International

The Health Sector Working Group Coordinator in Northeast Syria will be responsible for coordinating independently all cross-border health activities, interacting and engaging with Health actors, INGO, NNGO, Donor representatives, and other stakeholders. The HWG coordinator should also work closely with the Whole of Syria health sector coordination team, NES Forum, and ensure to build collaboration with UN agencies and their implementing partners working in self-administration-controlled areas of NES through WoS health sector coordination mechanism.

As the Human Resources Manager, you will initially be the setting up the HR department in oPt together with the upcoming national HR staff with the support of the Regional Support Office (RSO).

The HR Manager is responsible for providing leadership for the HR function for staff members across RI’s oPt program. You will oversee the efficient execution of daily HR operations in line with established policies and procedures for our OPT. You’ll also play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction and long-term growth of the HR department.

The role will involve managing and coordinating HR functions and activities to ensure compliance with organizational policies and legal requirements. Additionally, you’ll contribute to the continuous improvement and development of HR processes and systems to enhance overall efficiency and effectiveness.

You will take charge of ensuring smooth day-to-day HR operations, working closely with team members to address any challenges and streamline processes. Your leadership will be crucial in driving strategic initiatives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the HR department.

The Regional Program Development Manager (RPDM) reports to the Regional Program Director (RPD), with technical supervision of the Head of Program Development based in Washington DC. The RPDM will take on a rigorous leadership role as a thought leader working with RSO and GSO to set strategy for the region as well as to support and guide the country offices in various key aspects of developing and accessing funding for new programs, in addition to focusing on improving the consistency and quality of proposal development processes at country level. The RPDM will be responsible for working closely with the RPD and country offices on capture management, networking planning, leading on program design workshops for strategic proposals, coordinating proposal development among various departments, ensuring full packages ready for review at regional and global level, and managing contributing directly on proposal writing as necessary. The job holder will need to undertake short-term travel to support country programs in the development of large strategic bids and/or providing surge capacity if needed.  This role will be critical to overall leadership and management of managing and reporting the ongoing and forecasted opportunities related to program development in the region and facilitate resource availability in coordination with GSO.

The Regional Security and Access Director (RSAD) reports to the Regional Director (RD), with technical supervision from the Vice President Safety and Security (VPSS) based in Washington DC. The RSAD will take on a rigorous leadership role to support and guide the country offices to strengthen, fine-tune and/or build security resources and systems in each country office within Africa/Asia region, in addition to focusing on improving the overall culture of security management in Africa/Asia region. The RSAD will be responsible for coordinating, overseeing and advising on safety and security management, and access strategy of all activities and operational functions in the countries that comprise the Africa/Asia region at RI. In addition, the RSAD will be responsible for ensuring up to date and adequate risk assessments and SOPs, submitting timely and accurate reports and assessments to the RD and GSO, ensuring capacity building and training on security for staff in the region, and representing the organization in security coordination fora.

About our Country Program

Relief International was operational in oPT starting in 2007, and after entering hibernation period in 2017, has recently reactivated its operations at the end of 2023.  Relief International is currently building its response to the current and evolving situation in both Gaza and the West Bank through both a direct implementation and partnership approach. Relief International’s programming in oPT follows Relief International’s global strategy with Health as a central focus with components linked to our work in Health through the sectors of WASH, Protection, Education and Livelihoods. The context in oPT is extremely dynamic and requires focus on nexus programming that brings together both humanitarian service delivery combined with systems strengthening and longer-term programming. Navigating complex regulatory and access challenges to reach populations in need in both Gaza and West Bank will be a key area of focus for the Country Director, along with fundraising and strategic growth of Relief International’s response.

Job Profile

Reporting to the Regional Director for the Middle East, the Country Director is responsible for the oPT mission overall, including high-level representation, fundraising and program development, strategic planning, risk and access management, program quality, administrative processes, security, and all other aspects vital to ensure the health of the mission. The Country Director must be extremely dynamic, maintain the ability to work on both macro/ strategic and micro/ detail-oriented issues simultaneously, and have strong communication skills in order to work effectively with internal actors at all levels of the organization and external actors including but not limited to donors, government institutions, U.N. agencies, partners and other key stakeholders. Given the complicated operational dynamics, experience working in oPT within a leadership role will be highly prioritized.

The Awards and Partnerships Manager helps ensure compliance with donor requirements at all stages of the project lifecycle and facilitates effective management of RI OPT’s grants in coordination with other departments (e.g., Programs, Technical Units, Finance, Operations). This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring timely and quality reporting to donors, facilitating grant opening and closeout processes, advising on donor rules and regulations, coordinating proposal development processes, supporting/ leading on vetting and due diligence processes, and capacity building of staff and RI’s partners.

Reporting to the Country Director the Supply Chain and Operations Manager (SCOM) for oPT is responsible for overall strategic and technical oversight of the mission for everything that relates to supply chain, fleet management, and logistics. SCOM will work in close coordination with the CD and other department heads to ensure necessary guidance and oversight is readily available and that all processes are conducted in a timely and compliant way. SCOM will work with RI Regional and Global Supply Chain and Operations and lead on supply chain strategy development and implementation including procurement, stock management and delivery, with a particular emphasis on procurement and pharmaceutical and medical supplies.

The Health Program Manager (ECHO) is responsible for leading the implementation of RI’s ECHO project focused on delivery of secondary healthcare services in Gaza. The Health Program Manager for ECHO will lead the strategic planning  and implementation of the ECHO project, and will be responsible for day-to-day relationship management with ECHO and other key external stakeholders as it relates to project implementation, and in alignment with broader strategy for RI’s programming in oPT.  The Health Program Manager will be responsible for developing and following workplan, external coordination, day-to-day implementation, ensuring program quality, and troubleshooting as necessary. This position requires an individual who is accustomed to the pace of emergency response programming, has experience in successfully leading a diverse team, does not require close supervision or direction, is flexible and highly responsive, and excels at building and strengthening relations with external actors. Previous experience implementing ECHO-funded projects is highly favored.