Job ID
47865
Job Title
Community-Led Initiatives Coordinator
To work for
The Stabilization Support Unit (SSU)
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Social Services - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
General Role:
The Stabilization Support Unit (SSU) / Stabilization Institution is seeking to recruit a Community-Led Initiatives Coordinator in Aleppo Governorate.
This role is responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing community-led initiatives with local communities, volunteer teams, and relevant stakeholders to strengthen participation and address priority needs in targeted areas.
Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing initiatives, overseeing implementation, measuring impact, and ensuring proper documentation. The position requires strong planning, coordination, and community engagement skills, along with commitment to humanitarian principles, transparency, accountability, and data protection.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct regular assessments in intervention areas through focus group discussions and field visits with volunteer teams, in addition to mapping available resources and community needs in coordination with outreach teams.
- Develop community-led initiatives through a participatory approach with local communities, identify implementation modalities in coordination with the Volunteer Team Coordinator and relevant teams, and prepare comprehensive initiative proposals including objectives, implementation plans, and budgets, then share them with relevant stakeholders.
- Implement community initiatives while ensuring active community participation throughout all stages of implementation, and monitor progress in line with approved plans and required technical and administrative standards.
- Prepare final reports after implementation, including actual expenditures and reconciliation with supporting documents (receipts and invoices), while coordinating with the Media Officer to document activities through photos and videos and annex them to the reports.
- Document success stories after implementation and include them in reports to strengthen learning and accountability, while ensuring proper archiving of all related documents (proposals, meeting minutes, final reports, etc.).
- Follow up on all phases of initiative implementation, starting from trust-building with local communities through to final closure, and measure impact using appropriate evaluation tools to assess achievement of objectives.
- Prepare detailed monthly work plans in coordination with the team and submit them at the beginning of each month, while monitoring implementation and ensuring adherence to plans and targets.
- Support team capacity development and continuously generate new initiative ideas, while integrating them into the overall strategy of the Unit to maximize impact.
- Fully comply with the policies, objectives, and values of the Stabilization Support Unit, while maintaining strict confidentiality of beneficiaries’ data and privacy, and participating in trainings and meetings as required.
- Perform any other duties related to community-led initiatives as assigned by direct management.
The Stabilization Support Unit (SSU) / Stabilization Institution is seeking to recruit a Community-Led Initiatives Coordinator in Aleppo Governorate.
This role is responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing community-led initiatives with local communities, volunteer teams, and relevant stakeholders to strengthen participation and address priority needs in targeted areas.
Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing initiatives, overseeing implementation, measuring impact, and ensuring proper documentation. The position requires strong planning, coordination, and community engagement skills, along with commitment to humanitarian principles, transparency, accountability, and data protection.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct regular assessments in intervention areas through focus group discussions and field visits with volunteer teams, in addition to mapping available resources and community needs in coordination with outreach teams.
- Develop community-led initiatives through a participatory approach with local communities, identify implementation modalities in coordination with the Volunteer Team Coordinator and relevant teams, and prepare comprehensive initiative proposals including objectives, implementation plans, and budgets, then share them with relevant stakeholders.
- Implement community initiatives while ensuring active community participation throughout all stages of implementation, and monitor progress in line with approved plans and required technical and administrative standards.
- Prepare final reports after implementation, including actual expenditures and reconciliation with supporting documents (receipts and invoices), while coordinating with the Media Officer to document activities through photos and videos and annex them to the reports.
- Document success stories after implementation and include them in reports to strengthen learning and accountability, while ensuring proper archiving of all related documents (proposals, meeting minutes, final reports, etc.).
- Follow up on all phases of initiative implementation, starting from trust-building with local communities through to final closure, and measure impact using appropriate evaluation tools to assess achievement of objectives.
- Prepare detailed monthly work plans in coordination with the team and submit them at the beginning of each month, while monitoring implementation and ensuring adherence to plans and targets.
- Support team capacity development and continuously generate new initiative ideas, while integrating them into the overall strategy of the Unit to maximize impact.
- Fully comply with the policies, objectives, and values of the Stabilization Support Unit, while maintaining strict confidentiality of beneficiaries’ data and privacy, and participating in trainings and meetings as required.
- Perform any other duties related to community-led initiatives as assigned by direct management.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Project Management, International Relations, or any related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in community work, project management, or development initiatives, preferably with local or international NGOs.
- Proven experience in fieldwork and coordination with local communities and stakeholders.
- Good knowledge of humanitarian principles, community engagement, and accountability to affected populations.
- Strong skills in planning, proposal writing, project management, and reporting.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships with diverse community groups.
- Skills in community needs assessment and impact evaluation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and documentation/data management tools.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken.
- Ability to work under pressure and in diverse field environments.
- Commitment to professional values, integrity, respect for diversity, and non-discrimination.
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- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Project Management, International Relations, or any related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of professional experience in community work, project management, or development initiatives, preferably with local or international NGOs.
- Proven experience in fieldwork and coordination with local communities and stakeholders.
- Good knowledge of humanitarian principles, community engagement, and accountability to affected populations.
- Strong skills in planning, proposal writing, project management, and reporting.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to build relationships with diverse community groups.
- Skills in community needs assessment and impact evaluation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and documentation/data management tools.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken.
- Ability to work under pressure and in diverse field environments.
- Commitment to professional values, integrity, respect for diversity, and non-discrimination.
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Salary and Benefits
TBA (to be announced later)
About us
The Stabilization Support Unit (SSU) is a Syrian non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2016 with the aim of promoting stability and peacebuilding in Syria. The organization implements integrated programs in the areas of governance, economic empowerment, social cohesion, and civic engagement, with a particular focus on the inclusion of women, youth, and marginalized groups.
Operating through its offices in Gaziantep, Aleppo, Damascus, and Azaz, SSU adopts an institutional approach grounded in transparency and accountability, and has built strategic partnerships with international organizations and donors from Europe, the Gulf, and the United States.
SSU envisions a democratic Syria founded on peace, justice, and equal opportunity. Its mission is to empower Syrians to lead the stabilization and recovery process through impactful, community-responsive interventions that foster sustainable development.
Its areas of work include promoting good governance, supporting livelihoods, peacebuilding, women and youth empowerment, independent media support, and strengthening the capacities of civil society actors.
Operating through its offices in Gaziantep, Aleppo, Damascus, and Azaz, SSU adopts an institutional approach grounded in transparency and accountability, and has built strategic partnerships with international organizations and donors from Europe, the Gulf, and the United States.
SSU envisions a democratic Syria founded on peace, justice, and equal opportunity. Its mission is to empower Syrians to lead the stabilization and recovery process through impactful, community-responsive interventions that foster sustainable development.
Its areas of work include promoting good governance, supporting livelihoods, peacebuilding, women and youth empowerment, independent media support, and strengthening the capacities of civil society actors.
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Posted On
Apr 15, 2026
Expiry Date
May 15, 2026
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