Project Manager, Programme Portfolio Transitioning
SOS Children's Villages International · Syrian Arab Republic · Apply by November 25, 2026
About this role
The assignment Children’s Villages Worldwide (CVW) will conclude its funding of SOS Children’s Villages Syria at the end of 2028. Seven programme units — family-like care, semi-independent living, family strengthening, youth care and a programme for children and young people with disabilities — serving a planned caseload of 901 participants must reach a safe, defined onward arrangement before that date. We are looking for an experienced transitioning Project Manager to run that process on the ground in Damascus. This is not a start-up role and it is not a conventional country-director post. It is a closure and transition assignment, in a politically sensitive environment, where the central obligation is that no child, young person or family is worse off at the end of it. Four units are designated for handover to a receiving partner under an agreement that is currently blocked on government approvals. Three units, including the disability programme, have no pathway yet. Defining one is the first thing this role has to solve. What you will do Hold the transitioning plan across all seven units and drive it to the timetable — designs, transfers, closures, and the gate reviews in…