The posting
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 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 Compliance Coordinator “CC” will oversee the Compliance Department, ensuring annual compliance plans are developed/followed and are appropriate to the context and management requirements. CC will manage the Compliance team who work across all departments, including programs, finance, procurement, logistics, and human resources, providing timely advice on donor regulations and feedback on the effectiveness of the internal controls in place in ensuring adherence to those regulations.
Provide leadership and oversight of the GOAL Syria Compliance Department ensuring that all responsibilities of the Compliance Department are fulfilled in a timely and effective manner, making best use of GOAL’s resources and ultimately ensuring compliance with donor and GOAL procedures and policies
Duties, objectives and competencies:
- Lead and manage the Compliance Department, including staff supervision, planning, and performance management.
- Develop and implement annual compliance plans and monitor compliance across all functions.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate compliance risks, ensuring timely escalation of significant issues.
- Provide guidance on donor regulations, organizational policies, contracts, partnerships, and grant management.
- Deliver compliance training and build staff and partner capacity.
- Oversee compliance reviews, audits, reporting, and follow-up on corrective actions.
- Ensure donor compliance, due diligence, sanctions screening, and regulatory requirements are effectively implemented.
- Support and monitor implementing partners to strengthen compliance systems and accountability.
- Coordinate donor audits, compliance investigations, and reviews, while escalating fraud, misconduct, or other significant breaches.
Requirements (essential):
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant subjects (such as Business Administration, Law, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, international trade, or a related field).
- At least 3 years’ experience in leading compliance, audit, risk management, governance, or donor compliance within NGOs or Business Sector.
- At least 6 years professional experience in INGOs or NGOs in related fields.
- At least 5 years’ previous experience in team management.
- Proven ability to develop staff and provide training on systems and procedures.
- Any previous experience in implementing organizational internal control, SOPs and donor policies.
- Strong knowledge of donor regulations, internal controls, and risk management practices.
- Experience in compliance monitoring, risk assessment, audit follow-up, and corrective-action tracking.
- Ability to manage and priorities a varied workload in a rapidly changing work environment.
- Previous Experience in reviewing donor agreements, partnership agreements, procurement processes, waivers, exceptions, and organizational procedures.
- Willingness and ability to undertake some travel for work purposes, as required.
- Ability to work under pressure to pursue multiple tasks simultaneously to successful conclusions.
- Excellent leadership, analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Trustworthy and honest.
- Fluency in Arabic and English
Requirements (desired):
- At least two years previous work experience as head of department.
- Diplomacy and negotiation skills.
- Master’s degree in related field.
- Previous experience in Anti-Terrorist Sanctions check systems.
- Previous experience in the U.S.G Vetting System "PVS".
- Data Analysis skills, including knowledge of Power BI and advanced Microsoft Excel
Interested? Then apply for this position via clicking on the "apply now" button and fill out the application form. All applicants must send a Cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
GOAL has the right to select one or more candidates from this vacancy announcement. We may also retain applications and consider candidates applying to this post for other similar positions with GOAL at the same grade level and with similar job descriptions, experience, and educational requirements.
Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
The application deadline is 09 Nov 2026 however, you are encouraged to apply immediately as we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis, therefore we may withdraw the position before the advertisement’s closing date if a suitable candidate/s is identified.
Please note that GOAL does not charge a fee of any kind or any other financial obligation at any stage of its recruitment process (application, interview, processing, training, induction) or other fees, or request information on applicants’ bank accounts. GOAL does not work with intermediary institutions and individuals or employment agencies during the recruitment process. If any fee or payment is requested from you at the application or any stage of the recruitment process, please do not respond.
GOAL does not accept any responsibility for the accuracy, errors or omissions of any of the information contained in translated advertisements by an independent party on other sites or through other channels.
General terms and conditions
Safeguarding
Children and vulnerable adults must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.
Safeguarding Statement GOAL has zero tolerance for safeguarding violations. All staff are expected to adhere to GOAL’s Code of Conduct and Safeguarding policies, including the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (PSEAH). Recruitment is subject to safeguarding checks, including reference verification
Accountability within GOAL
Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:
- Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behavior protocols.
- Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
- Report any concerns about inappropriate behavior of a GOAL staff or partner.
This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.
Thank you.
