Technical Manager At Syrian American Medical Society Foundation

Position: Technical Manager -PRF-2308-01012-414

Job Location: Gaziantep, Turkey

Reporting to: Senior Programs Manager

Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey, with frequent visits to NW Syria and project facilities in Turkey

Number of positions open: 1

Last date for application: August 31, 2023

Summary of the position

The Technical Manager for Health, Nutrition, MHPSS, and Protection will provide strategic leadership, direction, and advisory oversight to programs related to health, nutrition, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and protection. This role involves working closely with the Health and Nutrition Senior Officer, as well as the MHPSS/Protection Senior Officer, to ensure effective program implementation, quality assurance, capacity building, and coordination with relevant stakeholders including the MEAL department and the program implementation team. The Technical Manager will need to allocate appropriate working hours of his/her time amongst the 4 themes as required according to the workload.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Key relationships:

Grant, Syria Office Manager, MEAL, IMU, Field Offices, Finance Manager, Procurement, Logistic.

Main tasks and responsibilities:

MHPSS and Protection:

• Provide strategic support and leadership for the MHPSS and protection programs in Northwest Syria and Türkiye.
• Develop and implement capacity-building plans for MHPSS and protection teams, collaborating with relevant technical groups and clusters.
• Supervise, coordinate, and collaborate with MHPSS and protection staff to establish a robust monitoring and evaluation system for program activities.
• Support education initiatives focused on mental health and psychosocial support, and facilitate coordination with partners.
• Lead the supervision and professional development of MHPSS and protection program staff, including Psychiatrists, Psychologists, MH Gap doctors, PSWs, Protection and GBV case workers.
• Initiate the establishment of a Primary Health Care Integration MHPSS and protection program aligned with national strategies and international guidelines.
• Develop referral pathways to strengthen connections with available mental health, psychosocial support, and protection services.
• Conduct field visits to monitor and enhance the quality of mental health and psychosocial support interventions.
• Provide strategic oversight for general protection programs, child protection, and gender-based violence, ensuring alignment and implementation.
• Review and provide input on MHPSS and Protection reports to enhance program quality, including assessments, design documents, monitoring, and evaluation reports.
• Ensure that the organization is represented in all relevant clusters and technical working groups.

Health and Nutrition:

• Monitor the health and nutrition landscape to identify potential risks, outbreaks, and changes in community health and nutritional status.
• Strengthen the monitoring and reporting system for health and nutrition activities, working closely with the MEAL department.
• Collaborate with the MEAL department to select appropriate indicators and tools for monitoring health and nutrition programs.
• Review and provide input on health and nutrition reports to enhance program quality, including assessments, design documents, monitoring, and evaluation reports.
• Utilize monitoring and evaluation data to advise operational improvements in health and nutrition programs.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and donor standards in the implementation and management of health and nutrition initiatives.
• Contribute to writing project proposals by ensuring that the quality benchmarks are being explained and illustrated to enrich the quality of the proposals and increase the success rate of the proposals submitted.
• Setting/revising the guidelines to ensure that the quality standards are being followed and implemented, ensure issuing reports reflect the practices and rectify any gaps by issuing correction plans.
• Ensure the support is provided to any procurement process that requires technical expertise to evaluate the offers as per SAMS policies.
• Strengthen the quality control process to ensure quality services are being provided to beneficiaries.
• Ensure that the organization is represented in all relevant clusters and technical working groups.

Office culture:

• Promote and model a positive, professional, and respectful office culture.

THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory Qualifications required:

• A university degree in medicine is required. A master’s degree is an advantage.
• Proven experience of minimum 5 years of relevant experience in medical and health services management.
• Proven experience in building relationships with government entities, UN agencies, INGO partners, and community stakeholders.

Languages:

Fluent written and spoken in Arabic (native) and advanced in English.

Competencies:

• Scientific Background
• Quality Monitoring of Services
• Report Writing
• Development of Scientific protocols/guidelines
• Providing technical support for training
• Providing technical support for ongoing projects
• Providing technical input for proposals
• Clusters/TWGs
• Health Planning
• Data Analysis
• High computer skills, especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Gmail.

How to apply

CONTRACT CONDITIONS

The salary will be defined regarding the SAMS Turkey Office salary scale on-going.

Interested candidates may please send their resume and fill the application in the following link:

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