Job ID
46572
Job Title
Deputy Head of Sub-Delegation
To work for
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross
Country
Syria
City
Aleppo
Field of Work
Operations - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
- Contributes to analysing the humanitarian, political and security environment in order to identify humanitarian needs in the area of responsibility and to defining the sub-delegation's operational strategies and objectives.
- Leads Aleppo Sub-Delegation operational departments to implement their operational activities based on Aleppo Sub-Delegation operational plan of action, which are aligned with the overall ICRC operation strategy in Syria, and integrated response to achieve more sustainable and measurable outcomes.
- Leads the coordinated multi-sectoral/multidisciplinary approach between the operational departments to improve the quality of services provided to beneficiaries and support.
- Supervise implementation and monitor operational issues, programmes, and activities under their responsibility, in coordination with the respective Heads of Departments and Field Team Leaders, to promote integrated area-based approaches across assistance and protection teams.
- Contributes to representing the ICRC and interacts with several external stakeholders, namely Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other humanitarian actors.
- Contributes to defining and implementing the sub-delegation's security rules, in line with the overall security framework established by the delegation.
- Ensures timely and accurate internal reporting.
- Manages staff from the departments under supervision and manages the Sub-Delegation during Head of Sub-Delegation’s absence.
- Leads Aleppo Sub-Delegation operational departments to implement their operational activities based on Aleppo Sub-Delegation operational plan of action, which are aligned with the overall ICRC operation strategy in Syria, and integrated response to achieve more sustainable and measurable outcomes.
- Leads the coordinated multi-sectoral/multidisciplinary approach between the operational departments to improve the quality of services provided to beneficiaries and support.
- Supervise implementation and monitor operational issues, programmes, and activities under their responsibility, in coordination with the respective Heads of Departments and Field Team Leaders, to promote integrated area-based approaches across assistance and protection teams.
- Contributes to representing the ICRC and interacts with several external stakeholders, namely Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other humanitarian actors.
- Contributes to defining and implementing the sub-delegation's security rules, in line with the overall security framework established by the delegation.
- Ensures timely and accurate internal reporting.
- Manages staff from the departments under supervision and manages the Sub-Delegation during Head of Sub-Delegation’s absence.
Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent.
- Total 6 –10 years' professional experience in program management, and 5 years with the ICRC or other humanitarian organizations.
- Fluent in English.
- Computer proficiency.
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary team.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and exposure to a wide range of humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and related protection issues.
- Experience in security management.
- Experience in building relations with external contacts.
- Total 6 –10 years' professional experience in program management, and 5 years with the ICRC or other humanitarian organizations.
- Fluent in English.
- Computer proficiency.
- Experience in managing a multidisciplinary team.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and exposure to a wide range of humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and related protection issues.
- Experience in security management.
- Experience in building relations with external contacts.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Deadline to Apply is on the 8th of February 2026
Salary and Benefits
What We Offer
- Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment
- The opportunity to promote humanitarian values and to alleviate suffering.
- Attractive social benefits
- Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment
- The opportunity to promote humanitarian values and to alleviate suffering.
- Attractive social benefits
About us
Permanently present in Syria since 1967, the ICRC is a neutral, impartial, and independent organization with an exclusively humanitarian mission. The ICRC works closely with and supports the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) to meet food, water, and health needs of people affected by the fighting in both emergencies and to help them start rebuilding their lives. They work together to raise awareness about risks from mines and other explosive remnants. The ICRC works to restore links between families who have been separated by the conflict and migration, visits a number of prisons, promotes respect for international humanitarian law. The ICRC also provides advice and support to local authorities and forensics practitioners in managing human remains with respect and dignity. The ICRC's operation in Syria is its largest in the world.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Jan 26, 2026
Expiry Date
Feb 10, 2026
CV Language
English
