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Disaster Risk Reduction Senior Technical Officer - Syria
Organization Handicap International - Humanity & InclusionLocation Syrian Arab RepublicType FULL TIMEPosted 20 May 2026Deadline 7 Jun 2026
Program/Project ManagementDisaster Management
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Full Description
- **Place: Raqqa - Syria**
- **Starting date: August 10th 2026**
- **Duration of contract: 12 months**
- **Closing date for applications:** 7 June 2026
Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion, we truly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organisation. This is why we are engaged to a disability policy to encourage the inclusion and integration of people with disabilities. Please indicate if you require any special accommodation, even at the first interview. For more information about the organisation:
**JOB CONTEXT:**
*While remaining a protracted crisis, Syria is transitioning to a new phase where pure humanitarian operations will be prioritized over early recovery and recovery interventions. According to the latest UN figures, about 15 million people remains still in need of humanitarian assistance, including about 6.5 million IDPs, while over 5 million Syrians refugees in neighboring countries or in Europe. Threats from explosive remnants of war, lack of recovery in both the health and education sectors make Syria still a fragile context, as these issues hinder the ability of displaced populations to rebuild lives and access essential services* *HI is managing a humanitarian program covering most of Syria’s governorates, particularly in north and central Syria:*
- *Support to health partners (mainly public hospitals) for the provision of multidisciplinary rehabilitation services (physiotherapy, assistive devices, prosthetics and orthotics, and PSS).*
- *Education on the risks and effects of conventional weapons, including mines, explosive remnants of war, and small arms and light weapons, as well as the urgent marking of hazardous areas, non-technical surveys of potentially contaminated areas, and clearance activities.*
- *Community-based protection for safe returns and support for the inclusion of people with disabilities and other vulnerable people in the humanitarian assistance.*
- *Preparedness towards man-made and natural hazards at different levels (community, institutional, etc.)*
- *Inclusive Education in partnership with education actors.*
YOUR MISSION:
Reporting to the Operations Manager and under the technical supervision of the Global DRR Specialist, the DRR Senior Technical Officer will have 5 main responsabilities :
**1. Providing specialized expertise in the form of policy guidance and technical support to projects, partners and/or programs in accordance with the technical frameworks and general standards of his/her sectoral or cross-cutting scope**
- Provide appropriate technical guidance and support to project leaders, partners and/or specialists.
- Performs technical activities or ensures that project(s) activities are implemented in accordance with internal quality and technical standards and suggests improvements as necessary.
- Adapt the project's technical documentation as required, in accordance with global technical standards.
- Coordinate and collaborate with the project's technical partners, as delegated by the specialist or project manager.
- Propose research and study topics, conduct research if necessary and supervise data collection.
- Contribute to the writing of new proposals for new opportunities within its technical scope.
- Produce policy guidance for the countries to participate to the design.
**2. Providing project-based technical learning with a global impact**
- Ensure Global and Field Technical Specialists get the information they need and collaborate with technical divisions as needed.
- Coordinate with headquarters to ensure adequate capitalization to improve sectoral method globally and collect scientific evidence; initiate or test new innovative solutions to address the main challenges of the sector.
- Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the Specialist or Project Manager, based on best practices.
- Anticipate and prepare for nexus adjustments in your sector.
- Contribute to the terms of reference for evaluations.
**3. Ensuring the internal technical training of his/her sector or on cross-cutting themes**
- Contribute to technical recruitments, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
- Carry out the necessary technical training in his/her field.
- Contribute to the skills upgrading plan for professionals in its sector and may be a third-party assessor.
- Contribute to the developme
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