Faith and Development Project Assistant – Ninewa

About the role

World Vision is hiring a Faith and Development (F&D) Project Assistant for Ninewa or Kirkuk on a local fixed-term basis, working 80% (32 hours per week) under the F&D and Social Cohesion Technical Manager. The role supports implementation of Empowered World View, Celebrating Families, Spiritual Nurture of Children and faith-engagement activities, mobilising faith and community leaders, coordinating training and consultations, and maintaining accurate monitoring, logistics and reporting records. It follows World Vision safeguarding standards.

Key responsibilities

• Support implementation of F&D activities according to workplans, targets and quality standards, and build respectful relationships with churches, faith leaders and faith-based organisations
• Organise inclusive listening sessions, consultations and focus group discussions with faith leaders, women, youth and community members, and gather feedback to inform materials
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery of faith engagement, community mobilisation, child well-being and social cohesion activities within the workplan and budget
• Support capacity-building workshops and Training of Trainers sessions, and follow up with trained facilitators and partners
• Collect and maintain activity data, conduct field monitoring visits, prepare weekly updates and monthly progress reports, and document lessons learned and case studies
• Apply safeguarding, child protection, PSEA and conflict sensitivity principles, and support partner due diligence and the complaints mechanism
• Organise meeting, training and field-visit logistics and support procurement requests, advances and liquidations

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Theology, Education, Peace and Conflict Studies or a related field
• At least 2 years' experience in community engagement, project support in an NGO, humanitarian or development setting, or community-based organisation
• Experience with faith communities and respectful engagement with Christian, Muslim and other communities
• Good knowledge of the local context in Ninewa or Kirkuk
• Willingness to travel regularly within the governorate, including rural areas, and occasionally to Erbil; part-time at 80%

Required skills

• Arabic (written and spoken) and working English; Kurdish and/or other local languages are an advantage
• Experience organising meetings, workshops and consultations, and good writing and reporting skills
• Basic monitoring and data collection skills; Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm
• Familiarity with World Vision faith and development approaches is an advantage