Field Project Manager

Job Summary

The Field Project Manager is responsible for the overall oversight of the integrated implementation of the project in Al-Ashara sub-district, Deir ez-Zor. The role ensures that approved results are achieved within the agreed timeframe, budget, work plan, and project intervention logic. The post directly supervises the relevant Field Sector Officers and monitors their performance to ensure that each officer properly manages and delivers their sector component in line with approved plans and technical standards.

The Project Manager does not carry out the technical implementation of sector components directly. Instead, the role focuses on oversight, follow-up, coordination, verification of implementation quality, addressing challenges, and strengthening accountability. The Project Manager also ensures integration among the Education, Food Security and Agriculture, Health, Shelter and Non-Food Items (NFIs), and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) components. The role monitors the quality of works and services; compliance with organizational policies and the principles of Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), Protection, and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA); risk management; and coordination with authorities, directorates, and relevant sectors, while ensuring that results are documented and corrective actions are taken in a timely manner.

Location: Syria- Der ez-Zor- Ashara

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide overall oversight of field implementation in line with the approved project document, logical framework, work plan, budget, and contractual obligations. Ensure that Field Sector Officers properly manage and deliver the components under their responsibility. Regularly monitor achievements, delays, and challenges, and take the necessary corrective actions to ensure outputs and outcomes are delivered within the implementation period.
• Directly supervise Field Sector Officers and monitor their performance, ensuring that each officer plans, organizes, and oversees the implementation of their sector’s activities in line with approved plans, technical standards, and timelines. This covers Education, Food Security and Agriculture, Health, Shelter, and WASH, along with follow-up on coordination between them and the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL), Supply Chain, Finance, Human Resources, and Security and Safety teams. The Project Manager’s role is supervisory, coordinating, and oversight-based, and does not replace the Sector Officer in the technical management and day-to-day implementation of their component.
• Develop and update integrated monthly and weekly implementation plans. Follow up on cross-sector linkages, including linking schools and community services to water infrastructure and facilitating referrals between Education, Health, Shelter, and Livelihoods where targeting criteria apply. Prevent duplication or overlap between components.
• Oversee the quality of rehabilitation and infrastructure works by following up with the relevant Field Sector Officer and ensuring they provide sound technical supervision of the works. These include schools, the primary healthcare center, housing units, and the Al-Ashara water station and distribution network. Verify follow-up on assessments, bills of quantities (BoQs), tenders, engineering supervision, quality control, occupational health and safety, testing, commissioning, handover, and closure of technical observations in coordination with specialists.
• Supervise the Food Security and Agriculture Officer and monitor their performance to ensure proper implementation of the component in line with the approved plan and standards. This includes targeting and beneficiary verification, agricultural input vouchers, low plastic tunnel equipment, agricultural extension, and the early warning system. Verify compliance with vendor controls, quality, market considerations, documentation, and transparency, without the Project Manager taking over the day-to-day technical management of these activities.
• Supervise the Health Officer and monitor their performance to ensure the readiness and continuity of health services at Al-Ashara center and the proper implementation of the health component. This includes progress of rehabilitation and equipping works; availability of medicines, consumables, and laboratory supplies; integrity of the cold chain; the referral system; continuity of Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services; Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS); and clinical management of sexual violence cases within the project scope. Follow up on escalating operational risks or critical gaps and take the necessary action in coordination with management and specialists.
• Work closely with the MEAL team to ensure data consistency with the logical framework and the MEAL plan; verify beneficiaries and results; prevent duplication; track indicators disaggregated by sex, age, disability, and displacement or return status where applicable; and convert monitoring findings, complaints, and user feedback into documented and closed corrective actions.
• Ensure the practical application of Protection, AAP, and PSEA principles. Make safe, accessible, and confidential complaint and feedback channels available, ensure compliance with codes of conduct and confidential referral of sensitive cases, and integrate the needs of women, girls, persons with disabilities, and groups most at risk of exclusion into implementation.
• Monitor the project’s financial and operational performance in coordination with Finance and Supply Chain. This includes the procurement and contracting plan, status of commitments and payments, burn rate and financial forecasts, reconciliation of expenditures against activities and the approved budget, completeness of supporting documents, and readiness for reviews and audits.
• Represent the project in the field and coordinate continuously with local authorities; the directorates of Education, Health, Water, and Agriculture; community actors; and humanitarian sectors and clusters. Contribute to activity and coverage tracking reports and coordination meetings, manage access, security, and community acceptance risks, and submit accurate periodic reports to the Program Coordinator on progress, required decisions, risks, lessons learned, and the closure and handover plan.

Note: The duties and responsibilities above outline the core responsibilities of the post. The post holder may be assigned other tasks related to the nature of the project and implementation needs, within the scope of their competence.

Qualifications and Experience

• A university degree in Management, Engineering, Social Sciences, Public Health, Agriculture, or a related field. Professional certifications in project management or humanitarian program management are an added advantage.
• At least five years of practical experience in managing humanitarian, early recovery, or development projects, including at least two years in a supervisory or field management position. Experience managing multi-sector projects and projects funded by institutional donors is preferred.
• Proven experience managing integrated, multi-sector projects, preferably covering a mix of infrastructure and basic services rehabilitation and livelihoods, with a practical understanding of Education, Health, WASH, Shelter, and Food Security and Agriculture.
• Strong ability to manage multidisciplinary teams across multiple locations; to supervise sector officers and coordinate their work with engineers and the MEAL, Finance, and Supply Chain teams; to translate project plans into clear implementation schedules; and to monitor performance and accountability and take corrective action.
• Good knowledge of budget management, procurement, contracting, and management of vendors and contractors; monitoring of burn rate, financial forecasts, and budget compliance; and the ability to review BoQs, supply plans, and supporting documents in coordination with specialists.
• Strong knowledge of humanitarian principles, core humanitarian standards, and humanitarian response standards; protection and protection mainstreaming principles; accountability to affected populations; PSEA; gender-, age-, and disability-inclusive programming; and safe and confidential complaint and referral mechanisms.
• Experience with MEAL systems and indicator and data management, and the ability to read the logical framework and the MEAL plan and to use monitoring results, complaints, and field verification to improve implementation quality and decision-making.
• Strong coordination and representation skills with authorities, technical directorates, communities, humanitarian sectors and clusters, and other relevant parties; excellent communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and risk management skills; and the ability to work under pressure in complex operating environments.
• Fluency in Arabic, both spoken and written. Proficiency in English is an advantage. Good skills in office applications and in project monitoring and management tools are required, along with readiness for intensive fieldwork and travel within Deir ez-Zor as needed.

Child Protection Policy

ONSUR maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy toward all forms of child abuse and exploitation. The organization is fully committed to creating and maintaining a child-safe environment across all areas of its work. All employees are expected to uphold the highest standards of behavior to ensure the safety and well-being of children, and any breach of this policy will result in immediate disciplinary action.

Anti-Discrimination, Harassment, and Abuse Policy

ONSUR is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace for all. Discrimination, harassment, or abuse of any kind — whether based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, or military status — is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated.

All staff are expected to promote a culture of respect and integrity. Participation in any form of abuse, harassment (verbal, physical, or sexual), intimidation, or exploitation — whether inside or outside the workplace — is a violation of ONSUR’s core values and policies.

Diversity & Inclusion

ONSUR is strongly committed to gender equality and encourages qualified female candidates to apply for this position.