Job Opening: Project Officer Berlin (Iraq)
From 1 or 15 August 2023, elbarlament is looking for
a project officer (salary based on TvöD BUND) working full time (100%)
based in Berlin Initially until February 2025
Job Description:
Elbarlament is a peacebuilding and democracy support organisation, with a special focus on empowering women and youth, promoting culture and protecting the environment. We follow a unique approach that integrates conflict sensitivity, cultural awareness and intersectionality. Elbarlament cooperates with parliaments, governments, civil society actors and international institutions, implementing projects and delivering consulting services. Our international and multilingual team is based in Berlin, Cologne and Erbil (Iraq). More information about our projects can be found on our website: https://elbarlament.org/projects/
The project officer will coordinate technical and administrative tasks in our new project in Iraq.
The tasks of the project officer include:
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- Independent coordination of project tasks in close coordination with the project manager
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- Preparation and implementation of the planned activities, as well as drafting of narrative and financial reports
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- Experience with the financial and administrative processing of international projects in accordance with grant law
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- Research and analysis
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- Social media maintenance
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- Preparation of publications/articles
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- Moderation of workshops and events
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- Building and maintaining relations with relevant stakeholders in the field of democracy support, peacebuilding and cultural work in Iraq and Germany
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- Continuous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the project results
What we offer you:
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- A competitive remuneration based on TVöD BUND
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- A diverse and dynamic team
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- Active participation in interesting and innovative projects
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- The opportunity to actively shape work processes at elbarlament
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- Flexible working hours and remote working options (after consultation with the management
Requirement
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- University degree (Master, ‘Diplom’ or ‘Magister’, or comparable degree)
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- Proven expertise in coordinating democracy support projects, in particular civic education projects
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- Gender and conflict sensitivity
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- Excellent communication skills in English, very good knowledge of Arabic (and German) is an asset
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- Very good knowledge of German funding legislation (“Zuwendungsrecht”)
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- Good knowledge of the Iraqi political and social context
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- Availability to travel to Iraq
Selectiion procedure
Please send us your letter of motivation and your CV in one file (pdf) electronically by 19 July 2023 to recruitment@elbarlament.org.
Applicants should be available for an interview between 20 and 31 July 2023. Depending on the COVID-19 situation, the interviews will be held in our office in Berlin or virtually. The expected starting date is 1 August or 15 August 2023. We review applications on a rolling-basis.
Please do not send your documents by post. Only applications sent electronically to the abovementioned email address can be considered. Due to the expected high number of applications, we will only contact those candidates who are invited for an interview.