# Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods)

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Erbil
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Senior Project Associate (Livelihoods) to support programmes related to livelihoods portfolio under the area of responsibility. The post will be based in Erbil, Iraq, with travel/roving to various regions/governorates within Iraq as needed to support livelihoods activities and teams.

**Responsibilities:**

- Support the National Project Officer – Livelihoods through the development and updating of training materials for beneficiaries and target groups.

- Conduct regular monitoring, spot-check visits and pre/post assessments of trainings and livelihoods activities.

- Conduct regular capacity-building sessions for operations teams on training materials, livelihoods tools, systems and processes.

- Support the development and updating of programme tools and coordinate with Information Management colleagues for the integration of these tools into relevant information management systems.

- Travel to project sites across Iraq to monitor beneficiaries and target groups who have received IOM livelihoods assistance.

- Conduct quality control and quality assurance of livelihoods activities.

- Support coordination with external stakeholders, including government entities, local authorities, NGOs, private sector partners and other relevant actors.

- Track and monitor conducted trainings and relevant livelihoods activities in the system.

- Prepare reports, briefs and overviews on trainings, sessions and livelihoods activities.

- Review and quality check uploaded business plans, verification documents and other relevant programme documentation.

**Qualifications:**

- Bachelor’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law or related fields from an accredited academic institution with four years of relevant professional experience.

- Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, national/international institutions, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.

- Experience in working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups.

- Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, non-government or government institutions/organization in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.

**Skills:**

- Knowledge of livelihoods, recovery, resilience, or community-based programming approaches.

- Good understanding of field implementation, operational follow-up, and monitoring processes.

- Ability to review activity documentation, track implementation progress, and support timely reporting.

- Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under tight deadlines.

- Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

- Knowledge of data management, reporting tools, and information tracking systems is an advantage.

**Languages:**

- Fluency in English is required.

- Arabic and Kurdish are advantageous languages.

## Skills

### Required
- livelihoods
- migration
- development studies
- human rights
- law
- data management
- reporting tools
- information tracking systems

### Nice to have
- Arabic
- Kurdish

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