Project Officer – value voucher assistance

General Description of Orange:

Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of the conflict-affected population.

Since its establishment in 2016, Orange partners directly with affected Syrian populations delivering programmes spanning sectors, including humanitarian and development programmes, in the Early Recovery, Food Security, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Education, and Protection, in addition to long-term impact interventions focusing on the economic empowerment and the local value chains improvements to enable targeted communities to improve their living practices and their sustainable mechanisms.

Orange collaborates with a variety of national and international non-governmental organizations, as well as local initiatives, to adopt a community-based approach that leads to improving the response’s impact to the humanitarian crisis, and provides sustainable and alternative solutions.

About the project:

The value voucher assistance program is an emergency intervention that is designed to respond to the emergency and basic needs of people who have been affected by the devastating earthquake in southeastern Turkey. The program utilizes the local markets infrastructures to distribute redeemable evouchers that addresses the immediate and most basic needs of earthquake affected families in terms of food and basic NFIs.

Job Purpose:

The project officer, working under the supervision of the project program coordinator, is responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the project field activities and ensuring the project activity plan is being carried out correctly, in addition to the communication of any challenges and issues to the program coordinator.

Duties, Objectives and Competencies:

• Work in coordination with program coordinator, project assistants, and supporting departments to facilitate smooth implementation of project activities
• Addressing issues and field problems with the beneficiaries and vendors and reporting them.
• Take the lead on beneficiary lists acquisition and verification in collaboration with MEAL team.
• Conduct distribution activities and troubleshoot problems and technical issues that arises during distribution.
• Follow up redemption process and follow up any technical issues that arise during redemption.
• Maintain clear records of distribution, verification and redemption activities.
• Carrying out any tasks requested by the line supervisor.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Two years of similar work experience, NGOs preferred.
• A diploma or university degree in a relevant field is desired.
• Effective communication and coordination.
• Proven knowledge in MS Office programs, online training platforms, and basic data analysis.
• Good knowledge of the Syrian and Turkish context.
• English and Arabic are required, Turkish is a strong asset

Orange’s Values and Principles:

We believe that:

• Maintaining a positive, healthy, and trusting relationship is central to making partnership a success.
• Appropriately trained and resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service and program delivery in the development sector.

We are committed to:

• Shared responsibility, accountability, and decision-making in any partnership.
• Providing access to high-quality learning empowers people and professionals in the development sector, particularly in the developing world.
• Learning from each other to strengthen and enhance the long-term sustainability of our services and programs for the benefit of children and communities that we serve.

Child safeguarding & PSEA policy

Orange aims to create an organization that is safe for children and women but is also aware of the need to keep child protection concerns proportionate and to guard against over-zealous attitudes. Child and women abuse thrives in closed and secretive atmospheres. Orange’s best protection is to create an open and aware culture where people are not afraid to speak about their concerns.

Any employee, consultant, contractor or the supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange capacity building must sign the Child Safeguarding and PSEA– Declaration of Acceptance Form and comply with the Orange child safeguarding and PSEA Policy which is a statement of Orange commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact..