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, working 80% (32 hours per week) under the F&D and Social Cohesion Technical Manager. The post 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 keeping accurate monitoring, logistics and reporting records. It is a local fixed-term position based in Ninewa or Kirkuk, with regular travel within the governorate and occasional trips to Erbil.

Key responsibilities

• Support implementation of F&D activities according to workplans, targets and quality standards, and mobilise faith and community leaders in line with safeguarding procedures.
• Build respectful relationships with churches, faith leaders and faith-based organisations, prepare for meetings with them and provide secretariat support to advisory platforms and interfaith mechanisms.
• Collect information on local faith actors and networks, organise inclusive listening sessions and consultations, and gather feedback to contextualise F&D materials.
• Coordinate delivery of faith engagement, community mobilisation and child well-being activities, and support capacity-building workshops and Training of Trainers sessions.
• Apply safeguarding, child protection, PSEA, conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm principles, and support partner due diligence and the complaints mechanism.
• Collect activity data with the MEAL team, carry out field monitoring visits, write weekly updates and monthly reports, and document lessons learned and case studies.
• Organise meeting and training logistics, support procurement requests and advances, and monitor spending against budgets.

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 working with faith communities and engaging respectfully with Christian, Muslim and other communities.
• Good knowledge of the local context in Ninewa or Kirkuk, and experience organising meetings, workshops and consultations.
• Willingness to travel regularly within the governorate, including rural areas, and occasionally to Erbil.
• Written and spoken Arabic and working English; Kurdish and/or other local languages are an advantage.

Required skills

• Good writing and reporting skills; basic monitoring and data collection skills.
• Computer skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Familiarity with World Vision faith and development approaches is an advantage.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, conflict sensitivity and Do No Harm.