Program and Branch Manager

Position Title: Program and Branch Manager Localisation: Full Time, Timeframe: October 1, 2026, Assigned Unit/Team: Programs, Line Manager: Syria Team Leader. Note: Due to work permit restrictions, position only open to Syrian nationals. This Scope of Work (SoW) outlines the responsibilities of the Program Manager with the Center for Operational Analysis and Research (COAR). The Program Manager will support the establishment, maintenance, and day-to-day operations of COAR's Syria Branch by ensuring compliance with legal and financial requirements, overseeing operational logistics, and delivering project management. The position plays a key coordination role across operations, finance, logistics, and program implementation, ensuring that the branch functions efficiently and that projects are delivered in line with operational plans, budgets, and organizational procedures. About COAR: COAR is an independent social enterprise that directly supports practitioners, policymakers, and donors by facilitating humanitarian and development interventions in complex, fragile, and high-risk environments. Objectives: To support the establishment and effective operation of COAR's Syria Branch; To ensure that the Syria Branch remains fully compliant with all applicable legal, financial, and administrative requirements; To provide efficient logistical and operational support for COAR staff, consultants, projects, and events across Syria; To lead and coordinate the implementation of multiple concurrent projects, ensuring delivery against scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards; To establish and maintain effective project management systems and workflows, including planning, budgeting, tracking, risk management, documentation and reporting; Under delegated authority from the Team Leader, to oversee the production of project deliverables, ensuring they meet client requirements, internal quality standards, and contractual obligations; To ensure outputs, events, final products, and publications meet client requirements, internal quality standards, and contractual obligations; To coordinate with and support multidisciplinary teams (analysts, field enumerators, IM, finance, consultants), ensuring clear tasking, accountability, and efficient collaboration; To serve as one of the primary focal points for project stakeholders, including clients, donors, and partners, ensuring...