General Position Summary
The NWS Peace & Conflict Senior Program Officer supports the NWS Peace & Conflict Program Manager (PM- in the management of a sub-grant to a local partner organization providing social cohesion assistance to conflict-affected communities in Syria. The position holder will work closely and remotely with the implementing partners to ensure smooth, efficient, and effective implementation of the program, as well as with various Mercy Corps’ internal teams and departments (Subaward team, Finance team, PaQ team, etc.). The position holder will be responsible for maintaining day-to-day contact with the project partner on project implementation. She/he will ensure project implementation aligns with the project work plan and approved technical approaches and standards. In addition, she/he will escalate concerns and challenges to the project manager as necessary.
Besides, the NWS Peace & Conflict Senior Program Officer will support the NWS Peace & Conflict PM with any tasks aimed at 1) enhancing Mercy Corps NWS’ Peace & Conflict portfolio, and 2) ensure that Mercy Corps’ interventions in NWS are conflict sensitive.
