Senior Markets Officer

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkey since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service delivery, social safety nets and the protection of vulnerable and marginalised migrants in southern Turkey.

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

Job purpose:

Under the supervision of the Markets Manager, the Senior Markets Officer will be responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, tracking, and reporting on regular market related activities that support the implementation of GOAL’s food voucher and regular MPCA programme. The Senior Markets Officer will work closely with other departments to ensure that the necessary support for activities is in place.

Duties, objectives and competencies

Key Responsibilities

Program Planning and Implementation

• Participate in development of annual Detailed Implementation Plans (DIP).
• Develop weekly and monthly activities plans in line with the annual DIP, and in coordination with other members of the Markets team, CVA (Cash & Voucher assistance) team and other departments.
• Coordinate the implementation of market activities according relevant plans including but not limited to market monitoring, market assessments, expansion of markets, onboarding of vendors.
• Track progress against weekly, monthly, and annual plans. Provide accurate and timely updates and reports as needed. Identify challenges and propose solutions to ensure timely and effective implementation of activities.
• Support coordination with MEL staff to plan, implement, analyze, and review the results of PDMs and other relevant monitoring data on a monthly basis.
• Support beneficiary accountability and participatory approaches throughout the program cycle.
• Participate in the design of initiatives to monitor or strengthen program quality, including assessments
• Carry out regular team meetings to review data and carry out analysis of market related data, sharing the results with the markets & CVA team as needed
• Contribute to the developed and review of all Guidelines, SOPs and other key programme documents in coordination with Markets Manager and Markets Coordinator
• Support the market team in transitioning the paper voucher modality to an electronic platform

Documentation and Reporting

• Support the program team in ensuring a secure and organized filing system and archive for vendor assessments, contracting, monitoring and other required documentation. Where necessary, cross check paper-based information with electronic ledgers and reports to ensure accurate reporting.
• Maintain files and archives of voucher & cash program support documentation, including price monitoring, sales record information, and vendor support.
• Support basic analysis of program support documentation.

Administrative Support

• Submit and follow up on requests for support from market teams, including procurement and supply chain logistics.
• Support translation of documents between English and Arabic.
• Record and promptly disseminate minutes for partner, staff and other meetings.
• Schedule and organize and/or assist in activities such as meetings, conferences, trainings and workshops for project staff.

Requirements (essential)

• Bachelor’s degree qualification in food security, nutrition, science, economics, business management or any other relevant field
• 1-2 years’ experience in a comparable position or internship, preferably with experience in Syrian context
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Arabic and competency of translation from English to Arabic and vice versa.
• Capacity to work closely with and support local Syrian and Turkish partners.
• Excellent organization skills and self-directed.
• Eager to learn new GOAL processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated qualities of oral and written communication skills, culturally sensitive, and the ability to work with people of all faiths, good judgment, a team player and commitment to agency’s mission.
• Excellent data analysis skills, fully capable with Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel and PPT, Power BI)
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills and relationship builder.

Requirements (Desirable)

• Experience in Cash or Market based programming.

Interested?Then apply for this position via clicking on the “apply now” button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Application deadline is 7 September 2020.

General terms and conditions

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:
• Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Thank you.