Grants and partnership officer (F/M)

Do you want to join a committed, activist-driven organization and take meaningful action for social justice?
For over 40 years, Médecins du Monde has been delivering healthcare to the most vulnerable, challenging barriers to access, and driving long-term change in health policies.

In France and across nearly 30 countries, our work is built around six core missions:

- Sexual and reproductive health and rights (including access to safe abortion)

- Migration, exile, human rights and health

- Harm reduction

- Health and the environment

- Healthcare systems

- Humanitarian spaces

MdM in Syria

Following the rapid power shift in Damascus on 8 December 2024, the Syrian Arab Republic is undergoing a pivotal transformation that is fundamentally reshaping its humanitarian, political, and recovery landscape. The legacy of more than 14 years of conflict continues to manifest in an ongoing and unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by significant challenges.

Currently, 16.5 million people are in need, with 8 million individuals urgently prioritized—representing 33% of the Syrian population. Syria’s health crisis is compounded by multisectoral fragilities and overlapping crises, including severe shortages of human resources, insufficient medical supplies, disparities in salary scales between the Ministry of Health and INGOs, weak governance and monitoring systems, political uncertainty, evolving humanitarian coordination mechanisms, reduced funding amid increasing needs, and expanded humanitarian access to previously restricted yet highly contaminated areas.

MdM is adapting its interventions to remain effective and impactful within Syria’s evolving humanitarian landscape.

MdM’s strategy in Syria is structured around two main priorities:

- Providing primary healthcare services, including outpatient consultations, vaccination, nutritional care, and reproductive health, through the direct support of three health facilities

- Ensuring a community-based approach to promote equitable access to healthcare services for all

About the role

You will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing grants management, donor compliance, resource mobilization, and partnership and donor engagement for MdM in Syria. In addition, you will be responsible for the mission's communication and will represent the mission in relevant forums.

What you’ll do

Under the supervision of the general coordinator, your main responsibilities are the following:

Proposal management:

- Lead and coordinate concept notes and proposals
- Write the non-technical sections (context, needs analysis, cross-cutting)
- Ensure coherence between narrative, logframe and budget as well as alignment with MdM strategy and donor requirements

Reporting:

- Track all active grants and deadlines
- Coordinate donor and internal reports (including the monthly situation report)
- Ensure quality and consistency between programmatic and financial information

Donor engagement:

- Maintain donor mapping and a database of calls for proposals
- Train teams on donor rules, prepare meetings and briefing materials for the general coordinator
- Support audits and evaluations

Partnerships:

- Support the development of MoUs and partnership agreements
- Coordinate due diligence
- Manage collaboration with partners, including in a consortium

Communication:

- Develop communication products (factsheets, country profiles, success stories)
- Contribute to the visibility strategy, train staff on guidelines
- Collect field content, and manage social media in line with MdM and donor guidelines

Who you’ll work with

You will work closely with the program officer at HQ, the Institutional Funding Unit, the technical coordinators, the support coordinators, the MEAL team, and the communication teams at HQ and in the field, among others.

Requirements

You are the right match if you:

- Hold a Master’s degree in the following or related field: Development, International Relations, Humanitarian Management
- Have at least one year of experience in a similar role
- Have demonstrated experience in coordinating and preparing strong narrative and financial reports for a variety of donors
- Have a strong understanding of donor compliance, especially for ECHO, FCDO and UN mechanisms
- Have a previous experience with Médecins du Monde (MdM) (strong asset)
- Speak English fluently, Arabic is highly appreciated

This role may not suit you if you:

- Don't have experience in multi-donors’ budgets
- Don't have the ability to work under pressure, in insecure and fast-changing contexts, with sound judgment, diplomacy and adaptability
- You are not aligned with MdM’s values and activist approach

Recruitment process

If shortlisted, you will first meet with our HR team. Technical and managerial interviews, which may include practical case studies, will follow during the month of October.

Please note: as part of our anti–money laundering and counter-terrorism policy, international background checks may be conducted. Data is processed confidentially and securely. More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/
All successful candidates must provide a criminal record extract (B3).

Ready to apply?

We only need your CV and a cover letter.
If this role sounds like the right fit for you, apply now – we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits

Employment conditions

Contract & status:

- Gross monthly salary: 3 069 €

- Fixed-term contract for 3 months starting as soon as possible

- Single posting

Work environment:

- Position based in Damascus, Syria

- Regular field visits

Benefits:

- 13th-month salary (for employees with more than 6 months’ seniority)

- Expatriation allowance: 10% of gross monthly salary

- Coverage of travel (home – mission), visas, and vaccinations

- Accommodation: guesthouse

- Health insurance (50% covered by MdM and 50% by the employee)

- Repatriation insurance

- MdM promotes training and internal mobility.

Essentials:

- 5 weeks paid leave + 22.5 RTT days per year

- Strong commitment to inclusion and fighting all forms of discrimination

- More info: https://www.medecinsdumonde.org/en/working-internationally/

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

MdM is committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities and to fighting all forms of discrimination.
If you are officially recognized as a person with a disability and/or require workplace accommodations, please let us know.