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NEF is a non-profit international development organization that has supported livelihoods recovery and community-based economic development in the Middle East, Africa, and Caucasus since 1915. NEF draws on local teams, experience, and partnerships in these regions to create community-led solutions to improve livelihoods and local governance among conflict- and crisis-affected groups, while maintaining neutrality and ensuring inclusiveness in our approach. Working through a network of country offices and local partners, NEF currently has operations in ten countries: Armenia, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Mali, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, South Sudan, and Syria. Our programs are organized around three pillars: Inclusive Economic Development, Climate-resilient Development, and Stabilization and Peacebuilding.\nPosition Description:\nThe Program Manager, in coordination with the Country Director, shall lead the planning implementation and closing of NEF projects in Syria including oversight and management of Syria-based staff as well as management of subcontractors. The Program Manager will also manage all program-related activities, ensuring that they align with donor and organizational objectives, delivering high-quality outcomes within the approved budget and timeline. He/She will support the compliance and communications of the program and represent NEF and its Syria program to outside parties as or when needed.\nDuties & Responsibilities:\nDevelop detailed program plans that outline the objectives, timeline, and resources required.\nCoordinate and prioritize activities across multiple projects under the program.\nEnsure all program activities are executed according to schedule and meet quality standards. Monitor progress against the implementation plan and ensure that activities are conducted on schedule and the deliverables are developed and submitted on a timely basis. Provide managerial support to the project team, ensuring that staff have appropriate resources and guidance to implement the project.\nAddress and resolve program issues and obstacles, escalating when necessary.\nCollaborate with NEF field offices and partner organizations to maintain and share a current understanding of implementation progress and challenges.\nEnsure project compliance with local laws and with donor regulations.\nRepresent NEF and the program as needed to outside parties.\nMonitor the program budget and ensure that resources are allocated effectively. Ensure that the program operates within the financial constraints and donor requirements.\nProvide regular reports to senior management on the program’s status, including key achievements, issues, and budget updates.\nLead the planning, implementation, and close-out of a multi-project portfolio across Syria, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, donor requirements, approved budgets, and implementation timelines.\nDevelop comprehensive program implementation plans, including objectives, workplans, milestones, resource allocation, and risk mitigation strategies.\nCoordinate and oversee the delivery of multiple concurrent projects, ensuring quality implementation, timely achievement of targets, and effective cross-functional collaboration.\nProvide strategic leadership and technical guidance to multidisciplinary project teams, strengthening performance, accountability, and program quality.\nMonitor implementation progress, manage program risks, and proactively address operational challenges to ensure timely delivery of project outputs and donor commitments.\nLead program budget management, including expenditure monitoring, forecasting, resource allocation, and financial oversight to ensure compliance with donor and organizational policies.\nEnsure full compliance with donor regulations, contractual obligations, local legislation, and NEF policies throughout the project lifecycle.\nBuild and maintain strong relationships with donors, government counterparts, implementing partners, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders, representing NEF in high-level coordination meetings and external engagements.\nPrepare and review high-quality donor reports, management updates, presentations, and technical documentation, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely submission.\nSupport business development by contributing to proposal design, technical writing, budget development, partnership building, and the identification of new funding opportunities.\nCoordinate closely with field offices and partner organizations to monitor implementation progress, resolve operational issues, and strengthen collaboration across teams.\nPromote adaptive management, organizational learning, and continuous improvement by documenting lessons learned, best practices, and program achievements, and integrating evidence into future programming.\nSupport senior management in strategic planning, program expansion, and organizational decision-making, serving as Acting Country Director when required.\nQualifications & Requirements:\nMaster’s degree in economics, agronomy, agricultural science, or related field.\nDemonstrated ability to successfully manage and motivate teams toward a project vision.\nProven ability to take initiative and to develop creative solutions in project implementation.\nAt least eightyears of progressively responsible experience in the humanitarian, transition, or development field.\nIn-depth knowledge and demonstrated engagement on Syria-specific development issues required.\nDemonstrated ability in managing sub-contractors or sub-agreements is highly desirable.\nExcellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.\nPrevious experience in data analysis, working with indicators and targets, and report writing.\n Fluency in Arabic (Levantine dialect and MSA) and English, written and spoken is required.\nNEF will accept a rolling application until the position is filled. Review of application will begin on September 27, 2026. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.\nTo apply:\nPlease apply by submitting the following documents to the Near East Foundation’s careers page:\nCover letter outlining all relevant experience and how you meet the essential criteria.\nCurriculum Vitae.\nList of three references (including one from current, or most recent, employer). You will be given further notice prior to us contacting references.\nPlease note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.\nApplicants are strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Near East Foundation by visiting the NEF website at www.neareast.org\nThe Near East Foundation promotes Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants seeking employment and NEF employees.\nPre-employment Checks\nAny Employment with the Near East Foundation will be subject to the following checks prior to start date:\nA satisfactory Restricted Party Screening; \nReceipt of satisfactory references;\nProof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7306,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"master","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Arabic","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Syria","iso":"SY","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Professional Services","Nonprofits & Foundations","Think Tanks & Policy Research"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T12:54:51Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":24,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.537,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":36,"expected_fill_days":23,"reasons":["conf:12","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/eplo-program-manager-national-position","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/eplo-program-manager-national-position.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T14:10:54Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":13703,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1910467},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1910467"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Feplo-program-manager-national-position"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Feplo-program-manager-national-position"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Feplo-program-manager-national-position"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/eplo-program-manager-national-position\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Feplo-program-manager-national-position"}]}