Senior Project Officer, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Survivors Engagement
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Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation
- Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Civil Society
- Remote option: No
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: €200 EUR / daily
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 18/01/2026
- Location: Syria
About Us
The Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation (MF) is an international rights-based, survivor-centred organisation, dedicated to ending sexual violence as a weapon of war globally. The Mukwege Foundation supports survivors’ demands for a world where sexual violence as a weapon of war is no longer tolerated, and bears consequences for individual perpetrators and states.
Main responsibilities
The position is based in Damascus, with in-country travel within Syria. Fluency in both Arabic and English is required, along with strong skills in project management.
The main responsibility of the Senior Project Officer is to ensure the successful planning, execution, and completion of the above-mentioned project and activities, including the part implemented by ADMSP by actively facilitating the development, strengthening, and impact of national survivor networks in Syria, under the guidance of the team based in The Hague.
1.Survivor consultations and network building
- Lead consultations with women survivors to identify their needs, strategic priorities, and interest in forming survivor networks.
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive map of women-led informal networks.
- Develop, coordinate, and monitor national survivor networks in Syria, under the guidance of the team in the Hague, and supporting the implementing partner
2. Project coordination
- Ensure effective coordination with partners in Syria to ensure timely and quality implementation of the project activities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with local stakeholders to ensure alignment of project objectives with the context of implementation.
- Monitor context and propose change in activities if the changed environment requires this.
3. Logistics and organisational support
- Identify potential partners and assist with due diligence, contracting, and relationship management.
- Organise and manage logistics for field visits, including travel, accommodation, and other needs for MF staff
- Support events, including workshop preparation and translation as needed.
4. Other responsibilities
- Identify and facilitate survivor participation across relevant coordination platforms including transitional justice efforts, and future MF programmes in Syria.
- Support the application of a survivor-centred approach in Syria, including by engaging stakeholders working with CRSV survivors.
Qualifications and competencies
- Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory.
- The position is open to women candidates only, given the sensitivity of the topic and the stigma surrounding it, as it is considered more appropriate and comfortable for women survivors to engage with a female staff member.
- Relevant university degree (e.g. political science, social science, management, gender studies) with 3 years of relevant work experience in a comparable context.
- Experience in project management and implementation.
- Experience in engaging with survivors of SGBV/CRSV or other victims of grave violations.
- Strong writing and communication skills.
- Flexibility, independence, problem-solving attitude, reliability and commitment to the objectives of the Foundation.
- High ethical standards of behaviour, good judgment, respect for others, diplomatic skills, confidentiality and attention to detail.
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