Job ID
51952
Job Title
Sub-National Co-Coordination
To work for
INTERSOS
Country
Syria
City
Damascus
Field of Work
H&S/Work Protection - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Full time
Military service
Not Specified
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
- Co-facilitate meetings (and/or joint meetings with other working groups) and ensure that meetings are managed in line with the Principles of Partnership.
- Facilitate agreement on an efficient division of labour and the coordination of responsibilities amongst sub-national sector’s members, which takes account of their comparative advantages and complementarities;
- Take joint responsibility for response coordination and for facilitating the work of any Sector workstreams established at sub-national level
- Supporting maintaining functional linkages and information flows with the national Protection Sector.
- Ensure timely, transparent information-sharing among sector partners.
- Participate actively in Sector/Inter-Agency contingency planning and preparedness, ensuring that the Sector members are also contributing to and sharing responsibilities.
- Support and promote training and capacity building of the Sector’s partners, through using different channels, like the available partners expertise, or other clusters and Global Clusters’ expertise.
- Co-represent the Protection Sector in area-based and inter-sector coordination forums.
- Support the implementation of cross-cutting priorities including protection mainstreaming, AAP, localization, gender mainstreaming, prevention of sexual exploitation abuse and harassment (PSEAH), amongst others.
- Facilitate agreement on an efficient division of labour and the coordination of responsibilities amongst sub-national sector’s members, which takes account of their comparative advantages and complementarities;
- Take joint responsibility for response coordination and for facilitating the work of any Sector workstreams established at sub-national level
- Supporting maintaining functional linkages and information flows with the national Protection Sector.
- Ensure timely, transparent information-sharing among sector partners.
- Participate actively in Sector/Inter-Agency contingency planning and preparedness, ensuring that the Sector members are also contributing to and sharing responsibilities.
- Support and promote training and capacity building of the Sector’s partners, through using different channels, like the available partners expertise, or other clusters and Global Clusters’ expertise.
- Co-represent the Protection Sector in area-based and inter-sector coordination forums.
- Support the implementation of cross-cutting priorities including protection mainstreaming, AAP, localization, gender mainstreaming, prevention of sexual exploitation abuse and harassment (PSEAH), amongst others.
Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor Degree in relevant field (Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, Human Rights,
International Humanitarian Law or other fields related to social development and
humanitarian work)
- Desirable Master degree (MA or LLM) in Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or related subjects
Professional Experience:
- Minimum 6 years of experience in the humanitarian sector of which minimum 4 years
should be in the protection sector
- Demonstrated experience in coordination mechanisms
Professional Requirements:
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
- Strong theoretical, technical and practical background in protection
Personal Requirements:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and integrate in a
multicultural team
- Ability to work under pressure, flexibility
- Problem solver, dynamic, mature, proactive
- Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
- Experience in complex emergency setting involving internal displacements
- Reporting skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, data collection and
analysis
- Stress management
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages:
- English Fluent written and spoken
- Arabic Fluent written and spoken
- Bachelor Degree in relevant field (Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, Human Rights,
International Humanitarian Law or other fields related to social development and
humanitarian work)
- Desirable Master degree (MA or LLM) in Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law or related subjects
Professional Experience:
- Minimum 6 years of experience in the humanitarian sector of which minimum 4 years
should be in the protection sector
- Demonstrated experience in coordination mechanisms
Professional Requirements:
- Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
- Strong theoretical, technical and practical background in protection
Personal Requirements:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and integrate in a
multicultural team
- Ability to work under pressure, flexibility
- Problem solver, dynamic, mature, proactive
- Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
- Experience in complex emergency setting involving internal displacements
- Reporting skills, experience with monitoring tools and systems, data collection and
analysis
- Stress management
- Commitment to INTERSOS principles
Languages:
- English Fluent written and spoken
- Arabic Fluent written and spoken
Salary and Benefits
- As per INTERSOS salary scale
- Health Insurance
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- Health Insurance
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
About us
A humanitarian organization that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
With its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met.
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Oct 28, 2026
Expiry Date
Nov 12, 2026
