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Consultant –Market Assessments for Improved Employment – Syria
Position: Value Chain Consultant
Location: Deir-ez-Zor
Job Category: Technical Advisor
Position Type: Consultancy
Position’s duration: 2 months, starting on November 1, 2022
About RI: Relief International (RI) specializes in relief and development programs that benefit people in acute distress. A registered non-profit in the US, UK, France and Belgium, our work targets those fragile countries or communities that suffer from man-made or natural crises that impede human development. The people that we serve live in 16 countries across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia where the debilitating effects of political instability, forced displacement, and natural disasters are pervasive.
Background: RI is one of the main humanitarian actors in Deir-ez-Zor (DeZ) in Northeast Syria, where it implements Health and Protection programmes in some of the most hard-to-reach areas. This governorate has been for a long time, including prior to the conflict, one of the most vulnerable areas in the country, with limited investment in infrastructure, availability of services, and state authority. During the conflict it was one of ISIS strongholds due to its tribal social structure, lack of state authority, etc. which facilitated the infiltration of those elements. The conflict, together with the economic crisis, environmental issues such as the water crisis, and the impact of COVID 19, has exacerbated the needs of the population and the lack of state institutions, employment, scarcity water & food security.
One of the components of the protection programme is the provision of skills development training to women and girls in the RI’s protection spaces. These training opportunities are mainly conceived as a way to support participants to increase their social network and empower them through learning new skills. In other words, skills development training is a complementary activity meant to reinforce the…
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