Country: Turkey
Closing date: 15 Jun 2017
Position: Education Officer – Gaziantep (2 positions)
Base Location: Gaziantep, with frequent field visits in Turkey & Syria.
Reporting To: Education Coordinator
Line Management Responsibilities: Project staff and/or Liaison with partner organization as applicable.
Contract Duration: One year with possibility of extension
Desired Start Date: ASAP
Closing Date: June 15, 2017
About Qatar Charity: Qatar Charity (QC) is a non-governmental organization working in both relief and development. With a considerable regional capacity, QC is a leading humanitarian organization in the Middle East region committed to transforming adversity into revival for the world's most vulnerable populations. By working with beneficiaries and communities, QC is keen to develop the links and continuum between relief activities and long term community development projects.
In the performance of its activities in cooperation with different humanitarian and development partners, Qatar Charity is committed to the principles of partnership such as equality, transparency, responsibility, and integration. QC is also committed to the fundamental humanitarian principles of independence, neutrality and impartiality.
For the last three decades, Qatar Charity has achieved both consistent and considerable growth in terms of its operations and institutionalization and is currently working in more than 70 countries across the world, with field offices in 32 countries.
QC has a membership of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Since 1997; and is a member of various fora and networks the recent being the START Network. QC is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs since 2009.
Job Purpose:
To design, plan, implement and supervise implementation of the education projects in side Syria and with refugees in Turkey ensuring that (i) all the deliverables are achieved in line with the budget plans and time schedules and (ii) periodic reports are prepared and delivered to the relevant stakeholders.
Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties:
Develop understanding of the QC education projects and programs in terms of overall goals, objectives, activities, budget and strategic alignment with the long term strategy;
Design and conduct need assessments, developing need assessment reports and develop project proposals under the guidance of the Education Coordinator;
Develop and maintain effective coordination with field teams and relevant staff of partner organizations to ensure that the effective projects and program planning is being done and regularly revised in view of the change on-ground situations;
Ensure that necessary links are being developed and maintained with the external stakeholders and particularly with the education cluster and the relevant government authorities;
Share regular project updates, reviews and reports with the Line Manager and other relevant stakeholders as per the agreed timeline;
Coordinate with the field staff ensuring that all the project related risks are regularly reviewed, re-identified and amicably addressed; regularly updating the management accordingly;
Develop and/or review and verify the work progress and financial progress reports coming from the project staff/partners, ensuring that the compliance with the programs and operational SOPs are maintained and the donor terms and conditions are effectively achieved;
Timely respond to the feedback shared by the MEAL Department while sharing the rectification measures taken to address the identified gaps; ensuring that high level of integrity, transparency and quality-sensitive attitude is consistently demonstrated in this process;
Coordinate with the Operations Department by addressing their feedback on operational compliance issues in project implementation wherever required;
Conduct periodic project reviews with the field teams on weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis and to stay fully up-dated on the project performance and progress while settling the issues as far as possible;
Stay up-dated on the new need assessments, research reports published from sectoral players, conduct need assessments and contribute in conducting situation analysis as and when required;
Help the team members develop good capacity and become well-conversed on the humanitarian principles, Education in Emergencies principles and other relevant global standards;
Comply with any other organizational policy, approach, decision which may be released from time to time;
Perform any other task as assigned by the Line Manager.
Job Requirements:
A degree in Education, Education Planning & Management or any other relevant field
Project planning and management experience of 2 years at least.
Fluency in both oral and written English and Arabic is essential; Turkish will be of high advantage
QC employees are expected to work in accordance with the Organization’s core values, aims and objectives. They should be sympathetic to the cultural norms of behavior QC believes in.
How to apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CVs, a motivation letter and 3 references to: hr@qcharity.org.tr by June 15, 2017, mentioning the position they applied for in the email Subject. Kindly note that this position is for local hires.
Please bear in mind that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. QC will carry out screening checks and will take out references on your behalf.
Because of the urgency of this post, interviews will be taken as soon as applications are received.
