Electrical and Communication Engineer – Shirqat

[Al-Shirqat,Iraq ]

Salary: ……………1,300…USD per Month………………  

 

Description: ……………………………………………………………………………………………

 

Mercy Hands for Humanitarian Aid (MH) is a leading Iraqi NGO, founded in 2004 with the goal of saving lives and preserving human dignity. Mercy Hands is headquartered in Baghdad, and several Satellite Offices across Iraq, and one Regional Office in Erbil. Mercy Hands is currently active in the following humanitarian sectors: emergency aid, Sustainable Livelihoods and Economic Recovery, civil society and democratization, peace-building, protection, and health. For more information, please visit our website: www.mercyhands.org.       

The project has a new additional activity, called Support to Electric and Mobile Maintenance Workshops for youth in Shirgat. Mercy Hands will provide minimally 50 selected electric and mobile maintenance workshops in Shirqat with business skills training and assets replacements/toolkits to grow and/or restore their business operations and the provision of their maintenance services. The selected workshops are specialized in mobile maintenance, wiring and microelectronics maintenance, electrical maintenance, digital communication, electrical machines, generators, hydraulics, lighting systems, pneumatics, transformers and/or more.

These workshops are geographically distributed over the city of Shirqat, The Electric and communication sector engineer will support this component for a project for IDPs, Returnees, and host committee for vulnerable families in Salah Al-Din/Shirqat in coordination with local authorities, community leaders, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and livelihood cluster.

The post holder will lead the selection of youth who has an electric and mobile maintenance shops, to get the assets support from the project. The activity is going to end on December 31st.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Prepare the technical and administrative selection criteria for the electric and mobile maintenance business in Shirgat

Apply the National Emergency Livelihoods Cluster and the selection Standard Operation Procedure and Approach previously approved by UNDP during the selection of Beneficiaries.

Lead the selection of youth who has an electric and mobile shop based on the technical and administrative criteria.

Coordination with the local, coordinate with relevant local authorities and the community committee to identify and register the beneficiaries.

Provide technical orientation top the enumerator’s who is applied the selection criteria in the field.

Prepare /assist the Bills of Quantity (BoQs) for electric and mobile maintenance equipment/tools/machines

Review, develop and/or improve the BoQs provided by the selected Beneficiaries

Assists the Procurement the materials/toolkits.

Conduct a distribution to deliver the materials to BNFs.

Provide mentorship support for each electric and mobile maintenance shops with Business trainers

Provide the report of the activities

Support Project Manager in data collection and report writing.

Perform such other activities as may be assigned by the Project Manager.

Minimum 3 years’ experience in managing Electric &Mobile Maintenance related Work/ projects.

Must be living/staying or willing to stay in Shirgat until the 31st December 2021.

Experience in BoQ preparation

Experience in mentoring, visiting business on the above sectors

Minimum Graduate Level University Degree in Electric, and Electronic, Engineering, or related fields;

Experience of implementing project in the target area/governorate (desirable)

Proficiency in Arabic mandatory, English-language is desirable.

Please send your relevant diplomas, CV with a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position in English and your earliest possible start date to [email protected]

 and [email protected], Cc to [email protected]

 with the subject line: Application – Electrical and Communication Engineer /Output 6– Sustainable Livelihoods and Economic Recovery project.

Due to the urgency of this position, the applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the vacancy might be filled before the deadline.