Early Recovery/Livelihood (Family Strengthening) Program Coordinator-(re-advertised)

Syria

Administrative - Social Services - Humanitarian/Disasters

Finished or Exempted (For male)

Program Development and Management
- Lead the development and implementation of the FSP in line with the SOS Children's Villages Program Policy and related international and national SOS policies, strategies, quality standards and guidelines.
- Lead the implementation of the programme management cycle in FSP to ensure that interventions are relevant to the local context, respond to the needs of the target group and contribute to the development of sustainable social support systems.
- Coordinate and supervise the overall process of case management applied in the FSP, including the establishment of the multidisciplinary team, case discussions, caseload regulations etc.
- Coordinate the development of a comprehensive programme service package in cooperation with partners.
- Support capacity-building of programme implementation partners (community-based organizations or structures, self-help groups, local NGOs or local authorities) to ensure the long-term sustainability of service delivery and ongoing development of the programme unit in the future.
- Support CVPD in the development of detailed psycho-pedagogical concepts for new types of interventions within the family strengthening programme unit.
- Regularly report on FS activities, progress towards targets to CVPD and relevant National Office functions and/or child protection authorities as required by national legislation.

Monitoring and Evaluation
- Ensure quality management within the FSP and implement the recommendation from national and international quality audits and/or evaluations.
- Ensure that proper monitoring and evaluation system is put in place and applied in the FSP.
- Lead the self-evaluation and/or external evaluation processes of FS programme.
- Implements the programme database in FSP, monitors the quality of data entry, uses database reports for planning, monitoring and evaluation, support users with content questions, collect regularly information about new content updates and suggestions from family strengthening programme staff and report them to CVPD.

Human Resources development
- Ensure the effective implementation of the HR Cycle in the FSP following national legal requirements and SOS guidelines.
- Propose to CVPD appropriate staffing patterns to ensure the provision of quality services in family strengthening.
- Coordinate the involvement of volunteers in the Family Strengthening programme and ensures effective human resource systems are implemented for them, including job descriptions, regular review sessions/ trainings, in line with defined practices of the MA.
- Provide regular professional guidance, supervision and support to the FS team in accordance with approved strategies, policies of the organization and national legislation.
- Participate in intervision sessions as well as individual or group external supervision.

Financial and administrative management
- Implement financial and administrative procedures within the programme unit in accordance with defined policies, guidelines and standards and in consultation with financial support staff.
- Support CVPD during the budgeting process in the location.
- Monitor budget expenditures in the programme unit, in order to ensure that funds are properly used and in line with the annual plan and budget.
- Continually look for ways to provide quality services in a cost-effective manner.

Partnership building and advocacy.
- Support CVPD in partnership and network building, which provide the families with a package of complementary services.
- Coordinate service delivery from different providers on programme unit level to ensure continuity and comprehensiveness of interventions for the families.
- Upon the request of CVPD, represent the organization at relevant local networks, forums, platforms, campaigns, working groups and advocate on behalf of the organization for the promotion of child rights, especially related to children from the target group.

Fund Development and public relations
- Support CVPD and other NO functions in identification of local funding sources and application for grants and other forms of local income, such as donations in kind and government subsidies.
- Prepare programme unit information as required for public relations and fund development purposes.

Knowledge Management
- Document and share good practices and lessons learned within the programme unit to support organizational learning.
- Exchange regularly with other FS co-workers in national network meetings.
- Keep regular track of latest developments in social work area as well as changes in national legislation, policies and practices related to children in the target group.
- Participate on behalf of the MA in research projects and/or national studies.

Child Protection (SC)
- Responsible to raise awareness of the SOS Child Protection Policy principles and to protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
- Carries out CS risk assessment within his/her area of work and ensures that relevant actions are put in place to mitigate the existing and possible CS risks.
- Ensures strong focus on CS prevention by organizing informal and formal discussions, workshops and other capacity buildings activities for children and young people to make them understand CS risks and protection mechanisms
- Responsible to report any CS suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Child Safeguarding reporting procedures. CS reports should be made to the CS team at programme level and/or to the respective line manager.

 Good knowledge and experience in ERL (early recovery & livelihood) programmes.
 Good knowledge and experience in children and families development programmes
 Additional education in the field complementary to the basic education (pedagogy/management)
 Experience and readiness to work in a team, ability to lead teamwork.
 Experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation.
 Readiness to improve his/her qualifications.

SOS Children's Villages Syria, a nonprofit, nongovernmental association that is committed to responding to the social development needs of society's most vulnerable children and young people. We establish facilities and programs that aim to strengthen families and prevent the abandonment of children. We join hands with community members to provide education, protection, and alternative care services.

SOS Children's Villages Syria is a branch of the International Federation of Children's Villages, based in Austria and spread out in 136 countries worldwide. It was founded in Syria in 1975, and since then, we have been working to ensure that children and young people without parental care or at risk of losing it grow up with the needed support and care to become their strongest selves.

SOS Children's Villages strives to maintain a recruitment process that is open and competitive for all candidates. SOS supports employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Jul 09, 2024

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