Health & Nutrition Project Officer At Social Development International

Job title: Health & Nutrition Project Officer

Job Grade: Officer

Department | Program: Program

Line Manager or Direct Line Manager: Project Manager

Duty Location: Syria – Damascus or Aleppo

Type of Work: Administrative (Full-time Field and Office-based)

Gender: Female or Male

General Description of SDI

Social Development International SDI is a non-profit NGO established in 2015 and daily registered in Turkey, which provides humanitarian assistance to affected people in Syria.

SDI services cover northern Syria through its programs, SNFIs, Health, Nutrition, Education, WASH, Protection, FSL, and CCCM.

General Description of Unit

The Health and Nutrition Program unit in SDI is responsible for overseeing and implementing projects within the Health, Nutrition, and CWG. The unit ensures that activities are effectively planned, coordinated, and monitored in line with humanitarian standards, donor requirements, and SDI’s strategic goals. It plays a key role in engaging with local authorities, technical bodies, and community structures to ensure that interventions are contextually relevant and reach the most vulnerable populations. With a focus on quality management, budget compliance, and protection mainstreaming, the unit supports essential and lifesaving services while adapting to evolving needs and maintaining strong internal and external coordination.

Purpose of Position

The general purpose of the position is to oversee the implementation, monitoring, and supervision of various SDI health and nutrition activities in Syria. This includes leading management, follow-up efforts, and actively preparing reports aligned with set targets, timelines, and budgets, with a particular focus on responding to the evolving security situation in the area of operations.

Communication and coordination structure of the position

Internal Communication: project staff, support departments, project manager, and any communication required on the SDI level.

External Communication: Local Authorities, health directorates, community bodies, health and nutrition centers and any communication required on the project level.

PRINCIPAL JOB DUTIES (RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS) – ToR

He/She contributes in many tasks related to the project under project manager supervision and his/her responsibility includes, but not limited to:

1.Project management:

• Manage projects’ activities in order to achieve objectives within the allotted logical framework, budget and timeframe.
• Continuous monitoring and oversight of project activities, evaluating progress using outputs and impact.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of activities in accordance with established time frames and formats.
• Preparing and submitting daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly narrative reports accordingly.
• Liaise with donor program staff on issues related to project implementation at the field level.
• Ensure that gender and protection principles are mainstreamed in all phases of project planning, implementation and reporting.
• Manage the budget and ensure expenditure is managed appropriately in accordance with the budget and meet SDI’s standards and financial procedures, and raise alerts when there is a significant expenditure in the account or understanding.
• Review all program expenditure docs for accuracy, suitability, and completeness before signing.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of appropriate strategies for the sector and the project.

2. Personnel management:

• Preparation and follow-up of a recutiment plan, and filling any emerging vacancies.
• Management of the fieldwork team, including daily follow-up, motivation and development.
• Facilitate regular meetings to assist in the exchange of information among project staff, ensure awareness of project objectives and current work plans, and provide opportunities for feedback.
• Follow-up training and capacity building plans for project staff, with a focus on transferring key skills.

3.Communication and coordination:

• Develop and maintain effective coordination with local authorities, health directorates, referral network members, humanitarian response partners, key community members, and relevant stakeholders.
• Participate in sector coordination meetings, attend available training sessions, and participate in other relevant workshops.
• Effective communication and coordination with the concerned working group and other agencies to seek coordination and collaboration.
• Review and update project agreements and memoranda of understanding for program implementation.
• Ensuring effective internal coordination between SDI staff from all departments.

4.Supplay Chain:

• The effective follow-up to ensure a smooth and timely procurement process related to the project, which includes issuing a purchase request, following up, evaluating RFQs, issuing purchase orders, receiving proper services and goods, transporting and storing materials, and issuing payment requests.
• Ensure that project inventory and warehouse transactions are managed, issued, and documented accurately and appropriately.
• Good management of the project’s assets and fleet according to SDI policies and procedures.
• Ensure timely and adequate collaboration with supply chain teams.

5.Quality Management:

• Ensure project implementation is in accordance with SDI, technical bodies, and donors’ policies, SOPs, and guidelines.
• Ensure the quality assurance using internal and external tools, checklists, and trackers to implement high-quality health and nutrition activities.
• Establish quality indicators for the project and monitor progress.
• Enhance project implementation quality by refining the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation processes, implementing core humanitarian standards, and mainstreaming protection.
• Monitor monthly project data, and perform quality analysis and project implementation analysis based on the data.
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure accurate and appropriate data collection and appropriate scheduling.

6.Security management:

• Ensure the health safety measures are in place, including IPC measures.
• Monitor the security situation in the implementation area and inform both donors of incidents.
• Ensure field team compliance with security procedures; Ensure teams security preparedness and awareness.
• Ensure timely and adequate collaboration with safety and security teams.

7.Other responsibilities:

• Contribute to strategic planning for the department in line with the overall strategy of SDI.
• Represent the SDI through meetings and other related events as needed.
• Contribute to other relevant tasks or responsibilities assigned by the line manager.

Technical knowledge

• University degree (Human Medicine، Pharmacy, medical technologist or public health) is preferred.
• Work experience in similar positions working in the humanitarian sector for at least two years.
• Proven experience and a good understanding of humanitarian relief operations related to the Syrian context, especially in the health and nutrition sectors.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Working experiences in public health and in managing health welfare in communities.
• Experience in supervising Health Promotion activities and some basic mental health activities.
• Fluency in Arabic.
• Upper-Intermediate in English

Skills and Abilities (behavioral, interpersonal and personal skills)

• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
• Good organizational, multitasking, and time management skills.
• Interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with a variety of people.
• Excellent problems and conflicts solving skills.
• Proven administrative and technical skills, and ability to keep accurate records.
• Flexible and able to work well under pressure
• Able to work collaboratively with team members to achieve goals.
• Strong attention to details and high level of organization
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Patience & flexibility
• Teamwork skills

SDI Commitment on Child Safeguarding – CPS

Actions of Child abuse and exportation violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse of Children and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

SDI is an organization working with vulnerable populations, including children, both directly and indirectly. Thus, SDI has a moral responsibility and a duty to protect children within the population that we serve from both intentional and unintentional harm. SDI understands that all staff needs to be aware of this policy even though many of the staff may never have unaccompanied contact with children or young people through their work. It is not possible to eliminate risk entirely, but we are obliged to develop strategies and mechanisms to reduce the risk.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual exportation and Abuse – PSEA

The actions of SEA violate the universally recognized international legal norms and standards. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution. SDI prohibits sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff, and its collaborators toward the served population and to protect vulnerable populations within the communities served by SDI from any acts of sexual exploitation and abuse which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards the served communities.

SDI Commitment on Protection of Sexual Harassments and discrimination – PSHH

The actions of SHH violate the ethical norms and damages the team spirit. Thus, SDI considers such actions as serious misconduct, which will constitute grounds for major measures, including summary dismissal and criminal prosecution if relevant. SDI prohibits SHH, and proved cases of such will be meet with Zero tolerance by SDI management.

To the end of meeting with the fundamental values of SDI, this policy is designed to address the behavior of SDI staff and its collaborators towards one another and to protect staff within the environment of SDI from any acts of sexual harassment and harassment which is considered as an element of the accountability that SDI holds towards its staff.

Safeguarding:

· The position holder is required to commit to SDI’s safeguarding policy, as we will do rigorous background checks to ensure that children are protected from any kind of abuse.

· The position holder is also required to carry out his duties in accordance with SDI anti-harassment policy.