Iraq: Project Manager – Access to Education – Dohuk – IRAQI KURDISTAN – H/F

Context of the position

The French Red Cross is operational in Northern Iraq since 2013, especially in Dohuk, Ninewa and Erbil governorates. FRC is providing assistance in a range of sectors including WASH, Livelihoods, Shelter and Relief. The Iraq programme presently employs about 65 national staff and 7 international staff. The French Red Cross works in partnership with the local branches of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS). In 2016, FRC continues its emergency and early recovery assistance for Syrian refugees, Iraqi IDPs, returnees and most vulnerable host communities. This will include in particular:

• continuous development of synergies with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society
• joint FRC/IRCS contingency planning and emergency response for new waves of people displacement
• provision of sustainable WASH facilities & services for Syrian refugees in Domiz camp (the Kurdistan’s largest camp, with more than 45 000 people), and for the IDP population in Sinjar district
• expanding livelihoods program in Northern Iraq through 1) the provision of immediate temporary employment and short-term income among vulnerable returnees and the local population in Ninewa Governorate; 2) the provision of professional skills and vocational training courses and the establishment of businesses support in order to increase the economic opportunities of the most vulnerable population
• strengthen the education of children, improve school facilities to make them more suitable for pupils in terms of safety, cohesion and individual development, provide adequate support to those who have particular psychosocial needs to guarantee children welfare and development

Project’s background

Increasing access to school facilities and learning conditions of all children affected by the Syrian conflict (refugees and host communities), is essential to enable them to improve their current situation and their future prospects.

FRC is about to implement a 3-year project funded by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) that seeks to tackle the above-mentionned issues, implemented both in Iraq and Jordan. The general objective is to strengthen educational basic services capacities in order to integrate Syrian children refugees and to address the needs of the whole targeted population. The specific objective is to promote, to facilitate and to improve the access to education for the Syrian refugees and host communities children in Iraqi Kurdistan (Dohuk governorate) and Jordan (Bader District). Each country will have its own Project Manager; however, a strong collaboration between the two persons is important, so that the project is implemented identically in both countries, following the same methodology and logic, however different the context may be.

The coordination will be ensured by the Jordan Project Manager, mainly because AFD is based in Amman.
Accordingly, the project will be launched with an induction period of 2 to 3 months, where the two Project Managers are expected to assess together the situation in both countries, and design the necessary tools for the global project together (staff job description, questionnaires, adjustments to the indicators if necessary, etc.)

The position

Responsibilities:

All of the responsibilities and tasks mentioned in this job description are intended to be implemented by the Iraq Access to Education PM in strong collaboration with his/hercounterpart in Jordan.

• A- Ensure the overall coordination, planning, monitoring and management of the project, in partnership with IRCS
• B- Manage and train the project team
• C- Ensure adequate communication, internal and external reporting on the project
• D- Contribute to context analysis and development of FRC operational strategy in Jordan

Hierarchical link

The project manager reports to the Head of Delegation.

He/she supervises one project officer and several field staff.

Functional links

Internal:

• at HQ: WASH and construction technical adviser, psychosocial technical adviser
• within Iraqi Delegation: logistic and administration/finance departments
• at regional level: Jordan PM counterpart

External:

• collaborates with IRCS, Danish Red Cross, local authorities, and neighborhood representatives
• holds regular meetings with the project’s donors, and attends upon request other external meetings (with EU, INGOs, UN agencies, etc.)

Profile of the candidate

Program coordination and management
Linked to the function of head of project:

• experience in implementing programme related to psychosocial and educational access
• experience / knowledge on rehabilitation would be an asset
• strong experience in community mobilization
• strong project and team management skills
• sound experience in partnership and capacity building
• good communication, analytical and drafting skills
• experience in the psychosocial activities would be an asset

Linked to the specific environment of the mission:

• excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills
• good knowledge or experience of the Red Cross Movement an asset
• rigor, flexibility and adaptation capacities

Languages: English compulsory, French or Arabic an advantage

Resume:

• Location : Erbil, IRAQI KURDISTAN
• Duration: 12 months
• To be filled by: february 2017
• Deadline for application: 06/02/2017
• Status: expatriate position

The French Red Cross reserves the right to fill the position before the closing date for applications.

Prerequisites

• Passport valid for more than 6 months at the moment of departure
• Up-to-date vaccination card / fitness for travel

To be better acquainted with the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, we invite you to follow two training sessions online, free and accessible to all, that constitute a real advantage for your application:

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Stay Safe is intended for every staff in a position to carry out international missions on behalf of the Federation or a National Society of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. The course aims at developing a common culture of security management within the Movement in order to enable a better understanding of the main threats and risks for humanitarian actors in the field, and offers solutions to restrain their impact. You will find these lessons on the IFRC Learning Platform open to all by clicking on the following link: https://ifrc.csod.com/client/ifrc/default.aspx

Apply via FRC website:

http://emploi.national.croix-rouge.fr/fe/tpl_croixrouge02.asp?newms=jj&id=72800&newlang=2