**Work Location: Aleppo**

**Contract end date/duration: 31st December 2026**

**Contract renewable: Renewable based on Budget Availability**

**Contract Type: Service contract**

**Line Manager: FSL Program Manager**

**This position is open for National Syrian**

**Position Summary**

The Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL) Program Coordinator is a key member of FSL team, supporting the FSL Program Manager to ensure the high-quality, timely and compliant delivery of the organization’s Food Security and Livelihoods interventions within the assigned hub.

The coordinator leads the day-to-day delivery of assigned hub-level projects, implemented directly by field teams or through local partners, consultants, and vendors, and works closely with organization’s support functions (finance, grants, procurement, risk management, MEAL, etc.). Where staff are assigned, the coordinator provides direct supervision and strengthens the capacity of local partner organizations to deliver market-oriented, gender-sensitive, and climate resilient FSL programs.

The role represents the organization in hub-level and sub-national FSL coordination forums, Early Recovery & Livelihoods working groups and cash coordination mechanisms, contributing operational evidence to assessments, market analyses, learning reviews and proposal development.

Cross-cutting priorities include gender equality and the empowerment of women and youth, inclusive and climate-resilient programming, accountability to affected populations, and strict adherence to donor and organizational policies.

The employee is also required to;

1\. Remain aware of and comply with safety and security regulations/procedures and bear responsibility for personal safety and security while under contract.

2\. Comply with organization Policies which includes but not limited to Safeguarding Policy, Code of Conduct and other organizational and HR policies.

3\. The organization has a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse towards any person including our staff, representatives, partners, programme participants and members of the community where we work. We expect all staff, partners and related personnel to share this commitment by understanding, abiding by and working within the organization’s International Safeguarding Policy and related framework at all times whilst representing the organization.

4\. Ensure that all direct team members are aware of their responsibilities with the CI Safeguarding Policy commitments, including signing of the Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct, and completing induction and refresher trainings;

5\. Depending on specific role and responsibilities, may be requested to comply with the terms of additional policies, guidelines and related regulations, as and when necessary.

**Key Responsibilities**

1. **Program Implementation & Quality Assurance: 55 %**

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of all FSL activities within the hub, implemented either directly by field teams or through partners, consultants and vendors, ensuring full compliance with approved proposals, work-plans, budgets, donor rules and organization’s policies and standards.

Sector coordination and reporting:

• Serve as the sub-national FSL coordination focal point, submit monthly 4Ws/5Ws and other required updates.

• Prepare inputs for the organization’s situation reports and internal updates.

Assessment, planning & design:

• Coordinate and participate in conducting food security, livelihoods, and market assessments with partners and the field teams.

• Map and analyze market systems, value chains, and key stakeholders to inform targeting and program design.

• Coordinate partner inputs to develop and maintain detailed project plans and implementation schedules, including the creation of assessment tools and questionnaires.

• Coordinate partner inputs to support inclusive project planning and detail designs.

• Ensure all assessments, targeting, site selection, and implementation processes are gender-sensitive, inclusive, and conflict-sensitive, with meaningful participation of women and girls in decision-making and feedback mechanisms.

• Liaise with Procurement and Supply Chain teams to resolve delivery challenges and ensure timely implementation

Implementation oversight:

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation with the field teams, partners, and vendors to ensure smooth delivery of cash, voucher, agricultural or livelihood-support activities.

• Ensure market monitoring, post-distribution monitoring (PDM), and feedback mechanisms are in place, actively used, and regularly reviewed to inform program adaptation and align with the MEAL and activity plans

• Coordinate with MEAL and Risk teams to triangulate monitoring data, address implementation challenges, and ensure compliance with the organization’s accountability framework.

• Facilitate regular biweekly progress meetings with partners, vendors, and field teams to review work plans, budgets, and compliance; address challenges and bottlenecks; and escalate delays when necessary.

• Conduct regular site and vendor visits for technical supervision and quality monitoring, documenting findings and follow-up actions.

• Provide coordination and logistical support to field teams for smooth delivery

• Provide technical support on early recovery and FSL programming e.g, (Agriculture and VSLA interventions), ensuring teams and partners follow standards, tools, and processes.

