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The war in Syria continues; more than 11 million people have been displaced from their homes and the number relying on humanitarian assistance continues to grow. With a large and complex portfolio of work across the country, Mercy Corps has established itself as an analytical, strategic and flexible responder, adapting continually to shifting front lines and operational realities to respond effectively and efficiently through multiple modalities with teams inside Syria and working cross-border from neighboring countries. Mercy Corps has a large and diverse portfolio of work and a substantial team that works in multiple languages across multiple locations, many of which are managed remotely.
Mercy Corps has been working in Syria focusing its interventions on humanitarian and recovery programming. With funding from USAID, DFID, EC, Unicef, and others, Mercy Corps has been able to work together with communities in Syria to respond to in WASH, Protection, Emergency, Livelihood, and Civil Society sectors bringing benefit to families and communities inside Syria.
The incumbent will support risk and safety management and will contribute to quality programming by ensuring situational awareness for the partnership team members. S/he will closely track the context and developments in Syria and will work closely within the Safety and Security Team to develop analyses, draft procedures and plans, and assist in the handling of incidents affecting partners.
S/he will be the primary focal point for the Mercy Corps’ partnership program for risk management including incident reporting and provision of real time security support where assessed needed to implementing partners. He/she will also support Mercy Corps’ partners as they develop their own risk and security management systems and plans, including risk mapping, as well as capacity strengthening based on their understanding of training needs and methods to do so. He/she also needs to be able to understand and contextualize the capacity strengthening and programming needs of the partners to the current security situation on the ground in the areas they operate.
Hub/Program Security (90%)
Program Support
Operation Security and Partner Support
Context Monitoring
Other Tasks 10%
Ad-hoc Support
Office Security
Line Managed by: Partnership Director
Technical Reporting Line to: Country Security Director
Works Directly With: Partners, Mercy Corps’ partnership team, Director of Program, program team, grants team.
Collaborates With: Crisis Analysis team and Regional Security Department
Preferable to receive CVs before November 12, 2023.
*If you are interested, kindly apply as soon as possible, since resumes will be reviewed on rolling basis. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted before the submission deadline.
“Fostering a diverse and open workplace is an important part of Mercy Corps’ vision, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, especially women, to apply.”
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
The successful candidate will have the ability to identify and communicate security trends to departmental management in a way that effectively increases our safety, security and informs programming in a practical manner. Maintaining strong, cooperative relationships across departments is crucial. S/he will be able to work closely with a diverse team of individuals in a highly intense and fluid work and security environment. S/he will be a self-starter, take initiative and offer to assist in decision making processes that could benefit from a safety/security perspective.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
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