Project Field Officer x2

Job Title

Hatay, Turkiye

Job Location

Senior Project Officer

Reporting to

N/A

Line Manager

Sened, is an independent non-profit organization established and registered in Türkiye (under No: 27-15-175) in 2013.

•The name “Sened” in Arabic means “support” you could count on.

•Sened, was founded in response to The Syrian catastrophe, which led to critical situations and displacement of internally displaced people (IDPs) within Syria. The individuals who faced hardships due to factors such as repression, human rights abuses, and violence against civilians (including bombings, shelling, and sieges) and the urgent needs of millions of Syrian refugees in Türkiye. Later, our projects expanded to include support for the Turkish hosting community of the Syrian refugees. Our work spans across humanitarian sectors, with a special focus on advocating for the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities (PwDs) and their families.

Background

At Sened, we deliver humanitarian aid with the utmost commitment to safety and dignity. We understand that safeguarding is a critical component of our operations, and we integrate this principle into every layer of our work, from initial planning to final implementation. Our goal is to create a safe and secure environment that enables resilient communities to thrive. To achieve this, we adhere to our principles of Safe Programming, Safe Operation, Safe People, and Safe Response, which help us to identify and proactively mitigate risks, prioritize community trust, and uphold ethical standards. Sened's unwavering dedication to safeguarding ensures that all those we serve receive the highest standards of safety and protection in all our humanitarian endeavors.

Safeguarding

The Project Field Officer will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day field implementation, coordination, monitoring, and reporting of the livestock and rural livelihoods project in Hatay. The position will ensure that project activities, including beneficiary identification, barn rehabilitation follow-up, veterinary and feed support, MSME grant support, and market linkage activities, are implemented in line with the approved project plan, donor requirements, organizational procedures, and accountability standards.

The Project Field Officer will work closely with the Project Coordinator, technical teams, local authorities, service providers, community representatives, and beneficiaries to ensure timely, inclusive, and quality implementation. The role will also support field-level data collection, verification, community engagement, risk identification, and documentation of project progress, with particular attention to vulnerable households, women-led households, persons with disabilities, and earthquake-affected rural communities.

Job purpose

Support the day-to-day implementation of project activities in the field, including livestock-related support, barn rehabilitation, veterinary and feed assistance, MSME support, and market linkage activities.

Conduct regular field visits to project locations and ensure that activities are implemented according to the approved workplan, technical requirements, donor rules, and Sened’s internal procedures.

Coordinate with project staff, service providers, contractors, consultants, and relevant stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery of field activities.

Follow up on the implementation of rehabilitation works, livestock-related services, distributions, trainings, mentoring sessions, and other project activities as required.

Identify field-level challenges, delays, risks, and operational needs, and report them to the Project Coordinator in a timely manner.

Support beneficiary identification, registration, verification, and selection processes in line with approved vulnerability criteria and project targeting methodology.

Conduct household visits, field assessments, interviews, and community consultations to ensure accurate and inclusive targeting.

Ensure that women-led households, persons with disabilities, older persons, low-income households, and other vulnerable groups are considered throughout the implementation process.

Provide clear and accurate information to community members about project objectives, eligibility criteria, available support, selection processes, feedback channels, and implementation timelines.

Maintain respectful, transparent, and accountable communication with beneficiaries, local communities, community leaders, and local stakeholders.

Collect field-level data, attendance sheets, beneficiary information, verification forms, assessment tools, satisfaction feedback, and other project documentation as required.

Support regular monitoring of project activities, outputs, and indicators in coordination with the MEAL team and Project Coordinator.

Prepare timely field visit reports, activity reports, distribution reports, progress updates, and other documentation requested by the Project Coordinator.

Document success stories, lessons learned, implementation challenges, beneficiary feedback, and field observations.

Ensure that all collected data and documents are accurate, complete, confidential, and submitted according to agreed deadlines.

Support coordination with local authorities, municipalities, mukhtars, chambers, cooperatives, service providers, contractors, and other relevant stakeholders at field level.

Participate in field-level meetings, coordination visits, and community-level discussions when requested.

Support the organization of project activities, including assessments, distributions, trainings, awareness sessions, business mentoring, market linkage activities, and monitoring visits.

Facilitate communication between beneficiaries, project staff, technical teams, and external service providers.

Ensure that all field activities are implemented in line with Sened’s policies, donor requirements, humanitarian principles, protection mainstreaming, safeguarding standards, and accountability commitments.

Promote safe, inclusive, non-discriminatory, and dignified access to project services and assistance.

Inform beneficiaries about available complaint and feedback mechanisms and support the safe referral of complaints through appropriate channels.

Report any safeguarding, protection, fraud, corruption, conflict of interest, or misconduct concerns immediately through the appropriate internal channels.

Ensure confidentiality of beneficiary information and responsible handling of personal data.

Support logistical and administrative arrangements for field activities, including venue preparation, participant lists, transportation coordination, procurement follow-up, and distribution preparation.

Coordinate with operations, logistics, finance, and procurement teams to support smooth field implementation.

Maintain organized hard-copy and digital records of field activities, beneficiary files, attendance sheets, photos, forms, and supporting documents.

Support any other project-related tasks assigned by the Project Coordinator in line with the position’s purpose.

Strong understanding of field-level project implementation, preferably in livelihoods, agriculture, livestock, rural recovery, rehabilitation, or humanitarian/development programming.

