General
Description of the Organization:
Orange is a
non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the
suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of the conflict-affected
population. Since its establishment, Orange has partnered directly with
affected Syrian populations, delivering programs spanning sectors, including
humanitarian and development programs in the Early Recovery and Livelihoods,
Food Security and agriculture, Education and Protection, WASH, and Shelter, in
addition to long-term impact interventions focusing on the economic empowerment
and the local value chains improvements to enable targeted communities to
improve their living practices and their sustainable mechanisms. Orange
collaborates with various national and international non-governmental
organizations, as well as local initiatives, to adopt a community-based
approach that improves the response’s impact on the humanitarian crisis and
provides sustainable and alternative solutions.
1. Job Purpose
The Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the
planning and implementation of the organization's Early Recovery and
Livelihoods (ERL) and Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) programs. The
position ensures that ERL/FSL activities are well-planned, effectively
implemented, and maintain high quality standards in line with humanitarian
principles, organizational strategies, donor requirements, and identified
sectoral needs, including opportunities that contribute to economic empowerment
and sustainable livelihoods.
The Program Coordinator provides technical guidance to
ERL/FSL teams, supports program quality and accountability, contributes to
needs assessments and program design, engages with relevant coordination
mechanisms, and represents the organization in technical forums. The position
also supports coordination between program, technical, operations, grants,
MEAL, finance, and supply-chain teams to facilitate timely and coherent
delivery.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Program Planning, ERL/FSL Needs Assessment, and Coordination
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Ensure ERL/FSL program
planning is grounded in needs assessments and aligned with organizational
priorities, recovery priorities, and context-specific requirements.
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Conduct or support regular
ERL/FSL needs assessments and share emerging gaps, opportunities, market
dynamics, and recovery priorities with program management and leadership to
support informed planning.
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Participate in relevant
ERL/FSL coordination groups, clusters, working groups, and technical forums to
understand priorities, gaps, and opportunities; contribute to joint concepts,
proposals, and coordination initiatives.
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Contribute to the
development of evidence-based concept notes and proposals for ERL/FSL
programming, ensuring alignment with sector priorities, recovery needs, and
donor requirements.
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Maintain effective
relationships with coordination bodies, UN agencies, NGOs, donors, government
authorities, local actors, technical partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
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Ensure that ERL/FSL
interventions are informed by evidence, community priorities, market dynamics,
recovery opportunities, and conflict-sensitive approaches.
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Ensure that program
planning considers appropriate opportunities to support early recovery,
livelihoods recovery, economic empowerment, market access, local value-chain
development, and community self-reliance, based on community priorities and
market conditions.
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Support the design of
area-based and community-driven recovery activities that link immediate needs
with livelihoods recovery, service restoration, local economic opportunities,
and longer-term resilience.
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Ensure that ERL/FSL
programming is appropriately linked with relevant sectors, including
Protection, WASH, Shelter/NFI, Education, Governance, and Cash-Based
Interventions, where this strengthens recovery outcomes.
B. ERL/FSL Implementation Quality Assurance and Technical Standards
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Establish and maintain
quality assurance mechanisms for ERL/FSL activities, including regular
monitoring, spot checks, and technical reviews to ensure adherence to standards
and effective implementation.
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Provide technical guidance
and oversight to ensure high-quality implementation of ERL/FSL activities.
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Ensure programs comply with
relevant humanitarian standards, organizational policies, and donor
requirements.
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Maintain clear records of
implementation progress, quality concerns, and technical risks, and communicate
significant matters to relevant stakeholders through established reporting
lines.
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Review implementation
progress against agreed timelines and milestones and recommend practical
adjustments where delays or bottlenecks affect delivery.
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Develop and review
technical tools, guidelines, SOPs, and implementation methodologies.
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Support teams in
implementing appropriate ERL/FSL approaches such as cash and voucher
assistance, livelihoods recovery, income-generating activities, vocational
training, market-based programming, community recovery activities, and
economic-empowerment support, where relevant.
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Support the integration of
early-recovery principles, market-based approaches, community participation,
conflict sensitivity, and sustainability considerations throughout the project
cycle.
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Support teams to integrate
economic empowerment considerations into relevant FSL activities, including
access to productive assets, skills development, income-generating
opportunities, market linkages, and other measures that strengthen household
and community self-reliance.
