Position description
Altai Consulting is a Strategy, Research and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) firm focusing on the developing world. Altai began operating in 2003 and has since completed over 350 consulting and research assignments in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. Our clients include major donors (AFD, FCDO, the European Commission, the GIZ, IsDB, etc.) and their implementing partners, international organizations (the World Bank, the United Nations), INGOs and private sector clients looking for both technical expertise and high-level strategy advice.
For more information, please visit our website: www.altaiconsulting.com
As part of its Public Policy Practice, Altai Consulting seeks skilled candidates for a Syria project manager.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The consultant’s role will be to deliver social and economic research, monitoring and evaluation consultancy assignments for various development organizations in the Middle East, with a focus on Syria. This involves:
- Participation in the whole project cycle: timeline, establishment of research methodology, planning and conduct of field data collection, analysis and report writing
- Organization of quantitative and qualitative data collection through fieldwork interviews in various regions of Syria, and in other regional countries
- Management of teams of local consultants, interviewers and enumerators
- Analysis of the economic and social trends characterizing the current transition period in Syria
- Writing of deliverables in various formats, preparation and delivery of oral presentations of findings, formulation of recommendations to development actors in terms of project design, sectors of intervention, etc.
- Facilitation of various types of interviews: key informant interviews (with local communities, local authorities, companies, development actors, key social actors, etc.), focus group discussions, workshops
- Evaluation and third-party monitoring of development programs
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Native or fully professional level in Arabic and English.
- Master-level university education in development, economics, international relations, political sciences, or other relevant subjects.
- At least five years of experience in the field of development, including at least three in Syria, through positions for example at NGOs, UN agencies, donors or consulting positions.
- Eagerness to conduct social research in all regions of Syria, and in other regional countries
- Residing or willing to reside in Damascus and engage in work travel in the Middle East.
- Writing skills: ability to draft evaluative pieces with a good degree of autonomy.
- Oral skills: ability to deliver formal presentations and facilitate workshops with development professionals, and to adapt the tone and nature of presentations to different audiences.
FURTHER ASSETS (not mandatory)
- Work experience in Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan
- Fluency in French
PROFILE
- Curious about socio-economic, developmental, humanitarian, and regional Middle East issues.
- Autonomous, self-starter, proactive, at ease in a small, flexible structure.
- Positive team player, able to propose ideas, accepting constructive criticism.
- Honest, dependable.
- Eger to accept the challenges of project delivery (due to time pressure, demanding clients and interlocutors, logistics of travels, etc.)
- At ease in official settings (international conferences, formal presentations, etc.).
Application instructions
- Full-time position.
- Base monthly compensation dependent on qualifications and experience
- Renewable annual contract, trial period of three months.
To apply, send by March 12, 2026, an email to [email protected] – with subject line: [HR] Syria project manager – Full Name (important, your email might be lost otherwise) and the following attachments:
