Responsible for procurement tasks including preparation, coordination, and documentation, ensuring that timely, proper support for project implementation.

• Bachelor degree in related field.
• Minimum Four years of related humanitarian aid procurement responsibilities.
• Proficiency in English and Arabic / Turkish is preferred.
• Maintains consistent expectations of staff performance. 
• Works productively with broad range of team members 
• Organizes and plans work to accomplish given objectives with minimal supervision.  
• Encourages others to respect procedures and rules and to take individual responsibility for their work. 
• Strives to increase effectiveness of routine work tasks. 
• Works cooperatively and builds rapport with others. 
• Ability to use good judgment and to problem solve.
• Capacity for empathy and compassion.
• Capacity for multi-tasking.
• Ability to demonstrate courage and to take responsibility.
• Ability to be resourceful and show initiative.
• Demonstrating assertiveness.
• Possess and demonstrate integrity.
• Capacity for engaging in teamwork and ability to collaborate.

Child Protection Policy

Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to WATAN, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. WATAN is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy

WATAN provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status.

WATAN employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside WATAN.

Applications are strongly encouraged from female candidate.

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis. WATAN reserves the right to close this advert before the confirmed closing date when we are in receipt of sufficient applications.

Any published closing dates are estimated.  WATAN has right to close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

• Undertake the project procurement through implementing all policies and procedures related to procurement activities & Ensuring that Partners procurement guidelines are followed in all transactions.
• Undertake the project procurement activities, such as reviewing technical specifications for goods and works; researching market for procurement bid lists; reviewing Terms of Reference for service providers; preparation of bidding documents; writing evaluation reports; training of bid evaluation committees.
• Manage end to end supply chain process for pharmaceutical products, medical devices and medical equipment requirements for medical projects that WATAN operates in Syria.
• Design, implement a database of shortlisted service providers and ensure the update, and develop management statistics that will allow donors to measure the level of project performance in terms of procurement.
• Plan, prepare and coordinate the timing of purchase of consulting services and goods and works.
• Monitor the implementation of service and supply contracts to ensure continuity of project activates;
• Contribute to the development of a Project Procurement Plan and generate regular updates for the guidance of all senior staff.
• Develop tools for capturing procurement data and identify progress towards the achievement of procurement schedules.
• Develop and maintain the procurement plan on a model consistent with WATAN procedures, including the short-term estimate, the procedure for procurement under the terms of the SGAs signed between WATAN and its partners.
• Participate in project technical committees or component team meetings in order to ensure that these goods and services received comply with contract specifications.
• Produce periodic reports on the market situation and suppliers’ performance.
• Coordinate with the Financial Officer for regular preparation of Project Management Reports, as a part of the internal financial reporting requirements.
• Undertake other related duties as required by the Procurement and Logistics Manager.