Urban Planning Jobs in Syria

<p>Job Description: Field Representative<br>Company Name: SFO<br>Headquarters: Switzerland<br>Sector: Wealth Management and Real Estate Investment<br>Employment Type: Field-based / Frequent Travel</p><p><br>About the Company<br>We are a leading Swiss multi-family office and investment firm, providing integrated and customized solutions in wealth management, asset protection, real estate investment, and property management. Our team possesses extensive expertise in financial and tax planning, investment management, and philanthropy. We are committed to helping families and institutions protect and grow their wealth across generations.</p><p><br>Job Objective<br>SFO is seeking an ambitious and energetic Field Representative to join our team. The responsibilities of this role center on direct engagement with families, High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), family offices, financial advisors, and government entities across the Middle East and Europe to understand their financial needs and establish strong connections between them and our global investment network.</p><p><br>Key Tasks and Responsibilities<br>Frequent travel across the Middle East and Europe to conduct face-to-face meetings with target clients and investors.<br>Building and developing strategic relationships with investors, family offices, financial advisors, and relevant stakeholders.<br>Studying and understanding client needs in wealth management and real estate investment, and presenting appropriate solutions from the company's service offerings.<br>Representing the company professionally at conferences, one-on-one meetings, and formal gatherings.<br>Working independently to manage client relationships and pursue available growth and investment opportunities.</p><p><br>Required Experience and Qualifications<br>Education: No specific academic degree is required; the primary focus is on passion, ambition, and a constant desire to learn.<br>Languages: Excellent command of the Arabic language (English proficiency is a major advantage).<br>Flexibility and Sales: High flexibility and full availability for frequent travel. (Possession of a private car and a valid driver's license is an advantage).<br>Work Experience: Prior experience in fields such as sales, real estate, investment management, or field work is preferred but not mandatory.<br>Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and public relations skills, with the ability to work independently and take responsibility.</p><p><br>Benefits and What We Offer<br>A dynamic field-based work environment offering vast opportunities for international travel.<br>Competitive salaries and performance-based incentives.<br>Continuous on-the-job training and development programs to cultivate your skills in the wealth management and real estate sectors.<br>A promising opportunity to join a major, rapidly growing firm focused on making a tangible impact in financial and business markets.</p>

<p>1.Build and contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of Syriatel communication system.<br>2.Propose and plan different corporate activities that can be incorporated within advertising, promotional, events and CSR budgets in alignment with corporate’s objectives.<br>3.Manage the development and improvement of media strategy final draft, approve media plans, and maintain and ensure a coherent brand image through the different communication channels and available communication mix.<br>4.Develop communication action plan/calendar and manage its implementation as approved.<br>5.Manage the development of advertising, and promotional plans and their tools, to convey the needed key messages to Syriatel audience and contribute to increasing Syriatel revenue.<br>6.Approve all creative briefs prepared by Creative team, and provide enhancement recommendations.<br>7.Review, enhance and approve events and CSR annual plans in alignment with Syriatel strategy.<br>8.Manage the development of all E-Communication activities, social media networking, and all Syriatel websites and intranet.<br>9.Provide recommendations to the marketing brief and approve the final version that shall be presented to advertising agencies.<br>10.Manage the preparation of press conferences, review and approve press releases.<br>11.Approve the cancellation/renewal of all media providers and sponsorships contracts.<br>12.Review and approve the final new proposed panel location evaluation and the defined budget.<br>13.Approve events, exhibitions, sponsorships, and CSR initiatives based on the evaluation form, and manage the relevant planning, design and implementation.<br>14.Participate with Marketing Director in the planning of promotional items, approve samples in terms of design and quality, and ensure the proper preparation.<br>15.Propose, review, and approve new ideas to develop Syriatel products and follow up with concerned parties for proper implementation or enhancement.<br>16.Establish and maintain solid relationships with events’ organizers, charity and<br>humanitarian organizations, and all advertising and communications channels.<br>17.Interview candidates and provide recommendations to direct line of authority<br>18.Manage efficient and effective allocation and utilization of resources (financial, human,<br>physical, IT ….etc.) within the Unit consistent with goals, priorities and budget.<br>19.Review &amp; approve the Unit’s yearly budget as per the Company's Goals and Corporate Objectives.<br>20.Cascade Corporate Objectives into Unit Objectives and ensure proper alignment.<br>21.Set, develop Unit KPIs and update when needed.<br>22.Lead, develop and motivate team members to reach ultimate performance, and successfully contribute in achieving Corporate, Department, and Unit Objectives.<br>23.Develop &amp; maintain Syriatel Quality Management System effectively &amp; efficiently.<br>24.Conduct Staff Meeting with team members minimum twice a year per region, and discuss team related issues and concerns.<br>25.Reinforce Corporate Culture and values by living them, communicating them to the team, and ensuring full adherence.</p>

<p>1.Oversee the development of services and products’ addressable market, yearly targets, and marketing plans, while directing lifecycle, positioning, and performance to ensure achievement of KPIs, profitability, usage, loyalty, and customer base growth.<br>2.Drive strategic business relations with service providers, expand E-payment services, ISP products, and mobile applications roadmap, and supervise competitor analysis to recommend corrective actions.<br>3.Direct loyalty programs to reduce churn rate, enhance customer satisfaction, and champion initiatives to up-sell and expand service penetration.<br>4.Provide strategic oversight of Syriatel brand, image, and identity through media plans, campaigns, advertising channels, digital platforms, and corporate communications.<br>5.Lead the planning and execution of corporate events, ensure alignment of advertising materials with corporate identity, and champion CSR initiatives to strengthen Syriatel’s image.<br>6.Guide market segmentation, competitor intelligence, and research (quantitative/qualitative, SWOT) to identify opportunities and define penetration strategies.<br>7.Monitor the implementation of yearly master coverage plans and ensure resolution of coverage complaints, expand market share and increase revenue.<br>8.Lead international and national roaming &amp; interconnection business by managing partner relations, overseeing product development, and driving pricing/agreements strategies to maximize financial growth.</p>

