Terms of Reference

Consultancy Title:                    Local Focal Point

Duty Station:                            Iraq, Nineveh Plains

Number of Vacancies:              4

Duration of contract:                Four Months.    

Contract Type:                          Part Time 

Deadline:                                  14^th Dec,2022

Background of the Organization:

Peace and Freedom are a non-governmental and not-for-profit organization established in 2013 that works in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region to protect human rights and civil rights and ensure peaceful co-existence through promoting trust and collaboration between the diverse components of the society and supporting governmental and non-governmental institutions in developing policies guaranteeing freedoms, rights, and social justice in accordance with international standards.

Background of the program:

Through this project, PFO with the support of GIZ collecting youth from different communities with stakeholders to work together toward peace and social cohesion through promoting tourists in Nineveh plain and advocating in this regard. The project will target the trained youth group by GIZ and different stockholders to promote and enhance the tourist culture and places within Nineveh plain. The project responds to the youth initiatives and empowers them toward advocacy and awareness within communities and different stakeholders and aims to build trust among them to promote peace and social cohesion through tourist awareness.                     

Reports to:  Project Manager

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

1. Support planning, development, and implementation of Program in the targeted area.

2. Coordinate with beneficiary identification through a consultative community process

3. Having a role in organizing and facilitating dialogue activities or meetings, workshops, and guiding/ visiting Historical and cultural sites, civil society, and communities in efforts to prevent violent conflict and promote cooperative approaches to peace building process.

4. Assist PFO in implementing activities.

5. Updating the PFO on local issues such as news related to the project topic, disputes, public statements of leaders, security updates, etc through weekly reports that should be sent from FP to the Project Manager.

6. Direct coordination with stakeholders in Nineveh Plains.

7. Travel to Erbil or the project location when needed.

8. Working as a team and respecting diverse community. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

· The FP should be from the area and currently living in the targeted locations.

· The FP should have minimum 1 year experience working with NGOs.

· The FP should have related certification or experience, cultural tourisms, peace building.

· Having experience in Freedom of religious and believe program is an advantage.

· FP should have knowledge in gender sensitive issues and working towards gender equality.

Educational background: Bachelor’s degree in business administration or any other related field

Language skills: (Arabic mandatory, English).