Turkey: Capacity Building Officer, Syrian National

Baytna Syria was launched in 2013 as a networking, training, and grant-making facility for Syrian civil society organizations, offering support to CSOs based inside Syria and the neighbouring countries.

Baytna Syria is seeking to recruit a Capacity Building Officer (CBO) to develop the capacity building programs, to assess the institutional needs of Syrian CSOs, and to design tailor made support.

Contract Type and Length:Long term employment

Candidate starting Date: ASAP

Job Location:Gaziantep, Turkey

Job Ref: BSHR.V03.16

Main Duties and Responsibilities

1. Identifies capacity building needs with beneficiaries; prepares Terms of Reference for Training Experts;

2. Supports the design of strategies and technical issues concerning capacity development and institutional strengthening (including curricula for organizational development or public policy; different formats of training such as Training of Trainers; different channels of training such as online learning platforms);

3. Supports the design of the training and capacity development activities of Baytna Syria implementing partners based inside and outside Syria;

4. Coordinates capacity building activities inside Syria through the designated Field Program Officers based inside Syria;

5. Works closely with the Grants Officer to identify potential funding needs and opportunities of institutions;

6. Prepares documents to support the training and capacity development activities and establishes and maintains an electronic filing system to monitor training provision, maintaining new and archiving old training material;

7. Maintains effective partnerships with stakeholders, institutions, implementing partners to exchange critical and technical information and resolve program/project implementation issues to ensure results are achieved as planned;

8. Tracks trainings income and expenditure (where applicable) and contributes to tracking and management of the training budget, working closely with the Finance and Administration Unit;

9. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• At least three years of relevant experience, including at least one year of experiences in CSO management with focus on capacity building, staff development, etc.
• Extensive experience in technical support work preferably in an international development organization.
• Experience in drafting capacity building modules in a participatory and needs-based manner, including
• their proper monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience in developing online learning platforms and other forms of learning is an asset.
• Minimum Bachelor degree in a relevant study area such as education, political science, development studies, humanities, economics, business administration or related fields; post graduate degree is
• preferred.
• Professional experience in Project Cycle Management (PCM)
• Familiarity with the Syrian conflict, Syrian CSOs and stakeholders; personal awareness and engagement.
• Arabic and English are required, Turkish is an asset.
• Readiness to relocate to assigned location(s)

Please send your CV and cover letter via-email to hr.baytnasyria@gmail.com by 29 Feb 2016 and include the Vacancy Reference number in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted