Project Support Officer

The job sits in the project delivery team, which is part of the wider Education, Art & English projects team. The project team based in Baghdad, Erbil & Basrah.  This role reports to Project Manager who is based in Baghdad. He/ She will be required to work closely with the project deliver team and British Council colleagues from the UK and the region, to guarantee the quality and successful implementation of the project.

Main opportunities/challenges for this role:

Working with many projects and Stakeholders in Iraq is a complex and challenging role. The team will be required to ensure successful delivery of a large number of activities across ten provinces within the contract period.

The post holder will need to support the team in developing our work and contribute to making British Council Iraq high-profile regionally and globally with internal and external stakeholders. 

Main Accountabilities, Duties and Responsibilities:Accountabilities:

• This post reports to the British Council Project Manager.  
• Technical advice and support will be provided by BC project managers (Schools, IHE, E and Art).   

Responsibilities & Main Duties

•  Provide administrative and logistical support to the project managers.
• Support the delivery of training workshops, conferences, study visits and meetings inside and outside Iraq.
• Capture required data for the project (Scorecard, Media, and Team Attendance/Leave/TOIL etc.)
• Collate required project information for submission of periodic internal and external reports including monitoring and evaluation reports.
• Liaise and co-ordinate with the press department and media contacts to ensure positive media coverage of the events.
• Any other duties commensurate with the post and as directed by the Director. 

Key Relationships:

Internal

Country Director, Erbil Director,  Head of Finance, Project Managers, Office Manager, Technical Consultants, Translators and Interpreters, Project Support Teams (Baghdad, Erbil, Amman & UK).

External

Ministry of Education, Ministry of Higher Education.

Ministry for Women’s Affairs, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Local Education Districts, Schools and Colleges, Business and Community Leaders, and civil society/ community based organisations.

Other important features or requirements of the job:

• The post holder will understand and make decisions which are affected by to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) legislation and policy. Additionally he/she will exploit opportunities brought by diversity and build them into all planning.
• The post holder will understand the importance of child protection and ensure policies and processes are in place to offer maximum protection of young people at all relevant events and venues and ensure compliance with BC Child Protection policy.
• At peak times and to meet corporate deadlines the role occasionally requires extra hours or weekend working, recoverable as TOIL (Time off in Lieu).
• Frequent travel in-country; occasional travel to regional countries and the UK. 
• Occasional attendance at evening and weekend events.

Interested candidates can apply through the link below

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