Regional Inclusive Education Specialist - based in Syria

• Place: Damascus - Syria
• Starting date: August 10th 2026
• Duration of contract: 12 months
• Closing date for applications: 18 June 2026

Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organisation working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. The organisation works alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.

Since its creation in 1982, HI has run development programmes in more than 60 countries and responded to numerous emergencies. Today, we have a budget of approximately 255 million euros, with 4794 employees worldwide.

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JOB CONTEXT:

HI’s Regional Programme (Mashriq) coordinates missions in 4 different countries (Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria). The programme is covering the full mandate of HI – emergency, mine action and development with a strong focus on continuum and resilience. The program has a total volume expected for 2026 of 12M Euros with 300 staff.

The main sectors of intervention are integrated physical and functional rehabilitation and MHPSS, inclusive education, Economic inclusion including basic needs and economic recovery), Humanitarian mines actions and Inclusive Humanitarian Actions/Inclusive governance.

Education is one of the core sector of intervention in most of the countries within the region. HI currently implements inclusive education projects in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, while seeking to develop interventions in Egypt.

In Syria, HI is supporting Education in Emergencies (EiE) partners (international INGOs and local NGOs) to make their EiE intervention inclusive of children with disabilities, through a mix approach of technical capacity building to partners and direct operational support to children with disabilities and their caregivers.

Based on the evolution of the context in the region, the Regional Inclusive Education Specialist will have to support the development of the Operational strategy and the revision of the sectorial strategy developed in the previous years to be adapted to the evolution of the context, especially in Lebanon.

In Syria, Security is stable in the Damascus, where amenities, hospitals, and basic commodities are available. Lebanon is volatile while stable in Egypt. Security conditions are very stable throughout Jordan. The position will require the postholder to travel between the countries of the region.

YOUR MISSION:

For most of the first 12 months, the Regional IE Specialist will be based in Syria and focus on supporting HI Education in Emergency (EiE) intervention and strategy in Syria, with in addition wider support to the region as needed. The main objectives are:

Syria:

• Support the implementation of the EiE component of ECHO project
• Develop HI strategy for EiE and IE in formal education in Syria
• Support the development of partnership in education sector and the networking
• Develop collaboration with the Ministry of Education and establish MoU
• Represent HI in relevant coordination mechanism

Jordan:

• Strong focus in Jordan to support the ongoing GIZ project until the end of September 2026, and the additional Chalhoub project ( end of October) and Altrad (June 2027).
• Support the linkages and relations with Ministries of Education and other relevant ministries especially in relation to the referral pathway
• Support business development opportunities in Jordan to capitalise on the ongoing IE project

Lebanon: Map any IE or EIE opportunities in Lebanon, especially with the previous donor UNICEF or ECW as they focus on the new CORE programme.

Egypt: Sector to be developed

Reporting to the Mashriq Regional Technical Head of Programs and under the technical supervision of the Global Inclusive Education Specialist, the Regional IE Specialist will have 3 main responsabilities:

Responsibility 1: Technical Expertise

• Leads sector strategy and contributes to regional and global strategic thinking
  • Provides sector-specific technical input to the regional operational strategy (StratOp) in line with the global technical strategy (StraTech)
  • Leads the development and monitoring of the regional sector strategy in their sector and ensures its implementation in the various countries where it is applied
  • Contributes to synergies and promotes integrated programming approaches with other sectors, based on strategic and operational priorities and standard projects
  • Supports HI's technical assistance (TA) strategy to help development actors, as well as public and private service providers, become more competent
• Provides technical support to projects in accordance with global technical standards and frameworks in its area of expertise

• Ensures technical quality control and monitoring.

Responsibility 2: Business Development

• Provides strategic technical monitoring
  • Monitors regional dynamics and multi-stakeholder initiatives in order to anticipate opportunities for collaboration and tracks trends in their area of expertise in relation to national and regional contextual developments
  • Analyses internal strengths and weaknesses, taking into account the institutional ecosystem, and ensures that proposals are aligned with strategic frameworks and donor requirements
  • Contributes to the strategic monitoring of relevant calls for proposals at the regional level

• Develops strategic partnerships

• Supports the development and drafting of new project proposals

• Represents HI in external coordination and advocacy forums
• Contributes to technical visibility and external communication

Responsibility 3: Knowledge management/ Lessons learned

• Coordinates a knowledge management system and promotes research and innovation initiatives
  • Designs participatory tools and processes to document field experiences (case studies, lessons learned, innovations) and identifies lessons learned through recommendations from evaluations
  • Leads transnational learning workshops and actively participates in global communities of practice (CoP)
  • Contributes to the drafting of analytical reports, technical notes and capitalization documents, and ensures their internal and external dissemination
  • Facilitates reflection and the development of innovative thematic outcomes, ensuring that issues related to gender, disability, climate change adaptation and digital transformation are meaningfully integrated into programming

• Supports and ensures capacity building for technical and non-technical staff (managers, technical officers, etc.) in accordance with the framework defined at the global level

At HI, the conditions offered are up to your commitment and adapted to the context of your mission.

• 12 months contract starting from 10th, August 2026; (extendable upon fundings)
• The international contract provides social cover adapted to your situation:
• Salary from 2757€ gross/month upon experience;
• Per diem: 533€ net/month - paid in the field
• Hardship: 250 € net/month paid with your salary;
• Paid leaves: 25 days per year;
• R&R: according to the level of the mission : 5 days every 12 weeks
• Position: Unaccompanied:
• Housing: Collective, taken in charge by HI;

Applications will be processed on an ongoing basis, don’t wait for applying!

Only successful candidates will be contacted.