Procurement Coordinator

Established in 1977, GOAL is an international humanitarian and development agency, committed to working with communities to achieve sustainable and innovative early response in crises, and lasting solutions to poverty and vulnerability. GOAL has worked in over 60 countries and has responded to almost every major humanitarian disaster. We are currently operational in 18 countries.

GOAL began operations in Syria in 2013 responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL's areas of operations include but not limited to Aleppo, Idleb and Damascus, and is expanding to new governorates in Syria. Programmes focus on Food and Nutrition Security, WASH, Shelter, Livelihoods/ERMS and Emergency Response with an emphasis on cash and voucher modalities. GOAL Syria implements its programmes directly, with staff based in Syria, and through Syrian NGO partners. GOAL's programme works at the household and community levels to improve community resilience and household coping strategies.

Job purpose:

The Procurement Coordinator is responsible for leading and managing all procurement operations for the Syria programme, ensuring timely, transparent, competitive and compliant procurement in line with GOAL’s Procurement Manual and donor requirements.

The role holds full operational ownership of procurement activities, supplier engagement, documentation quality, and team management. In parallel, the Procurement Coordinator works in technical coordination with the Supply Chain Advisor on strategic, system-level and capacity-building initiatives, including SOP updates, process improvements and system transitions. The role is expected to provide strategic oversight and operational leadership for high-value procurement, contributing to organisation-wide tender pipeline planning, spend-driven procurement strategies, and system-level improvements, while strengthening compliance, value for money, digitalisation and procurement team.

NOTE: This position may require travel to Saraqeb 2–3 days per week. A shuttle service between Aleppo and Saraqeb will be provided by GOAL.

Duties, objectives and competencies:

Procurement Management:

• Ensure that all procurement procedures are effectively followed in compliance with the GOAL Procurement Manual and relevant donor requirements.
• Lead and manage procurement staff, distributing tasks based on functional areas, monitoring performance and ensuring continuous on-the-job capacity development.
• Monitor the progress of all procurement actions and proactively follow up on approvals to increase on-time completion of Purchase Requests and avoid delays in the system.
• Review, verify and approve procurement documentation prepared by procurement staff prior to submission or award
• Manage the set up and maintenance of all procurement filing, electronic and hardcopy, and ensure that files are complete, correct and include all relevant documentation to meet audit requirements.