About Blumont

Blumont is a global organization working with communities around the world to help people overcome challenges and create a foundation for progress. Our vision is a world where a community's future is not determined by its circumstances, but by the aspirations of its people.

Whether delivering lifesaving humanitarian assistance, building the infrastructure that stabilizes communities, or creating economic opportunities for individuals and businesses, Blumont teams are committed to making a positive difference in peoples’ lives.

Job Summary

The Senior Governance Officer will support the development of governance projects, providing technical inputs and ensuring that projects pass smoothly through each step of the development process. The position involves working with all teams and departments and service providers. In Addition, the Senior Governance Officer will be be expected to lead in the creation and continuous improvement of tools and protocols to train partners/staff on governance indicators.

The Senior Governance Officer is a technical and administrative position. The Senior Governance officer reports directly to the Director of Governance and Capacity Developmen 

Job Function/ Description:

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following

• Serves as a Senior Governance officer to the Director of Governance and Capacity Development, developing, implementing, managing, and evaluating governance programs.

• Providing technical inputs into governance projects and managing them in the field, by

• Drafting technical designs, contributing to technical designs, and collecting inputs for technical designs
• Preparing Bills of Quantity and Scopes of Work for governance projects
• Conducting internal evaluations of governance projects
• Managing the implementation of all Governance activities in the field.

• Manages capacity-building activities for Syrian local councils and civil society groups through frequent engagement.
• Utilizes expertise in civilian administration and governance development to help guide implementers in planning, implementing, and evaluating program activities and products.

• Develops professional relations with key stakeholders, including representative from the Syrian opposition; NGOs; and international/regional organizations to ensure integrated planning, coordination, and consensus on operations and priorities.
• Manage the contracting of external service providers, by

• Preparing technical designs for contracted work, contributing to technical designs or collecting inputs into technical designs
• Support the process of turning technical descriptions of work into project overviews and grants
• Liaise with Blumont procurement on advertisement and bidding for external services
• Coordinate with approved external service providers to facilitate deliver of agreed services
• Managing the external service providers.

• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international affairs, international development, public administration, economics, finance or a related field;
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the Syrian political, social, and economic environment;
• Prior experience living in and/or working on/in conflict environments highly desired;
• Substantive knowledge and experience working on conflict and stabilization issues, such as civilian administration, governance, community development, and/or democratic processes;
• Minimum five (5) years demonstrated experience coordinating with local partner organizations;
• Strong spoken and written English and Arabic language abilities mandatory.
• Experience in working with emerging local governance structures;
• Experience independently managing and/or implementing cooperative agreements, grants or contracts, especially programs related to governance and capacity building training;
• Prior experience managing capacity-building projects for Syrian local councils and civil society groups through frequent engagement with implementers.
• Experience independently managing and/or implementing cooperative agreements, grants or contracts, especially programs related to governance and capacity building training;
• Experience managing / implementing activities with significant engineering and/or governance components, building relationships with local governance institutions, grants-making/training.
• Strong interest in and experience with innovative programming.

Success Factors:

• Strong management skills, able to track multiple deliverables, follow up, identify potential issues and take action.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for colleagues.
• Must be capable of working both individually and as part of a team. Able to persuade and motivate colleagues and partners to take action.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
• Must be flexible, willing to perform other duties and work irregular hours.
• Tactfulness, enthusiasm towards assigned tasks, good human relationship skills, integrity, honesty, and the ability to work under pressure to accomplish work tasks within assigned time periods.
• Good communication skills, Strong team player with high team spirit and positive attitude.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and change.
• Ability to analyze and propose solutions to problems.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a group.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.

Commitment:

Every Blumont team member is expected to carry out their duties in accordance with Blumont’s code of business ethics, core values, anti-harassment policy and PSEA policies.

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