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Solidarités International operates via one mission in three countries, Syria, Türkiye and Iraq, with very diverse programs. The mission is managed per hub since 2024, the Western Hub covering North-West Syria (NWS) and Türkiye from Amman and the Eastern Hub covering North-East Syria (NES) and Iraq. Overall the mission employs 350 staff, implementing a large diversity of programs adjusted to each context.
In NES, SI is one of the leading agencies in the WASH sector, responding to emergencies, protracted situations and recovery needs. The strategy is complemented with a significant FSL component, addressing market rehabilitations, business development and agriculture. SI is operational in Raqqa & Hassakeh Governorates.
In Iraq, SI works in Ninewa governorate and in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq with recovery programs, restoring livelihoods of displaced populations via business development and mitigating the impact of climate change and water scarcity.
In NWS, SI operates in Idleb and Nothern-Aleppo with large WASH programs, with a focus in camps settings for IDP populations, and rehabilitation programs, especially after the earthquake. SI also responds to new emergencies, including regular displacements, natural disasters and epidemics. SI is also operating in Turkiye following the earthquakes in February 2023, focusing on Hatay province.
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Key Priorities and Deliverables
- Inclusion of key humanitarian partners with specific attention to local actors, NGOs, UN agencies based in NES;
- Establishment and maintenance of appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanisms. This includes organizing regular multi-lateral and bilateral meetings, developing meeting agendas, sending minutes and following up/supporting the progress on action points;
- Actively coordinate with national/local authorities, state institutions, local civil society, and stabilization actors;Ensuring adapted information management monitoring functions to maintain 4Ws planning, reporting and information sharing as required, in collaboration with the WoS WASH Cluster and NES NGO Forum;
- Contributing to advocacy and resource mobilization which includes draft reports and briefing notes on the situation and developments in the context and needs, in collaboration with the WoS WASH Cluster and NES NGO Forum.
- Ensuring needs assessment and analysis which includes relevant contributions to multi-sector assessments, in collaboration with the WoS WASH Cluster and NES NGO Forum.
- Ensuring the application of appropriate standards. In collaboration with relevant technical leads in the sector to discuss, share relevant technical standards and guidelines for best practice. This includes working with the WoS WASH cluster to develop and promote common or rationalised approaches between coordination hubs.
- Undertaking the planning and strategy development including an active leadership on the continuity of services planning for Northeast Syria. With support of the WWG IM, updating service mapping of activities with Damascus based partners as appropriate, develop and agree with Damascus based partners on critical activities).
- Ensuring participatory and community-based approaches, in order to ensure relevance and appropriateness of WASH response in NE Syria. Ensuring appropriate attention to priority cross-cutting issues such as Protection, Age, Gender, Disability and Environment in the WASH response in Northeast Syria.
- Ensuring the WASH emergency preparedness and that response plans are updated and that operational capacity of NES cross borders partners is regularly updated and compiled with Damascus based partner’s capacity mapping. Undertaking training and capacity building in collaboration with the WoS WASH Cluster and relevant technical leads in the sector to facilitate technical training and capacity building.
- Actively contributing to Inter-Sector coordination. The position-holder will be responsible for actively participating in other relevant coordination mechanisms in Northeast Syria. The position-holder will work in collaboration with the WoS Sector Coordinators and NES INGO Forum Coordinator to ensure adequate and appropriate liaison and coordination with the other WG/Sector and Coordination fora in Northeast Syria to ensure/facilitate contextual analysis, needs assessments and access to beneficiaries and sites/structures
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Priorities for the 2/3 first months:
- Coordination of response for new displaced to NES
- Transition into new Syria coordination system
SI WILL OFFER YOU
A salaried position:
According to experience, starting from EUR 3740 gross per month (EUR 3400 base salary + 10% annual leave allowance paid monthly) and a monthly Per Diem of USD 785.
SI also covers accommodation costs and travel expenses between the expatriate's country of origin and the place of assignment.
Breaks: During the assignment, a system of alternation between work and time off is implemented at the rate of 7 working days every three months (with a USD 850 break allowance, allocated by Sl). To these breaks periods, SI grants one (1) additional rest day per month worked.
Insurance package: Expatriates benefit from an insurance package which refunds all healthcare expenses (including medical and surgical expenses, dental care and ophthalmological expenses, repatriation) and a welfare system including war risks. Essential vaccination and antimalarial treatment costs are refunded.
LIVING CONDITIONS:
| In Hassakeh and Raqqa security rules are strictier than Erbil due to the overall context. However, living condition remains confortable within the GHs (own room, well equipped common areas, internet, 24/7 electricity through generators and/or solar panel). |
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SECURITY CONSTRAINTS
| The positions are based in Raqqa and Hassake and requires movement around further in Northeast Syria. While this area can be considered quite stable now, there are clearly specific safety and security protocols to be followed, managed by the Field Coordinators in collaboration with the Country Director. |
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