AMAL Project Officer Iraq Kirkuk -Tuz

Contract

This is a Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contract. More about Professional contract, Grade 5 (NRC) contracts.

Generic responsibilities (max 10)

These responsibilities shall be the same for all positions with the same title. The responsibilities shall be short and essential. Details belong in the Work and Development plan.

1. Ensure adherence with NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
2. Implement delegated CC project portfolio according to the plan of action
3. Prepare and develop status reports as required by management
4. Ensure proper filing of documents
5. Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need, and explore and assess new and better ways to assist
6. Promote and share ideas for technical improvement

Specific responsibilities

These responsibilities shall be adapted to the particularities of the job location and context, phase of operation, strategic focus and type of programme intervention. This section shall be revised whenever a new employee is hired or the context changes significantly.

• Lead the selection and registration of eligible micro/small/medium-sized non-farm agro-businesses for support.
• Supervise day to day delivery of business development and management training by external consultant or service provider.
• Conduct training and or offer follow up support/mentoring on Business Plan Development and management.
• Lead on the distribution of business grants to selected businesses.
• Post-grant distribution monitoring and follow-up monitoring of businesses receiving grants.
• Identify and provide support to Business Development Services (BDS) with training, technology transfer, marketing assistance, business advice, mentoring to receivers of business grants
• Strengthen agriculture market linkages.
• Lead on labour market assessments and identify skills required or on-demand in the labour market.
• Register and select beneficiaries for skills development.
• Supervise skills training through vocational training, apprenticeship and or job placements including soft skills/employability training.

Critical interfaces

By interfaces, NRC means processes and projects that are interlinked with other departments/units or persons. Relevant interfaces for this position are:

• Other Core Competencies or technical departments such as namely ICLA, Education, Cash and Livelihoods for programme integration and referrals.
• Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) department
• Security and Access
• Logistics
• Finance

Scale and scope of the position

Stakeholders:

Key external stakeholders the post has relationships with INGOs staff, local NGOs staff, civil society, Government departments, local business people and local community leaders

Budgets:

N/A

Information:

Use of Kobo and CTO data collection platform

Legal or compliance:

Must adhere to NRC internal and donor compliance requirements. Including Code of Conduct