Project Assistant – Mosul

Terms of Reference

Title: Project Assistant – Mosul
Duration: 2024
Duty Station: Ninawa – Mosul

Brief description of the organization:

Al Mesalla for Human Resources Development is a non-governmental organization established in 2004 registered in Baghdad and Erbil with headquarters located in Erbil. The organization is working at disseminating a culture of human rights and peace building in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region. The organization is currently working along 3 programs: A non-violence and peace building program developing peace capacities within the community; a women and Gender program empowering women to take an active role in the community and a Human Rights Program which focuses especially on enhancing freedom of expression. Since June 2014, Al Mesalla developed services to the growing refugee and displaced community settling in the Kurdish Region of Iraq by participating to distributing emergency support and establishing… empowerment and livelihoods programs for displaced women in particular.

BACKGROUND: Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (www.rescue.org) is a world leader in relief, rehabilitation, protection, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. The IRC has long-term programs based in Baghdad and Erbil, as well as emergency response programs supporting Syrian refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), returnees and host communities.

Working in coordination with the humanitarian community, IRC currently addresses the needs of war-affected Iraqi IDPs from several operational bases in the region. Our activities in the region focus primarily on the provision of non-food items, unconditional cash grants, health, early recovery, community protection and child protection and form part of an overarching humanitarian response in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey and the region that seeks to assist IDPs and refugees survive conflict and displacement.

SCOPE OF WORK: The Economic Recovery and Development Livelihoods Officer is a short term IRC position working to improve livelihoods of families’ affected by conflict in Iraq with access to business training followed by apprenticeship,  business grants and Job counselling. Supervised by the ERD Manager, the ERD livelihood Officer will work closely with the ERD livelihood Senior Officer and Assistants. This program aims to improve service access, socio-economic empowerment and enhance recognition for Iraqi IDPs, Returnees and Host community.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Carry out mobilization activities with IDPs and host communities to ensure they understand the project objectives and activities.
• Support BMZ Officer to carry out the transparent beneficiary selection in close coordination with other team members, local authorities, communities, IDPs, and other Humanitarian agencies working in the area.
• Support preparation of beneficiary list and registration form with relevant project staff prior to the distribution.
• Carry out beneficiary verification in the field to ensure most vulnerable beneficiaries receive IRC support.
• Support organizing the activities of the BMZ program including site selection, site preparation, distribution plan, stock management, documentation, etc.
• Actively work in distribution sites to implement BMZ activities, crowd control, and registration and to ensure the security of IRC properties.
• Prepare and update all necessary documents on daily basis without delay.
• Conduct regular site visits to the project activities: Small/Micro Businesses and Apprenticeships.
• Provide information to job seekers on employment options, including self-employment and training courses.
• If assigned, supervise volunteers on-site.
• Participate and actively contribute to rapid need assessments in the area.
• Fully comply with IRC safety and security procedures and provide input to security monitoring and assessments to enable and promote a safe and secure environment for program implementation
• Grant Monitoring & Reporting (please tailor the below to the monitoring requirements/tools/timelines mentioned in the specific STEP project(s) proposal.)
• Support for recording all required documents related to BMZ procurement, beneficiary selection, distribution, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Support BMZ Officer to update the beneficiary tracking sheet soon after each distribution is carried out.
• Support compilation and preparation of process monitoring and endline reports.
• Participate in monitoring and evolution activities directly or by providing feedback to the monitoring and evaluation team.

• At least one year of Experience in the humanitarian sector/development sector, Livelihood sector is preferred.
• Community mobilization experience is required.
• Experience working with IDPs / refugees – highly preferred.
• Personal qualities: Works well in and promotes teamwork, strong community outreach skills, detail-oriented, honest, flexible, and able to handle pressure well.
• Fluency in Arabic is essential. Basic proficiency in spoken and written English is highly preferred.
• Diploma or university degree.
• Female is highly preferred

Al-Mesalla implements an equal employment opportunity policy And our recruitment process is based on merit.
Applicants and/or successful interview candidates (both internal and external) are not required to pay any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.
Al-Mesalla is an Equal Opportunity Employer Al-Mesalla considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.
NOTE:- Applications not meeting the specified minimum requirements or received after closing date will not be contacted.
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Due to the urgency, Al-Mesalla reserves the right to recruit any suitable candidates before the above-mentioned deadline How TO APPLY This vacancy is open to both Internals and Externals.

Our commitment to PSEA begins with recruitment and selection. We have rigorous procedures in place to ensure that individuals with a history of sexual exploitation or abuse are not employed or engaged in any capacity within our organization.

How to apply  

Submit your CV as a PDF or WORD to (recruitment@mesalla.org). Other formats rather than PDF or WORD will consider corrupted and will lead to neglect application. 

Subject : Project Assistant – Mosul