Job Opportunity as a Project Assistant in Iraq 2023

Elbarlament is offering Job Opportunity as a Project Assistant to assist in financial, administrative and content-related tasks in elbarlament e.V.´s office in Erbil.

• Assisting WTP Project Manager and Officers in Berlin and Iraq with administrative, logistic and other project related tasks
• Assisting the WTP Project Manager and Officers in Berlin and Iraq with the organisation and execution of capacity building workshops and other events, follow-up with participants through different means of communication (whats app, email, phone, etc.)
• Requesting service offers and logistics planning, making reservations 
• Supporting participants with administrative questions 
• Assisting in online workshops on zoom
• preparing/updating participants lists 
• preparing evaluation forms and certificates in coordination with WTP Project Management 
• assisting in the collection of workshop related payments in Iraq/invoices (and their translation into English)
• Assisting the elbarlament Project Manager in various research activities
• Drafting of a bi-weekly political and security analysis
• Assisting in activities regarding the the local office registration in Baghdad and local bank account
• Maintaining partners stakeholder database on drive in coordination with project manager and student assistant
• Maintaining participants database 
• Assisting Project Officers in Iraq in the coordination of local video projects 

• University degree
• Proven expertise in at least one of the following areas: democratisation, good governance, peace and conflict studies, gender studies, civic education, international relations, transformation processes
• Good knowledge of the political and social conditions in the MENA region (knowledge of Iraq in particular is desirable)
• At least two years of experience in the (financial and content-related) management of international projects in the field of development cooperation, democracy support, civic education or human rights promotion
• Language skills: Fluent in spoken and written Arabic and English, Kurdish is a plus
• Willingness to undertake regular business trips inside Iraq 
• Previous work experience in the cultural, educational or socio-political fields is desirable

About Elbarlament:

Elbarlamen elbarlament e.V. is an independent and non-partisan organisation of experts in the field of international democratisation and political education, with particular expertise in the areas of capacity building for parliaments, governments and civil society organisations. elbarlament e.V. has been active in Iraq since 2016 in various projects on the advancement of women and the dialogue between civil society actors and political decision makers. 

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