Livelihood Officer (National Position) Re-Advertisement - Iraq

NRC in Iraq

The unfolding crisis in Iraq is one of the most complex humanitarian emergencies in the world today, with millions of uprooted Iraqis, and hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. For the past several years, millions of people have been displaced from and within Iraq as a result of military operations. At the end of 2015, the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) began a military operation to enter and retake control of parts of the country under the control of armed opposition groups, especially in the Anbar governorate. Civilians have been caught in the crossfire. 

NRC has been present in Iraq since 2010, with offices located in Baghdad, Erbil, Dohuk, Kirkuk and Mosul.  We have scaled up our response across Iraq to meet the large-scale crisis facing the country, reaching Iraqis with emergency assistance and supporting Syrian refugees as they live in exile.  Our goal is to always be prepared to work in new settings, so we are establishing more local partnerships in Iraq.  Additionally, NRC is part of the UNICEF and WFP-led Rapid response mechanism (RRM), which enables us to reach newly displaced populations with the most urgent life-saving assistance.

Today, NRC is one of the biggest cash providers in Iraq. Our emergency assistance also includes distributing food rations, hygiene kits, water and basic non-food items (NFIs). In the winter months, we also provide blankets and heaters.  We pay particular attention to gender equality and ending gender-based violence (GBV).

Livelihood Officer - Basra

The purpose of the officer position is to ensure day to day implementation of the Livelihoods Project for NRC’s Basra office, covering the governorate. The role includes contributing to specific technical livelihoods programme components.

Responsibilities 

• Implement delegated Livelihoods project portfolio activities according to plan of action, developed by Livelihoods team
• Responsible for compiling project documentation – collection, verification, filing – of technical activities of Livelihoods projects
• Ensure financial tracking of expenditures on technical activities in Livelihoods projects
• Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines including compliance
• Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
• Monitor and document the implementation of project activities done by implementing partners and/or contractors (plan of action activities, contracts, performance, quality)
• Ensure that projects targets beneficiaries most in need, and explore and share different ways to assist
• Promote and share ideas for technical improvement in design, delivery or monitoring of activities
• Implement market assessments questionnaires
• Conduct service provider mapping and assessments
• Establish strong working relationship with targeted communities, including local leaders and identification of local focal points
• Implement beneficiary targeting and verification process for various activity streams
• Implement/support beneficiary registrations
• Support partners/contractors/trainers to implement business-focused training programmes
• Implement or support partner implementation of community-based soft-skills training programmes
• Implement NRC Community Engagement Approach
• Conduct Focus Group Discussions, household surveys, and Key Informant Interviews, with assistants and enumerators
• Map financial service providers and implement questionnaires/surveys
• Support training and give guidance to field enumerators and assistants
• Support with referrals to other NRC sectors or through external referral mechanisms

Our Ideal Candidate:

A university graduate in a relevant field(s) with minimum 2 years’ experience in a Livelihood position and in humanitarian/recovery settings, especially in complex and volatile environments. Fluency in English, both verbal and written is required.  Knowledge of Arabic and previous work experience in Iraq will be a distinct advantage.

Additional Information:

Contract period: 3 months

Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions

Duty station: Basra

Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more information, please find attached the job description.