Overview
The role supports the Government of Iraq in co-designing, modelling, and piloting Economic Empowerment Pathways (EEPs) interventions and builds the capacity of the national Economic Empowerment Officer.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and technical advice on economic empowerment pathways and transformative social protection.
- Lead and contribute to research, evaluation, policy development, programme design, and capacity strengthening.
- Support the institutionalisation of inclusive practices and the development of knowledge products.
- Ensure quality assurance and coherence across WFP’s social protection portfolio in Iraq.
- Lead on capacity strengthening of the national Economic Empowerment Officer.
- Prepare a technical professional development plan.
- Provide on-the-job training and mentorship.
- Provide a structured training and knowledge transfer.
- Embed a learning-by-doing approach.
- Contribute to documentation and institutionalization of knowledge.
- Review Project Documents Package for Economic Empowerment Pathways Pilot in Iraq.
- Provide technical guidance on operational design of EEPs modalities.
- Support the launch and rolling out of the Economic Empowerment Pathways Pilot project in Iraq.
- Provide support to the Economic Empowerment Officer with regular supervision and monitoring of the EEPs pilot project implementation.
- Undertake After-Action-Reviews (AARs) with WFP team, government staff and contracting partner, and C4ED involved in the EEPs pilot implementation.
- Support the development of the EEPs In Practice Manual.
- Contribute to required documents, such as a roadmap and business case, for scaling up the Economic Empowerment Pathways programme in Iraq.
- Support the EEPs research agenda.
- Develop policy and operational briefs and guidance materials based on EEPs research.
- Support the development of a Case Study capturing experiences and lessons learned form the pilot.
- Development of a Technical Professional Development Plan.
- On-the-Job Training and Mentorship.
- Structured Training and Knowledge Transfer.
- Inclusion considerations: deliver knowledge transfer and build up expertise on inclusion of women and other vulnerable groups in economic empowerment programs.
- Documentation and Institutionalization of Knowledge.
Required Experience
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in social protection, poverty reduction, or inclusive development.
- Proven experience in policy advisory roles, research, and programme design.
- Experience working with governments, UN agencies, or international development organisations.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (master’s or equivalent) in Social Policy, Development Studies, Economics, Public Administration, or related field.
