Field Officer

Under the supervision of LHH Project Manager, the Field Officer is responsible for support activities related to start-up and implementation of the project in Shirqat and shall be responsible for tasks related to selection of beneficiaries, implementation, reporting and liaison with the community. The position requires extensive field work and possible trips to Erbil.

Objective 1: To ensure timely and quality implementation of project activities

• Planning and implementation of activities
• Beneficiary selection processes
• Organize community meetings with the targeted communities
• Collect and document feedback from the field on implementation of the methodology, including challenges and lessons learnt
• Develop, maintain and improve mutual and beneficial relationships with key stakeholders
• Work with the admin and logistics and procurement team to support their work on the project.
• Coordinate with the M&E team, to support district-level project monitoring and evaluation against overall goals and specific objectives.

 Objective 2: Stakeholders coordination

• Coordination in the field with the local partners on best implementation including participants, and communities affected by the project activities;
• Support in building relationships between COOPI, local authorities, municipalities and communities.

 Objective 3: Data collection and reporting

• File, document and report work progress to the line manager on weekly basis;
• Regular collecting and consolidating the reports of the micro-business assistants;
• Regular reporting of work progress to the LHH PM;
• Report possible problems or conflicts during the activities;
• Report the use of materials and possible improvement.

 Objective 4: Security

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and the base security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols;
• Communicate to the security referent of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan.

 Objective 5: Support all COOPI activities

• Support emergency interventions, as per the employee’s competences;
• Support any activity that helps achieving COOPI humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s capacities;
• Participate in new assessments;
• Support other activities if it is needed;

Note: This job description is not exhaustive and may be changed or amended by the LHH  Program Manager when necessary, according to the base needs.

Experience

• University degree on economic development topic/Social Studies/Environmental Studies/Education or related qualifications;
• Experience in LHH in Emergency of at least 2 years
• Previous experience in conducting assessments and data entry

Skills & Qualifications

• Office and correspondences
• Knowledge in the following fields
  • Economic development /business management
  • Education
  • Humanitarian principles
  • Sphere standards
• Effective communication skills

Key Competencies

• Native Arabic language
• Good level of English language, both written and spoken
• Ability to multitask
• Positive attitude at all times
• Reporting capacity organized and rigorous, hard worker availability/learning capacity
• Ability to work in a team
• Interpersonal qualities and diplomacy
• Flexible with respect to job priority
• Agrees with the principles and objectives of COOPI

Send CV and Cover Letter to the email address [email protected] by Wednesday, March 16th COB, with “Field Officer – COOPI Iraq” as subject of the email. Failure to meet the deadline and/or missing information in the email subject will result in the application being discarded.

This vacancy notice is open to internal and external candidates: external candidates will be considered only when no suitable internal candidate from the duty station is identified.

Due to the high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.