Job ID
45536
Job Title
Project Coordinator
To work for
Jouri Research and Consultancy
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
Analysis/Statistic - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
About the Role:
Our company is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Project Coordinator to lead and manage the entire field operation for a bid to provide Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) services to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria. This senior role bears ultimate responsibility for the effective and efficient implementation of the project, ensuring the highest standards of quality, coordination, and communication with WFP.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall Project Management: Coordinate all field activity plans and tasking for field support teams across multiple governorates, in close consultation with WFP's Country and Field Offices.
- Quality Control and Assurance: Conduct final quality checks on all field activities, data, and reports submitted by field teams. Ensure all English documents are of the highest quality and accurately reflect the original Arabic submissions.
- Team Management and Capacity Building: Organize regular guidance and comprehensive trainings for all field staff (Field Supervisors and Monitors), in coordination with WFP. Conduct bi-annual refresher trainings and onboard new hires within two weeks of their start date.
- Logistics and Resource Management: Ensure all administrative, financial, and logistical support is provided to field teams, including the provision and maintenance of functioning electronic tablets and accessories for all data collection staff.
- Stakeholder Communication and Reporting: Act as the primary point of contact for WFP. Prepare and submit consolidated bi-weekly and monthly reports. Ensure WFP is informed in a timely manner about critical monitoring findings and any staffing changes (with a minimum two weeks' notice).
- Strategic Coordination: Provide high-level coordination support as requested by WFP and ensure that any additional tasks for field staff are cleared by WFP's M&E unit prior to implementation.
Our company is seeking a highly qualified and experienced Project Coordinator to lead and manage the entire field operation for a bid to provide Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) services to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Syria. This senior role bears ultimate responsibility for the effective and efficient implementation of the project, ensuring the highest standards of quality, coordination, and communication with WFP.
Key Responsibilities:
- Overall Project Management: Coordinate all field activity plans and tasking for field support teams across multiple governorates, in close consultation with WFP's Country and Field Offices.
- Quality Control and Assurance: Conduct final quality checks on all field activities, data, and reports submitted by field teams. Ensure all English documents are of the highest quality and accurately reflect the original Arabic submissions.
- Team Management and Capacity Building: Organize regular guidance and comprehensive trainings for all field staff (Field Supervisors and Monitors), in coordination with WFP. Conduct bi-annual refresher trainings and onboard new hires within two weeks of their start date.
- Logistics and Resource Management: Ensure all administrative, financial, and logistical support is provided to field teams, including the provision and maintenance of functioning electronic tablets and accessories for all data collection staff.
- Stakeholder Communication and Reporting: Act as the primary point of contact for WFP. Prepare and submit consolidated bi-weekly and monthly reports. Ensure WFP is informed in a timely manner about critical monitoring findings and any staffing changes (with a minimum two weeks' notice).
- Strategic Coordination: Provide high-level coordination support as requested by WFP and ensure that any additional tasks for field staff are cleared by WFP's M&E unit prior to implementation.
Qualifications
Qualifications and Experience:
- Education: A Bachelor's degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Management, or a related field. A Master degree is a strong asset.
- Experience:
o A minimum of five years of experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field is mandatory.
o Proven experience in leading, managing, and coordinating large, diverse teams is essential.
o Extensive experience working in the humanitarian sector, preferably within the Syrian context, is required.
- Skills and Competencies:
o Strong leadership and team management skills, with a proven ability to influence and motivate large teams.
o Proficiency in both English and Arabic is mandatory (verbal and written), with excellent report-writing and communication skills.
o Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
o Ability to work under pressure, adapt to changing circumstances, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
o High level of integrity, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to humanitarian principles.
- Education: A Bachelor's degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Management, or a related field. A Master degree is a strong asset.
- Experience:
o A minimum of five years of experience in project management, monitoring and evaluation, or a related field is mandatory.
o Proven experience in leading, managing, and coordinating large, diverse teams is essential.
o Extensive experience working in the humanitarian sector, preferably within the Syrian context, is required.
- Skills and Competencies:
o Strong leadership and team management skills, with a proven ability to influence and motivate large teams.
o Proficiency in both English and Arabic is mandatory (verbal and written), with excellent report-writing and communication skills.
o Strong analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.
o Ability to work under pressure, adapt to changing circumstances, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
o High level of integrity, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment to humanitarian principles.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
- This is a senior, full-time position requiring a strong presence on the ground and readiness to travel to various field sites.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.
- The coordinator must be available for regular communication with WFP, which may include weekends due to the dynamic nature of operations.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.
- The coordinator must be available for regular communication with WFP, which may include weekends due to the dynamic nature of operations.
Salary and Benefits
The monthly compensation for this position is 4,643,100 SYP.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2025
Please note: This position is contingent upon our company being awarded the WFP contract. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2025
Please note: This position is contingent upon our company being awarded the WFP contract. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
About us
Jouri Consulting (Jouri) is an independent research and consultancy firm registered in Syria with a presence in the Middle East through staff and partner organisations.
We are here to do development differently – more empowering, fairer, more impactful, with evidence. Jouri aims to model fair and ethical international consulting in the MENA region. If you share our passion to make the development consulting field fairer to both the consultants who operate it and the communities who benefit from the work done in this sector, we warmly welcome you.
We are here to do development differently – more empowering, fairer, more impactful, with evidence. Jouri aims to model fair and ethical international consulting in the MENA region. If you share our passion to make the development consulting field fairer to both the consultants who operate it and the communities who benefit from the work done in this sector, we warmly welcome you.
Required employees number
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Posted On
Nov 20, 2025
Expiry Date
Dec 20, 2025
