Project Officer

[Nineveh,Iraq ]

Project purpose:

Increase youth resilience against violent extremism by strengthening local identity-based approaches by:

1. Increasing the ability of young religious leaders to promote messages of peace
2. Strengthening the ability of Iraqi youth groups to enhance social cohesion using arts and culture
3. Increasing youth resilience and capacitating the youth to provide early warning signals and prevent violent extremism in Nineveh.

 

Job duties and tasks:

The PO main responsibilities are, although not solely restricted to:

 

• Prepare and realise, together with the Project Manager, the presentation of the project to the community, beneficiaries and project team;
• Ensure organisation and coordination of the project team during the preparation, execution and evaluation of the planned activities according to the time-frame and their coherence with the general project time-frame;
• Organise weekly meeting with the project team working in the project and ensure the reports and communication, reporting to the Project Manager. The Project Officer is the responsible of the project team;
• Ensure regular monitoring of project implementation and supervision of progress as well as the weekly running of the field activities (assisted by the Project Manager);
• Support the project team in organising regular meetings with the stakeholders and local government officials;
• Support the Project Manager and in liaison with the project Field Coordinator in conducting actor mapping, needs assessments and context analyses;
• Supporting the project team in organising Focus Groups Discussions, ad hoc meetings and conferences, when and if needed;
• Liaising and communicating with the stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of the project;
• Report monthly and weekly to the Project Manager the planning, implementation and progress of the project’s activities;
• Elaborate with the Project Manager weekly and monthly and weekly activity plans;
• Ensure proper financial and administrative report according to the costs of the developed activities to the Project Manager and the Administrative and Financial Assistant on a monthly basis;
• Identify shortfalls and bottlenecks in the implementation of planned activities that would require immediate action and accordingly propose relevant recommendations and corrective measures;
• Suggest contacts, partnerships and networking leading to the success of the project;
• Provide to the Project Manager the field report according to all the activities implemented and support the Project Manager in the technical report requested by the Donor;
• Ensure meetings and relations with all the stakeholders involved in the project (Governorate’s Office and representatives, Community and Religious leaders, institutional representatives, NGO’s, partners, youth, women and other marginalised groups etc.)

 

Reporting to:

Project Manager

Project purpose:

Increase youth resilience against violent extremism by strengthening local identity-based approaches by:

1. Increasing the ability of young religious leaders to promote messages of peace
2. Strengthening the ability of Iraqi youth groups to enhance social cohesion using arts and culture
3. Increasing youth resilience and capacitating the youth to provide early warning signals and prevent violent extremism in Nineveh.

 

Job duties and tasks:

The PO main responsibilities are, although not solely restricted to:

 

• Prepare and realise, together with the Project Manager, the presentation of the project to the community, beneficiaries and project team;
• Ensure organisation and coordination of the project team during the preparation, execution and evaluation of the planned activities according to the time-frame and their coherence with the general project time-frame;
• Organise weekly meeting with the project team working in the project and ensure the reports and communication, reporting to the Project Manager. The Project Officer is the responsible of the project team;
• Ensure regular monitoring of project implementation and supervision of progress as well as the weekly running of the field activities (assisted by the Project Manager);
• Support the project team in organising regular meetings with the stakeholders and local government officials;
• Support the Project Manager and in liaison with the project Field Coordinator in conducting actor mapping, needs assessments and context analyses;
• Supporting the project team in organising Focus Groups Discussions, ad hoc meetings and conferences, when and if needed;
• Liaising and communicating with the stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of the project;
• Report monthly and weekly to the Project Manager the planning, implementation and progress of the project’s activities;
• Elaborate with the Project Manager weekly and monthly and weekly activity plans;
• Ensure proper financial and administrative report according to the costs of the developed activities to the Project Manager and the Administrative and Financial Assistant on a monthly basis;
• Identify shortfalls and bottlenecks in the implementation of planned activities that would require immediate action and accordingly propose relevant recommendations and corrective measures;
• Suggest contacts, partnerships and networking leading to the success of the project;
• Provide to the Project Manager the field report according to all the activities implemented and support the Project Manager in the technical report requested by the Donor;
• Ensure meetings and relations with all the stakeholders involved in the project (Governorate’s Office and representatives, Community and Religious leaders, institutional representatives, NGO’s, partners, youth, women and other marginalised groups etc.)

 

Reporting to:

Project Manager

Essential Skills :

• Leadership and Team Management.
• Technological Skills.
• Analytical Skills.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solving creatively and mitigate risks effectively.
• Good interpersonal communication and team-working skills.

Educational & Qualifications  Requirements:

• University or college qualification in a relevant area or equivalent work experience.
• At least three (3) years of experience working with NGOs/INGOs.
• Experience in capacity building, project planning, implementation, and monitoring.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, Arabic languages.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of the local contexts and sensitivities
• Peacebuilding programming and management
• Finance and strategic planning 
• Emergency start-up.

APPLICATION SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINE:

Please submit your cover letter along with your CV by email to the following address using ‘Project Officer Nineveh’ as the email’s subject title:

[email protected]