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Job Description

Background

Ta’afi is a United States Agency for International Development Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID/OTI) program implemented by Chemonics International in Iraq. ICRI-Ta’afi aims to increase stability in Iraq by improving conditions that allow for durable returns in areas liberated from ISISwhile mitigating discrete emergent challenges that threaten overall stability. Ta’afi is recruiting for a program officer in Erbil.

Classification:
Cooperating Country National, Short-term (SSTA) agreement, Local Professional

Reporting and location:
S/he will report to the Senior Program Manager (PM). This position is office based in Erbil, Iraq.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors political, social, stability, economic development and other developments within area of responsibility to inform activity development, shares information widely and rapidly to build shared situational awareness and program contextual understanding.
• Provides input in the design and development of activities (in coordination with the Senior Program Manager, PC, and GMU members) to ensure activities are feasible and achievable within current capacity and timeline.
• Provides the GM and SPM support to oversee activities development and implementation, including developing activities background, Implementation Plans, and activity outreach.
• Closely monitor implementation of activities and liaise with the PM and PCs to address any issues, derive, highlight and document success stories.
• In close partnership with the Senior Program Manager and DCOP-P manage cross-cutting program tasks and responsibilities.
• In close partnership with SPM and PCs, identifies potential partners through networking and outreach, and works with them to design and develop grant concepts.
• Communicates widely through GMU to ensure robust shared situational awareness; actively engage peers and colleagues in development process and provide continuous feedback to team members.
• Coordinates and liaises with other USG implementing partners and donors in programming areas and provides the program with periodic updates.
• Supports partner capacity building as required, including during development, including supporting grantees to design outreach plans, ensuring realistic and feasible implementation plans, technical specifications for in-kind procurements; and developing a branding and communications strategy.
• Uses the Activity Database to document and monitor activity updates, in close coordination with other team members.
• Updates team members on the status of pending activities under development as well as developments under cleared activities in coordination with the SPM and other members of the team.
• Undertakes other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills Required

• MS Excel
• MS WORD
• Excellent organizational skills
• arabic language
• English language