Project Officer / Iraq – Baghdad (National Position)

Project Officer

Position: Project Officer

Location: Iraq – Baghdad

Application Deadline: 14 August 2022

Duration: 10 Months with possible to extend

Start Date: As soon as possible

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Follow up the implementation project activities to ensure the project is completed in a timely and accountable manner
• Follow up with local partners on implementation of project activities and ensure smooth delivery of activities and support the selection, capacity assessment, contracting, monitoring, evaluation of local partners
• Coordinate with project officers and M&E team to prepare and implement project monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Set up plan, supervise and monitor the project at the field level to ensure the successful implementation of all projects activities, the generation of planned outputs and attainment of key project objectives.
• Receive monthly reports from Project officers, review and refine before sharing with Country Manager
• Help in development and updating of monthly and quarterly reports to ensure smooth tracking of the assigned projects
• Periodically monitor and update SIS
• Ensure all activities undertaken are appropriately documented (agreement/MOUs attendance sheets, beneficiary Registration lists, work plans and agreements when relevant etc)
• Coordinate with Country Manger in alerting on all planned monitoring activities of the projects and troubleshoot problems
• Liaise with project officers in providing necessary technical support in reporting and implementation of project activities
• Budget and monitor project expenditures to ensure they are in line with Spark and donor requirements in coordination with the Country Manager
• Support on procurement and other needs for project implementation
• Produce internal report on weekly and monthly basis Ensure proper visibility for the projects and activities

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Responsible for an up to date registration in our M&E dashboards of all the related tasks and figures.
• Other tasks as required.

Other

• Participate in internal office coordination and planning meetings
• Other assigned tasks, as necessary.

Requirements and Skills

• Bachelor Degree in Business management or administration
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Proven coordination & organization skills
• A hands-on and pragmatic attitude
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility, integrity, result – oriented
• Experience with networking and communication
• Having a network in the target communities is a plus.
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Working experience of 3 years in a similar position
• Understanding of livelihood/economic empowerment programmes

SPARK Offers

• A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
• Remuneration based on experience;
• Full-time contract 40h/per week;
• Training opportunities.

How to apply?

If you are interested, please apply with your motivation letter and your CV (both in English) on https://vacancy.spark-online.org/Tab1/LoadProfileFromVacancy/457 until 14 August 2022. Please, with the application send us three references (phone number and email) which we can contact in the selection process.

All applications will be assessed on a rolling basis; interviews can, therefore, take place before the application deadline. However, due to the large volume of applications we receive, we cannot respond to every applicant. There may be a delay between the deadline and the moment we contact selected applicants.

If you have not received a reply we regret to inform you that we have continued with other candidates.

About SPARK

SPARK develops higher education and entrepreneurship to empower young, ambitious people to lead their fragile and conflict-affected societies into prosperity. SPARK is a dynamic and growing, international not-for-profit development organisation with 100+ staff members, in more than 14 offices around the world. SPARK supports refugees in the Middle East by providing them with scholarships in universities and higher education institutions in the region. SPARK also supports young entrepreneurs in fragile states, to start or grow their own businesses.