• Strengthen the Area-Based Approach (ABA) to promote integrated, multi-sectoral responses in targeted locations.

Line Management (if applicable)

• The position currently has no staff directly reporting to it.

• If Program Officers are recruited in the future, the Coordinator will provide supervision, set objectives, offer coaching and mentoring, and conduct performance reviews.

• Ensure compliance with the organization’s safeguarding, PSEA, code of conduct, and safety and security procedures.

1. **Financial & Grant Compliance: 20%**

• Lead the development and modification of SGA packages with partners, and review financial payment requests (including partner payments, field consultants, and technical advisors) in coordination with the Finance Team.

• For the organization’s awards and partner subgrants, monitor and update burn rate and expenditure projections, under/overspend in coordination with partners and support teams.

• Prepare and update procurement pipelines and spending projections for each grant; update monthly with the finance team

• Flag and resolve under/overspend in coordination with partners.

• Review partner financial reports for accuracy and coherence with activity progress; flag issues for follow-up with Finance

• Ensure correct coding and eligibility for all activities.

• Maintain full, auditable grant documentation at the hub level and support donor or internal audits/spot-checks.

1. **Monitoring & Reporting: 10%**

• Support the drafting of donor narrative reports and ensure timely submission of partner inputs.

• Maintain a well-structured and regularly updated archiving system for all program documents, reports, and supporting materials, in alignment with the organization’s documentation standards.

• Contribute to the monitoring review reports for partners

• Follow up with partners and field teams on MEAL findings and corrective action plans to ensure accountability and program improvement.

1. **Program Development, Learning & Representation: 10%**

• Organize and facilitate trainings for partners, vendors, and staff on FSL standards, market-based programming, and inclusion.

• Lead learning and reflection sessions during and after implementation and document lessons learned.

• Organize end-of-project partner debriefs to capture key achievements and learning.

• Facilitate partner co-creation and design workshops for new proposals, ensuring learning and evidence from current implementation are incorporated into new project concepts.

• Lead or contribute to broader hub-level needs assessments, gender analysis, market assessments, post-implementation reviews or thematic studies that inform future program design, sector strategies, and proposal development.

• Provide hub-level inputs to new proposals, concept notes and budgets, ensuring gender-responsive and market-based approaches are reflected.

• Represent the organization in hub-level FSL cluster, Cash Working Group and Early Recovery & Livelihoods forums as delegated by the Program Manager.

• Document and share lessons learned and good practices in market-based and inclusive FSL programming.

1. **Any other responsibilities as assigned: 5%**

**Required Qualification, Skills and Experience**

- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 4–5 years of experience coordinating humanitarian or early recovery programs in complex or insecure environments.
- Certified VSLA and FFBS Trainer
- At least 3 years of experience managing or coordinating FSL, food security, cash/voucher or livelihoods projects.
- Proven experience working with and through local implementing partners, vendors and financial service providers.
- Experience with grant and budget monitoring, burn-rate tracking, variance analysis and donor compliance in multi-donor programs.
- Strong understanding of market systems, value chains and basic economic principles in crisis-affected contexts.
- Experience designing and analyzing needs assessments, market assessments and post-distribution monitoring.
- Demonstrated ability to mainstream gender, protection and inclusion into FSL programming and ensure meaningful community participation.
- Advanced written and spoken English; Arabic language skills essential.
- Strong computer skills (Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, plus familiarity with Kobo or similar data collection platforms).
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively under stress in emergency settings.

**Desirable:**

- Additional training in Market Systems Development (MSD), Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), or Livelihoods programming.
- Experience working with CI or similar international NGOs.
- Familiarity with livelihoods recovery, MSME support and resilience programming.

**Safeguarding Commitments**

The organization has a zero-tolerance approach toward sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We will carefully examine allegations and investigate, and take appropriate disciplinary action where this is needed, taking into consideration the rights and interests of the survivor, consistent with the organization’s survivor-centred approach. We make very clear that sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse in any form, perpetrated by our staff, partners or other related personnel, towards anyone, will not be tolerated.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, handicap, disability, or marital status.