Turkey: Project Officer

Role Purpose:

The Project Officer will support and supervise in the implementation of program activities, supporting partners, data collection, organizing evaluations and support communications activities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow-up project planning and management of implementation sector projects.
• Identify gaps in the management of projects and supporting the field team in addressing these gaps.
• Prepare field reports for projects and assisting in editing.
• Provide close support to program managers.
• Provide support to project includes guidance on project start-up, compliance reporting and documentation requirements and grant life cycle management.
• Follow up of 4W provided by donors.
• Provide close coordination between main office in Turkey and support offices and colleagues inside Syria.
• Attend cluster coordination meetings, when assigned to, to ensure adequate reporting to team on outcomes, and convey recommendations and improvement areas and mechanisms to SEMA.
• Support the finance department by coordinating project budget’s as assigned by line manager and coordination with other departments within the organization, where needed.
• Conduct regular field visits to make sure all program activities are on time, being managed well and to assess any issues or challenges.
• Assist in proposal’s writing.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of SEMA’s quality of work.
• Promote and model a positive, professional and respectful office culture.
• Any other duties assigned by line manager when required

Qualification, Experiences and Competencies:

• A Bachelor degree from a recognized university with at least 2 years of experience in a similar position and duties in NGOs or INGOs
• Strong Knowledge in key donor reporting rules and regulations e.g. ECHO, UNPFA, DFID, UNICEF, OFDA...., will be a plus.
• Rich experience in Project management methodologies and standards (preferably Project Management for Development certificate would be an asset),
• Ability to take initiative and work without supervision.
• People management skills that include diplomacy
• Ability to work with diverse people, communities, and cultures, with an understanding of cultural awareness practices.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint),
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent skills in English and Arabic

Key Performance Indicators:

• Timely and quality technical advice and support
• Leadership skills
• Quality reports and other strategic documents drafted and submitted in a timely manner
• Timely and quality knowledge products
• Service and work Quality
• Strong relationships with various partners
• SEMA is well represented in important meetings on topics related to expertise

Competencies

- Core Values

• Integrity
• Professionalism
• Respect
• Team Spirit
• Persistence
• Respect for Diversity

- Core Competencies:

• Displays positive attitude
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability
• Accountability
• Creative Problem Solving
• Effective Communication; Facilitating and encouraging open communication in the team
• Managing conflict
• Learning and sharing knowledge and encourage the learning of others
• Leading by Example
• Client Orientation

SEMA Offers:

• A challenging and exciting position in a positive and professional environment.
• Fixed term contract 42.5 h/per week with possibility of extension based on performance and available budget.
• On-the-job training and orientation opportunities.
• Opportunity to take initiative and release your ideas and plans.
• Passionate team to work with.

PSEA, Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policies

SEMA explicitly prohibits and will not tolerate any forms of discrimination, abuse, exploitation, harassment, violations (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. Employees of SEMA and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, abuse or exploitation (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside SEMA as we consider involvement of humanitarian workers in acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or any other kind of discrimination is a grave violation of our responsibility to do no harm and to protect people affected by crises.

Child Protection Policy

Child abuse in all its forms is unacceptable to SEMA, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its activities. SEMA is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

SEMA is looking for high potential-**talented** and professional with positive attitude persons.

You are interested!

We encourage you to check out the opportunities at SEMA and join our team!

If you are interested in the above post, you can visit our vacancies page in SEMA website and apply for it by filling out the application.

https://www.sema-sy.org/jobs-vacancies/.

We appreciate your interest in joining professional team of SEMA.

We encourage females to apply for this position

SEMA's team is waiting for the new talented member.

Deadline of applying will be 10th of October