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Ensure that ERL/FSL
programming considers protection, gender, inclusion, accountability, and
conflict sensitivity.
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Conduct regular technical
reviews of ERL/FSL activities to identify lessons learned, good practices, and
areas for improvement.
C. Coordination, Representation, and Partnership Engagement
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Represent the organization
in relevant ERL/FSL coordination meetings, working groups, clusters, technical
forums, and recovery-focused platforms.
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Maintain effective
relationships with UN agencies, NGOs, donors, government authorities, technical
partners, and other relevant stakeholders.
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Contribute to inter-agency
assessments, coordination initiatives, technical discussions, recovery
planning, and sector strategies.
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Share relevant ERL/FSL
updates, lessons learned, good practices, and implementation priorities with
internal and external stakeholders.
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Promote coordination and
complementarity between ERL/FSL interventions and other sectors, including
Protection, WASH, Shelter/NFI, Health, Education, Governance, and Cash-Based
Interventions.
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Coordinate, where relevant,
with technical and market actors to support economic empowerment activities and
strengthen linkages with local markets and value chains.
D. Team Supervision and Implementation Oversight
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Provide direct technical
supervision to ERL/FSL implementation teams, ensuring activities are executed
according to plans, timelines, and quality standards.
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Conduct regular field
visits and implementation reviews to assess progress, identify challenges, and
provide on-the-spot technical guidance.
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Establish clear performance
expectations for ERL/FSL teams, including implementation timelines, quality
standards, and regular communication of implementation concerns.
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Provide technical
supervision, guidance, and mentoring to ERL/FSL staff.
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Support recruitment,
onboarding, performance management, and professional development of ERL/FSL
team members.
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Identify capacity gaps and
develop appropriate coaching, mentoring, and training plans.
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Promote a collaborative,
respectful, and accountable team environment.
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Ensure clear roles,
responsibilities, and reporting lines within ERL/FSL teams and across relevant
project functions.
E. Monitoring, Evaluation, Adaptive Management, and Learning
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Establish a system for
regular monitoring of ERL/FSL program implementation, including progress
against timelines, budget utilization, quality indicators, and recovery
outcomes.
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Provide regular updates on
implementation progress, quality concerns, and material risks to the Programs
Director and relevant stakeholders, with practical recommendations where
needed.
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Use monitoring findings to
inform adaptive management decisions; recommend program adjustments, resource
reallocation, or timeline modifications as needed.
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Work closely with MEAL
teams to develop appropriate ERL/FSL indicators, monitoring tools, and quality
assurance mechanisms.
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Ensure that program
performance is regularly reviewed against agreed targets and indicators.
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Document lessons learned,
good practices, and evidence from ERL/FSL interventions to inform program
adaptation and future design.
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Ensure meaningful
participation and feedback mechanisms are integrated throughout the program
cycle.
F. Planning, Budget Management, and Compliance
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Develop detailed
implementation plans and timelines for ERL/FSL programs, including activity
schedules, resource allocation, procurement needs, and milestone tracking.
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Monitor program expenditure
against budgets and timelines and communicate budget variances, delays, or
resource constraints through regular program reporting.
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Contribute to the
development and management of ERL/FSL program budgets.
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Ensure compliance with
donor requirements, grant agreements, and internal policies.
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Support timely preparation
of donor reports, sitreps, and other program documentation.
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Work closely with Finance,
Grants, Supply Chain, and Operations teams to ensure effective and timely
program delivery.
G. Safeguarding and Accountability
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Ensure that ERL/FSL
activities are implemented in accordance with organizational safeguarding,
PSEA, child safeguarding, and code of conduct policies.
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Promote safe, inclusive,
and dignified access to ERL/FSL services and opportunities for all affected
populations.
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Ensure that community
feedback and complaints mechanisms are accessible and functional.
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Immediately report and
appropriately escalate safeguarding or protection concerns in accordance with
organizational procedures.
3. Key Working Relationships
Internal:
Program Management, MEAL, Finance, Grants, Supply Chain,
HR/People & Culture, Operations, Protection, and other technical teams.
External:
ERL/FSL coordination mechanisms, early-recovery and
livelihoods working groups, UN agencies, INGOs, local NGOs, government
authorities, donors, community representatives, technical partners, and other
relevant stakeholders.
