Are you aiming to work for an organization where it is worthwhile investing your personality, your skills and your time? Are you looking for a job that is exciting and has clear goals? Welcome to Welthungerhilfe! We are one of the largest and most respected private organizations for development cooperation and humanitarian aid in Germany. We are a politically independent and non-denominational organization, our value-oriented actions are always based on humanitarian principles. Our vision is a world in which everyone has the chance and the right to lead a self-determined life in dignity and justice, free from hunger and poverty.
Welthungerhilfe's Head Office is in Bonn, Germany whilst the Syria Response is managed from our Country Office in Gaziantep. Welthungerhilfe was established in Turkey in 2013 specifically to help people who are affected by the Syria Crisis. Since then, the organisation has expanded its program scope and scale to make the greatest possible contribution to meeting humanitarian needs in Turkey and North West Syria. Welthungerhilfe has field offices in Azaz, Afrin Idleb, as well as Ankara, Istanbul, Hatay and Mardin. The Syria Response program includes food security, WASH services, Shelter and NFI services, protection, early recovery and livelihood.
If you want to become part of this joint mission in Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, we look forward to receiving your application as:
The position is to be filled by October , 2025, with a contract duration of one year. There are good prospects for an extension. The position can also be filled with an unlimited contract duration if the employee shows an appropriate period of employment. Employment/Service location will be Damascus/Syria. The position is paid according to SG8 ($2.350 ).
WHH is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Food Security and Livelihoods Project Manager (FSL PM) to lead a complex, multi-partner, and multi-location project portfolio in Syria. This position requires a dynamic leader with deep experience in programme coordination, transitional assistance, partnership management, and strategic engagement in fragile and conflict-affected and post-conflict/transitional settings.
The FSL PM will provide strategic leadership across the entire project cycle – from monitoring program design (or adaptations) and technical quality assurance to stakeholder coordination, donor engagement, and adaptive learning. The role is key to advancing WHH’s nexus programming approach, linking humanitarian assistance with sustainable development and resilience-building efforts. Key responsibilities will include proactive leadership of project activities, partner management and stakeholder engagement, with a view of advancing WHH strategic and programmatic objectives in Syria, including through the identification of new opportunities. The ideal candidate will have senior management experience to be able to play a critical role in overall financial management, risk management, donor reporting and liaison, external representation and relationship management with different networks and clusters in Syria.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Programme Leadership and Coordination
• Provide overall leadership for the planning, coordination, and execution of FSL projects in line with WHH’s Country Strategy and global standards.
• Lead the implementation of integrated food security and livelihoods interventions that respond to longer-term resilience goals.
• Ensure alignment with WHH’s localization agenda by fostering strong, equitable partnerships with local NGOs and community-based organizations.
• Promote inclusive, gender-responsive, protection and conflict-sensitive approaches across the programme lifecycle.
2. Project Management & Implementation
• Ensure the effective management of a large, complex and multi-stakeholder project in Syria, including donor compliance, effective project coordination and implementation, internal and external communication,
• Oversee high-quality, timely, and results-oriented implementation of WHH-led and partner-implemented activities. Primary responsibility over quality implementation, results and accountability monitoring.
• Monitor project performance ensuring operational and strategic leadership through detailed work plans, budget forecasts, procurement plans, and MEAL frameworks to implement rehabilitation and resilience project(s) in line with the highest quality standards.
• Provide sound technical guidance, oversight and advice on key intervention sectors, including: social cohesion and peacebuilding, food security, livelihoods, resilience/early-recovery activities, specifically to meet technical requirements and quality standards in line with key sectoral guidelines.
• Lead the preparation of project profiles, general documentation for communication.
• Oversee the integration of cross-cutting themes and considerations across different projects/activities, including gender and protection mainstreaming and conflict sensitivity approaches.
• Identify and monitor project-related risks and challenges, through effective mitigation strategies, in close collaboration with the security team and partners.
• Contribute to WHH’s thought leadership on FSL/WASH and resilience programming by capturing lessons learned, success stories, and best practices, in collaboration with project and MEAL teams.
• Reports to the Country Director/Area Manager on the project(s) progress and all risks associated with project work.
3. Partnership management & coordination
• Provide strategic direction and capacity support to implementing partners, ensuring compliance with donor and WHH standards.
• Drive localization efforts through partner and national/local stakeholder engagement, mentoring, and joint implementation planning.
• Work with partnership teams to design capacity building plans, and support partners in preparing project workplans, budget forecasts, monitoring and evaluation plans and other project implementation related tools and reporting mechanisms.
4. Financial & Operational Oversight
• Manage program budgets (multi-million EUR range) in close coordination with finance, ensuring transparency, efficiency, and donor compliance.
• Contribute to procurement planning, contracting, and logistics to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.
• Monitor financial burn rates and adjust programming accordingly to maintain performance and compliance.
• Closely work with program development and finance teams on the development of donor budgets for new proposals and/or project changes, in line with adaptive management approaches.
• Work closely with finance and other program teams to ensure that financial reporting and audit arrangements meet donor requirements, along with the implementation of adequate financial controls across different projects.
5. Coordination & Representation
• In collaboration with humanitarian program teams, represent WHH in relevant coordination fora including cluster meetings, UN-led platforms, donor roundtable, sector working groups.
• Establish good working relationships with donors and other stakeholders in-country and contribute to the identification of new funding opportunities.
• Develop and maintain strategic and constructive relations with relevant stakeholders such as local and national civil society organizations, think tanks, universities, government representatives, local authorities, donors and other relevant external stakeholders.
• Ensure regular communication and coordination with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Support WHH’s advocacy and influencing agenda by providing technical input to policy dialogues and strategic initiatives.
6. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL)
• Collaborate with MEAL teams to ensure Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning plans and frameworks for projects are developed and regularly updated through participatory process.
• Consolidate and capitalize on lessons learnt across rehabilitation/ early recovery projects to inform adaptive project management implementation and feed into the Country Office Strategy and Food security and livelihoods programming in Syria.
• Support needs assessments, evaluations and other learning and accountability outputs to promote accountability to affected populations (AAP), including the establishment of feedback and complaints mechanisms.
• Drive organizational learning by capturing evidence, synthesizing lessons, and contributing to WHH Syria's strategic planning processes.
7. Team Management & Capacity Building
• Manage and mentor project staff according to WHH policies, procedures, guidelines while in consultation and coordination with the human resources team.
• Manage multidisciplinary project team(s) to support implementation and ensure effective coordination (including through regular team meetings and performance reviews), in line with WHH leadership principles, staff policies and manuals.
• Recruit project staff and contribute to WHH recruitment processes in Syria as needed.
• Ensure effective team building and capacity strengthening with particular focus on developing skills, knowledge and capacity relevant to attaining the overall strategic objectives of WHH in Syria.
• Ensure staff adhere to security protocols and prioritize safety in the field.
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