**Role Summary**

The Country Project Coordinator provides strategic, operational, and security leadership for Medair’s activities inside Syria. The role oversees the implementation of multi-sector programming, ensures strong coordination with internal and external stakeholders, and maintains Medair’s presence and access in a highly complex and dynamic humanitarian environment. The Project Coordinator represents the organisation at country level and plays a critical role in team leadership, representation, fundraising, support with security management, and programme quality.

**Project Overview**

Medair Syria implements emergency response interventions across multiple sectors, including MPCA, Health, and WASH. The programme supports crisis‑affected populations with life‑saving and early recovery assistance in a complex and evolving humanitarian environment.

**Workplace & Conditions**

Field based position in Syria, primarily in Damascus

**Responsibilities:**

- Provide strategic leadership and oversight of humanitarian programmes, ensuring interventions are relevant, timely, and aligned with organizational objectives.
- Lead and develop the country team through recruitment, coaching, and performance management, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.
- Represent Medair with authorities, donors, and coordination bodies, strengthening partnerships and contributing to collective humanitarian response efforts.
- Support donor engagement and funding processes, including proposal development and reporting in collaboration with senior managers and GSO.
- Oversee overall budget management for the programme, compliance, ensuring adherence to donor requirements, internal policies, and safe operational practices.

*This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.*

**Qualifications & Technical Competencies:**

- At least 5 years post-qualification experience in a management position.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
- Experience in dealing with donors and government officials.
- Knowledge of Humanitarian Essentials, Sphere and Core Humanitarian Standards.
- Strong knowledge of UN and other humanitarian actors and of current humanitarian debates and issues.

**Behavioural Competencies:**

- Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style.
- Advanced planning, assessment and analytical skills.
- Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner, with good understanding of cross-cultural issues.
- Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
- Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritising and delegating as required.

**Team Spiritual Life**

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, national staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.