<p>The QA Engineer is responsible for ensuring that Jethur’s enterprise software products meet approved functional, technical, security, usability, and performance requirements before release to customers or deployment to UAT and production environments.</p><p>The role includes reviewing requirements, preparing test plans and cases, executing manual and automated tests, documenting defects, validating fixes, and maintaining clear quality evidence for every release.</p><p>Key Responsibilities Requirements and Test Planning</p><ul><li>Review BRDs, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, and technical specifications.</li><li>Identify unclear, incomplete, or conflicting requirements before development begins.</li><li>Prepare test plans, test scenarios, test cases, checklists, and test data.</li><li>Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and release results.</li><li>Estimate testing effort and communicate dependencies or quality risks.</li></ul><p>Functional Testing</p><ul><li>Conduct functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.</li><li>Validate complete end-to-end workflows across Jethur modules.</li><li>Test user roles, permissions, approval workflows, notifications, reports, dashboards, and audit trails.</li><li>Verify configuration, multilingual interfaces, and responsive behaviour where applicable.</li><li>Test positive, negative, boundary, and exception scenarios.</li></ul><p>API and Database Testing</p><ul><li>Validate REST APIs using tools such as Postman or equivalent.</li><li>Verify request and response structures, status codes, authentication, authorization, and error handling.</li><li>Perform database validation using SQL queries.</li><li>Confirm data integrity and consistency across interfaces, databases, reports, and integrated systems.</li><li>Test third-party integrations and identify whether defects originate internally or externally.</li></ul><p>Defect Management</p><ul><li>Record defects with clear descriptions, reproduction steps, evidence, severity, priority, and affected environments.</li><li>Work with developers and product owners to investigate and resolve defects.</li><li>Retest resolved defects and perform impact-based regression testing.</li><li>Monitor defect ageing, recurrence, rejection rates, and leakage into UAT or production.</li><li>Escalate critical defects and quality risks before release decisions.</li></ul><p>Test Automation</p><ul><li>Develop and maintain automated tests for critical and repetitive workflows.</li><li>Support automation for web interfaces, APIs, and regression suites.</li><li>Integrate automated tests into the development and deployment pipeline where applicable.</li><li>Analyse automation failures and maintain reliable test scripts.</li><li>Recommend suitable areas for automation based on risk and return.</li></ul><p>Release and UAT Readiness</p><ul><li>Verify that the agreed scope has been fully tested before delivery to UAT.</li><li>Prepare release-level test execution reports and quality summaries.</li><li>Confirm that critical and high-severity defects are closed or formally accepted before release.</li><li>Provide a documented QA recommendation for release approval or rejection.</li><li>Support customer UAT by reproducing issues, validating defects, and coordinating fixes.</li><li>Ensure that no release is delivered to UAT or production without completing the required QA controls and approvals.</li></ul><p>Quality Improvement</p><ul><li>Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily meetings, reviews, and retrospectives.</li><li>Conduct root-cause analysis for escaped or recurring defects.</li><li>Improve testing standards, templates, tools, and processes.</li><li>Maintain reusable regression suites and product-quality documentation.</li><li>Promote early testing and quality ownership throughout the development lifecycle.</li></ul><p>Required Qualifications</p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline.</li><li>Minimum of 3 years of software quality assurance or software testing experience.</li><li>Experience testing web-based enterprise applications.</li><li>Strong understanding of software development and testing life cycles.</li><li>Practical experience with test and defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.</li><li>Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.</li><li>Working knowledge of SQL and database validation.</li><li>Understanding of browser developer tools, logs, and basic technical troubleshooting.</li><li>Ability to create clear test cases, defect reports, and quality-status reports.</li><li>Strong written and spoken English; Arabic is an advantage.</li></ul><p>Preferred Qualifications</p><ul><li>ISTQB Foundation Level certification or equivalent.</li><li>Experience with automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or equivalent.</li><li>Experience with performance testing tools such as JMeter or k6.</li><li>Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version-control systems.</li><li>Experience testing SaaS, GRC, governance, risk, compliance, audit, business continuity, or regulated-enterprise platforms.</li><li>Awareness of application-security testing principles.</li><li>Experience testing role-based access, configurable workflows, dashboards, reporting, and audit logs.</li></ul><p>Required Competencies</p><ul><li>Analytical and structured problem-solving.</li><li>Strong attention to detail.</li><li>Independence and accountability.</li><li>Clear written and verbal communication.</li><li>Ability to challenge incomplete requirements constructively.</li><li>Effective collaboration with developers, business analysts, product owners, project managers, and support teams.</li><li>Ability to prioritise testing based on customer impact and business risk.</li><li>Ability to work across multiple releases and customer projects.</li></ul><p>Key Performance Indicators</p><ul><li>Percentage of requirements covered by approved test cases.</li><li>Defect leakage into UAT and production.</li><li>Percentage of critical and high-severity defects detected before UAT.</li><li>Regression-test completion and pass rate.</li><li>Defect reopening and rejection rates.</li><li>Test execution completed within the agreed release schedule.</li><li>Automation coverage of critical regression workflows.</li><li>Quality and completeness of test evidence and release reports.</li><li>Reduction in recurring defects.</li><li>Accuracy and timeliness of release-readiness recommendations.</li></ul>