Good knowledge of beneficiary identification, vulnerability assessment, community engagement, field monitoring, and activity reporting.

Ability to conduct field visits, household assessments, beneficiary verification, and community consultations in a professional and ethical manner.

Basic understanding of protection mainstreaming, disability inclusion, accountability to affected populations, safeguarding, and do-no-harm principles.

Good reporting, documentation, data collection, and record-keeping skills.

Ability to use basic digital tools, including Microsoft Word, Excel, email, Kobo/ODK or similar data collection tools.

Duties, Objectives, Competencies

The above-mentioned key tasks and duties are illustrative ones. Other future responsibilities may be assigned to the job at the request of the head of department according to the need.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, agriculture, veterinary-related fields, rural development, development studies, economics, business administration, public administration, engineering, or another relevant field.

2. Minimum 2 years of professional experience in field-level project implementation, preferably in livelihoods, agriculture, livestock, rural recovery, MSME support, rehabilitation, humanitarian response, or development programming. Previous experience in beneficiary identification, field assessments, community engagement, distributions, monitoring visits, and activity reporting.

3. Good understanding of field implementation processes, beneficiary verification, vulnerability criteria, community-based targeting, and field monitoring.

4. Basic knowledge of livelihoods, livestock-related support, rural economic recovery, MSME support, or post-earthquake recovery programming is an asset.

5. Ability to collect, organize, and report field data accurately.

6. Good command of Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook, and online data collection tools such as Kobo, ODK, or similar platforms.

7. Ability to prepare clear field reports, activity updates, meeting notes, and basic documentation in a timely manner.

8. Fluency in Turkish is required. Basic to intermediate English is an asset, especially for reporting, donor communication, and coordination with project teams.

Essential Requirements

Master’s degree in agriculture, veterinary sciences, animal production, rural development, economics, engineering, development studies, or another field directly relevant to livelihoods, livestock, MSME support, or rural recovery.

Minimum 3 years of professional experience in field-level implementation on humanitarian, development, early recovery, livelihoods, agriculture, livestock, MSME, or rural recovery projects.

At least 2 years of direct experience in livelihoods, agriculture, livestock, rura economic recovery, MSME support, value chain development, or market linkage programming.

Working-level English language skills, sufficient to read project documents, complete reporting templates, prepare short written updates, and support donor-related documentation.

Valid Class B driving license with at least 2 years of active driving experience, preferably including driving in rural or field locations.

Desired Requirements

• Ability to support the day-to-day implementation of field activities in line with the approved workplan, project objectives, donor requirements, and organizational procedures.
• Ability to follow up on multiple field activities at the same time, including beneficiary assessments, site visits, distributions, trainings, service delivery, rehabilitation follow-up, and monitoring visits.
• Good understanding of livelihoods, rural economic recovery, livestock-based livelihoods, MSME support, and post-earthquake recovery interventions.
• Ability to understand and follow project activities related to livestock support, veterinary service coordination, feed assistance, barn rehabilitation, small business support, and market linkage activities.
• Basic ability to follow up small-scale rehabilitation or repair works, including site visit documentation, photo documentation, progress tracking, contractor follow-up, and reporting of visible quality or safety concerns.
• Ability to coordinate with technical staff, contractors, service providers, and project management to ensure field-level implementation is properly documented.
• Ability to use digital data collection and reporting tools such as Kobo, ODK, CommCare, ActivityInfo, or similar platforms.
• Good practical skills in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Ability to collect, organize, verify, and submit accurate field data, beneficiary records, attendance sheets, monitoring forms, distribution records, and supporting documents.
• Ability to apply accountability to affected populations, protection mainstreaming, safeguarding, PSEA, gender sensitivity, disability inclusion, and do-no-harm principles during field implementation.
• Ability to inform beneficiaries about complaint and feedback mechanisms and ensure that sensitive concerns are referred through appropriate internal channels.
• Ability to handle beneficiary data, assessment forms, personal information, and project records confidentially and in line with data protection requirements.
• Ability to maintain organized hard-copy and digital filing systems for field documentation.
• Ability to identify field-level problems early and propose practical solutions.
• Ability to escalate risks related to beneficiary selection, service delivery, community tension, fraud, safeguarding, data protection, contractor performance, or implementation delays.

Technical Competencies:

• Safeguarding: Disabled beneficiaries, children, and vulnerable adults must be fully protected possible from any actions or failings that could place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury, or other harm. Sened demonstrates its commitment to safeguarding by conducting rigorous background and reference checks during the selection process for all candidates.
• Diversity: Sened is dedicated to fostering an inclusive, effective, and representative organizational culture. We promote employee equity and diversity and strive to eliminate discrimination. A diverse workforce, encompassing various age groups, backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, enhances our ability to understand, represent, and serve our community. Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, disability, or age.
• Procedures: If necessary, Sened will apply for a work permit for the selected candidate after the job offer is accepted. Failure to provide the required documents or a rejection of the work permit application by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security in the Republic of Türkiye will result in the employment offer being canceled.
• Sened reserves the right to re-advertise the vacancy, cancel the recruitment, offer a contract with a modified job description or for a different duration, or offer a contract at a lower grade.
• This job description serves only as a guide for the position available. Sened reserves the right to amend this document. Any published closing dates are estimates. Due to the nature of Sened’s work, we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. Therefore, we may close adverts before the published closing date if we find the right candidate. We advise interested applicants to apply as early as possible.
• Sened does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.

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