Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods)

The Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods) supports the livelihoods portfolio under the supervision of the National Project Officer – Livelihoods. The role involves developing training materials, conducting monitoring and assessments, supporting capacity-building, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring quality control of livelihoods activities in Iraq.

Responsibilities

• Support the National Project Officer – Livelihoods through the development and updating of training materials for beneficiaries and target groups, including business development, employability, labour standards, registration, banking and other relevant livelihoods training materials.
• Conduct regular monitoring, spot-check visits and pre/post assessments of trainings and livelihoods activities, and provide feedback to technical and operational teams on areas for improvement.
• Conduct regular capacity-building sessions for operations teams on training materials, livelihoods tools, systems and processes.
• In coordination with the National Project Officer – Livelihoods, support the development and updating of programme tools and coordinate with Information Management colleagues for the integration of these tools into relevant information management systems.
• Travel to project sites across Iraq, as required, to monitor beneficiaries and target groups who have received IOM livelihoods assistance and ensure that activities are implemented in accordance with livelihoods guidelines, tools, policies and procedures.
• In coordination with the National Project Officer – Livelihoods, conduct quality control and quality assurance of livelihoods activities, including monitoring, verification, mentorship, community feedback mechanisms, community engagement and other relevant livelihoods interventions.
• Support coordination with external stakeholders, including government entities, local authorities, NGOs, private sector partners and other relevant actors, to facilitate alignment of livelihoods interventions with national policies and local development priorities.
• Track and monitor conducted trainings and relevant livelihoods activities in the system, perform quality checks, identify errors, communicate them to teams, support teams to correct mistakes and report system issues or errors to relevant colleagues to improve system tools.
• Prepare reports, briefs and overviews on trainings, sessions and livelihoods activities for internal and external use, including reporting to stakeholders, donors and other relevant entities.
• Review and quality check uploaded business plans, verification documents and other relevant programme documentation under the livelihoods portfolio.
• In coordination with the National Project Officer – Livelihoods, monitor, compile and submit regular progress reports on activities and tools developed by the livelihoods team.
• In coordination with the National Project Officer – Livelihoods, monitor programme indicators and work closely with operational teams to ensure that livelihoods activities are on track and implemented in line with approved workplans.
• Assist in the internal coordination of referrals to other units and divisions, as relevant to livelihoods programming.
• Support field teams to mainstream gender, disability, protection, accountability to affected populations and other cross-cutting issues into livelihoods programming.
• Document and provide feedback to field teams on updated changes in livelihoods SOPs, technical guidance, tools and implementation guidelines.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law or related fields from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience.
• School diploma with six years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, national/international institutions, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.
• Experience in working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups.
• Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, non-government or government institutions/organization in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.
• Experience in coordinating with local authorities, service providers, community representatives, and other operational stakeholders is desirable.
• Experience in data collection, consolidation, reporting, and use of implementation tracking tools is desirable.
• Knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, resilience, or community-based programming approaches.
• Good understanding of field implementation, operational follow-up, and monitoring processes.
• Ability to review activity documentation, track implementation progress, and support timely reporting.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of data management, reporting tools, and information tracking systems is an advantage.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Arabic and Kurdish are advantage Languages.

Skills

• Liaising with Authorities
• Coordination with Local Authorities
• Working with Migrants and Refugees
• Community-Based Programs
• Livelihood Programming
• Recovery and resilience programming
• Field Implementation Monitoring
• Operational Follow-up
• Activity documentation review
• Implementation progress tracking
• Reporting and data consolidation
• Data Collection
• Use of implementation tracking tools
• Capacity-Building Initiatives
• Training Material Development
• Stakeholder Coordination
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook

Languages

English, Arabic, Kurdish