ensure the gender and protections principles are implemented during the distribution.
- Take notes and prepare Minutes of Meetings and share it with the team.
- Take the lead on following up with other supporting department (HR, Procurement, and MEAL).
- Providing technical support to project manager in preparation of monthly, quarterly reports and trackers.
- Take the lead on any community outreach activities.
- Performs other assigned tasks within the overall scope of his/her role.
Qualifications:
- Master’s/Bachelor’s degree in economics, social sciences or other related disciplines.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and verbal.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office programs including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint in a professional way.
Experiences & Abilities:
- At least 2 years of relevant experience in project implementation positions in a humanitarian context, preferably in food distribution.
- Excellent knowledge of the Humanitarian Reform process and the role of the humanitarian community (UN System and NGO).
- Significant experience in relief setting with food distribution management or managerial experience.
- Demonstrated flexibility and creativity in planning and problem solving.
- Excellent oral communication and written English skills required.
- Applied knowledge in program management, project formulation, its program cycles, and reporting standards.
- Program planning and management skills.
- Ability to organize and facilitate training sessions.
- Ability to develop capacity building frameworks and work plans.
- Commitment to IYD core value and principles.
- Excellent leadership, coordination, and representation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal.
- Self-starter with ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Good organizational, multitasking and time-management skills.
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a diverse range of people.
- Proven administrative and IT skills, and an ability to maintain accurate records.
Physical and personality traits required:
- Ability to travel to field locations.
- Flexible and able to work well under pressure
- Capable of working collaboratively with team members to achieve objectives.
Submission:
Interested candidates should use the following link for registration
http://tiny.cc/IYD20-FSL60-PO-TR-31MAR
We are strongly encouraging females to apply for this position.
General Information:
- Applicants should be (Turkish National Only).
- Multi-sent CVs will be ignored (please send your CV only one time at a time).
- No resume will be reviewed after the specified date for receiving CV’s to the announced vacancy.
- IYD is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.
- IYD does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
- IYD is not able to respond to every applicant individually due to the anticipated high number of applications.
- IYD retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy, to cancel the recruitment, to offer a contract with a modified job description or for a different duration, or to offer a contract at a lower grade.
We thank all applicants; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
Shortlisting and interviews could be done before the application closing date.
Website: https://iydrelief.org