Turkey: EDUCATION CENTER COORDINATOR - Syrian Nationals only

Title: Center Coordinator

Reports to: Senior Program Officer

Duration: 10 months

Location: Gaziantep (Turkey)

ABOUT RI: Relief International (RI) is a leading global change organization and home to teams of humanitarian activist-professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with beneficiaries and communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long-term community development.

Position Summary: The Center Coordinator is responsible for ensuring maintenance and properly functioning of the community center by following regular financially and administrative tasks which is related to functioning of the community center. The Center Coordinator works within coordination of Teacher’s Coordinator, PSS Specialists, Outreach and Referral Coordinator and other staff working on the field.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

General Responsibilities:

• Collect all documents related to the center, partner and beneficiaries’ (ex: attendance sheets, minutes of meetings, evaluations, beneficiaries’ files, reports, pictures etc.).
• Participate in the community center management meetings on monthly basis;
• Evaluate constantly the quality of the services provided in the community center;
• Assist the teachers’ coordinator and other staff in the detailed planning of and reporting on the community center activities;
• Set the daily/weekly/monthly work plan, in coordination with the Senior Program Officers;
• Conduct monthly coordination meetings with the community center staff and volunteers;
• Finance/Admin/HR:
• Assess procurement needs, coordinate and supervise the correctness of RI’s finance/hr/admin procedures in collaboration with the program management team;
• Follow up on all payments and Ensure timely and supervise payments in his/her sector of responsibility;
• Ensure community center staff’s application of RI Policies (such as RI Code of Conduct, Children Protection, Reporting Misconduct) and community center guidelines, as well any other guidelines developed by RI;
• Organize administrative/financial/logistics matters related to the center activity*Reporting :*
• · Organize and ensure a timely, proper written weekly reporting and report daily if needed on problems faced;
• · Prepare the weekly report for his/her sector of responsibility;
• · Prepare the monthly report for his/her sector of responsibility;

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferably related to social work
• Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience
• Previous experience in managing community centers and development projects or community
• mobilization
• Previous experience in the NGO sector or in emergency work is a plus
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Previous experience in managing large groups
• Good computer skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel…)
• Well-developed organizational and planning skills
• Self-motivation and strong team spirit
• Ability to speak, read and write English and Arabic proficiently. Turkish is an asset.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills;
• Flexibility in terms of working hours and areas of intervention
• Ability to work under pressure and in a stressful environment

In case you meet the requirements and that you are interested in the position, please send your CV in English to hrturkey@ri.org before the 18th September stating in the subject "CENTER COORDINATOR".

Please note that the position may be filled before the deadline of submission of applications