Responsibilities
- Co-chair regular National WASH Sector meetings alongside the National WASH Sector Coordinator and relevant government authorities.
- Support preparation of meeting agendas, presentations, minutes, and action tracking.
- Facilitate inclusive discussions and consensus-building among sector partners.
- Promote active participation of NGOs in sector coordination mechanisms.
- Strengthen coordination between national and sub-national platforms.
- Support communication and information flow across sector stakeholders.
- Contribute to development and revision of: Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), Sector strategies and response plans, Recovery and resilience frameworks, Technical guidance documents, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Sector prioritization exercises.
- Support integration of humanitarian, recovery, climate resilience, and sustainability considerations into sector planning.
- Represent NGO perspectives in sector discussions and decision-making forums.
- Participate in relevant WASH-related working groups, including technical, climate, social behavior change, advocacy, and other thematic platforms.
- Represent the WASH Sector in national inter-sector coordination meetings, workshops, forums, and events as agreed with the Sector Coordinator.
- Support bilateral engagement with national authorities, donors, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
- Contribute to development and implementation of the WASH Sector Advocacy Framework.
- Support preparation and dissemination of advocacy products and key sector messages.
- Promote timely and accurate information sharing among partners.
- Support collection, reporting, validation, and dissemination of sector information.
- Encourage partner compliance with reporting requirements and the Information Sharing Protocol.
- Facilitate sharing of assessments, operational updates, lessons learned, and good practices.
- Promote transparency and evidence-based decision-making.
- Ensure Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) is integrated into sector activities, planning, monitoring, and reporting.
- Support development and implementation of contingency and preparedness plans.
- Contribute to emergency response planning and coordination.
- Participate in risk analysis, scenario planning, and anticipatory action initiatives.
- Support rapid coordination during acute emergencies and humanitarian surges.
- Promote response readiness across sector partners.
Compensation
Not specified
Work Arrangement
On-site — Damascus, Syria
Team
Not specified
Other
- Languages: Fluency in English and Arabic, both written and spoken.
- Initial appointment is for 12 months and may be renewed once for an additional 12 months.
- The hosting organization is responsible for employment costs and administrative management of the position.
- Either party may terminate the arrangement with eight (8) weeks written notice, subject to an agreed handover process.
- The Co-Coordinator shall follow the security and duty-of-care procedures of the hosting organization when undertaking official sector duties.
- All applicants must send a Cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English.
- The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
- GOAL does not charge a fee of any kind or any other financial obligation at any stage of its recruitment process.
- GOAL does not work with intermediary institutions and individuals or employment agencies during the recruitment process.
- 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.
- GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies.
- 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 behavior 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 behavior of a GOAL staff or partner.
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