4. Qualifications and Experience
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Bachelor's degree in
Agriculture, Economics, Development Studies, Food Security, Livelihoods,
International Development, or a related field. A Master's degree is an
advantage.
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Minimum 5 years of relevant
professional experience in humanitarian, early-recovery, livelihoods, or
development programming, with significant experience in ERL/FSL preferred.
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Demonstrated experience in
managing ERL/FSL program implementation, including oversight of teams,
timelines, budgets, and quality standards.
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Previous experience in
program coordination, technical supervision, or sector coordination is strongly
preferred.
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Demonstrated experience in
designing, managing, and overseeing ERL/FSL or related livelihoods and recovery
programs.
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Experience with
early-recovery programming, livelihoods, cash-based interventions, market-based
programming, economic empowerment, or food-security assessments is an
advantage.
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Experience supporting
economic empowerment, income-generating activities, market linkages, or local
value-chain development is an advantage.
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Experience in project
planning, scheduling, and resource management.
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Experience in monitoring
implementation progress and communicating operational risks and constraints.
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Strong knowledge of
humanitarian principles, early-recovery and livelihoods approaches, relevant
standards, and program-cycle management.
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Experience working with
institutional donors and preparing proposals and donor reports is desirable.
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Experience working in
complex or emergency contexts is highly desirable.
5. Skills and Competencies
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Strong technical knowledge
of Early Recovery, Livelihoods, and Food Security and Livelihoods programming.
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Understanding of
early-recovery, economic-empowerment, livelihoods, market-linkage, and local
value-chain approaches.
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Strong project management
skills, including planning, scheduling, milestone tracking, and resource
allocation.
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Ability to monitor
implementation progress, communicate operational risks, and support practical
follow-up actions.
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Strong analytical and
problem-solving abilities.
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Excellent communication and
interpersonal skills.
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Strong report writing and
presentation skills.
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Ability to work effectively
with diverse stakeholders and multicultural teams.
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Strong planning,
organizational, and time-management skills.
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Ability to work under
pressure and manage competing priorities.
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Strong attention to detail
and quality assurance orientation.
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Ability to work effectively
under pressure while maintaining focus on implementation quality and timelines.
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Strong understanding of
accountability, safeguarding, PSEA, protection, gender, and inclusion
principles.
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Proficiency in English;
Arabic is an advantage.
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Good knowledge of MS Office
and relevant program management tools.
6. Core Competencies
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Technical expertise and
implementation management
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Early-recovery and
livelihoods programming
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Accountability and
integrity
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Teamwork and collaboration
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Communication
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Adaptability and
flexibility
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Practical problem-solving
and adaptive management
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Commitment to humanitarian
principles
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Respect for diversity and
inclusion
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Quality assurance and
attention to detail
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Planning, scheduling, and
timeline management
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Operational risk awareness
and follow-up
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Results orientation
Orange's Values and Principles:
We believe that:
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Maintaining a positive,
healthy, and trusting relationship are central to making the partnership a
success.
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Appropriately trained and
resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service and
program delivery in the development sector.
We are committed to:
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Shared responsibility,
accountability, and decision-making in any partnership.
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Providing access to
high-quality learning to empower people and professionals in the development
sector, particularly in the developing world.
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Learning from each other to
strengthen and enhance the long-term sustainability of our services and
programs for the benefit of children and communities that we serve.
Child Safeguarding & PSEAH policy
Orange aims to create an organization that is safe for
children and women but is also aware of the need to keep child protection
concerns proportionate and to guard against over-zealous attitudes. Child and
women abuse thrives in closed and secretive atmospheres. Orange's best
protection is to create an open and aware culture where people are not afraid
to speak about their concerns.
Any employee, consultant, contractor, or supplier
undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange must sign the Child Safeguarding
and PSEA– Declaration of Acceptance Form and comply with the Orange child
safeguarding and PSEAH Policy, which is a statement of Orange commitment to
preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.
Application Instructions:
Interested and qualified candidates should
submit their CV and a cover letter outlining relevant experience and
availability.
Please note that this vacancy will close on September 5, 2026, and the position may be filled prior to this date depending on urgency and recruitment priorities.
Females are highly encouraged.