Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods)

The Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods) supports the implementation, monitoring, and coordination of livelihoods activities, including Graduation Approach interventions, within Iraq. The role involves field monitoring, quality checks, reporting, and coordination with stakeholders to ensure timely and quality delivery of livelihoods programs.

Responsibilities

• Support team leaders and livelihoods case managers in tracking the implementation of livelihoods activities, including Graduation Approach interventions, to ensure timely delivery.
• Travel to project sites across Iraq to monitor beneficiaries and follow up on livelihoods activities in line with guidelines, tools, policies, and procedures.
• Support routine quality checks and verification of livelihoods activities, including monitoring, community feedback processes, and community engagement.
• Monitor, compile, and submit regular progress updates on livelihoods activities using established tracking tools and reporting templates.
• Deliver orientation and refresher sessions for operational teams on approved livelihoods tools, training materials, systems, and processes.
• Monitor program indicators and work closely with operations teams to track progress of livelihoods activities against approved workplans.
• Support routine coordination with external stakeholders including government entities, local authorities, NGOs, private sector partners, and other relevant actors.
• Draft routine reports, briefs, and activity overviews on trainings, sessions, and livelihoods interventions for internal and external reporting.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits, spot checks, and pre-/post-assessments of training and livelihoods activities and document findings for follow-up.
• Review and check uploaded business plans, verification documents, and other program documentation for completeness and compliance.
• Support dissemination of updated SOPs, guidance notes, tools, and implementation instructions to field teams and assist in tracking their application.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Psychology, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience; or Completed high school diploma from an accredited academic institution with six years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in supporting the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of livelihoods, recovery, resilience, or community stabilization activities.
• Experience in field-level operational follow-up, implementation tracking, and coordination with field teams across multiple locations.
• Experience in conducting monitoring visits, reviewing activity documentation, and following up on implementation issues to support timely and quality delivery.
• Experience in working with international organizations, UN agencies, NGOs, or donor-funded programs 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.
• Experience working with vulnerable individuals and communities, and applying inclusive and protection-sensitive approaches in program implementation, is an advantage.
• Ability to work harmoniously with colleagues from varied cultures and professional backgrounds.
• 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

• Livelihoods Program Evaluation
• Recovery and Resilience Activities
• Community Stabilization
• Field Operational Follow-up
• Implementation Tracking
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Coordination with Field Teams
• Activity documentation review
• Data Collection and Consolidation
• Documentation and Reporting
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Inclusive Program Implementation
• Protection-Sensitive Approaches
• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• Microsoft Outlook

Languages

English, Arabic, Kurdish