National Project Coordinator – TVET and Skills to Job transition (NPSA 10)

The National Project Coordinator will ensure high-quality, compliant, and results-oriented implementation of the MASAR project in Iraq by coordinating teams, partners, activities, risks, and delivery across all workstreams to achieve the project's objectives. The role involves coordinating day-to-day implementation, supporting operational planning, monitoring delivery standards, and maintaining engagement with government and private sector stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day implementation of MASAR activities in Iraq across target governorates, TVET providers, employers, consultants, implementing partners and service providers.
• Support the translation of the approved project strategy, annual workplan and technical guidance into detailed country-level implementation plans, activity schedules, delivery arrangements and operational priorities.
• Coordinate implementation across all MASAR workstreams and Expected Results, ensuring practical coherence between provider strengthening, work-based learning, occupational standards and curricula, assessment systems, inclusion, and policy implementation support.
• Guide and coordinate the national project team, Project Officers, national consultants and field-level experts, ensuring clear task allocation, timely follow-up and quality delivery.
• Maintain regular working-level engagement with MoE, MoHESR, MoLSA, PMAC, governorate authorities, TVET institutions, employers, chambers, sector associations and other operational counterparts.
• Lead country-level operational planning inputs, including activity sequencing, field implementation budgets, procurement planning, consultant mobilisation, mission planning and operational risk tracking.
• Support high-quality project implementation at country level by monitoring delivery standards, technical relevance, partner performance, beneficiary uptake, results progress and contribution to intended project impact.
• Identify implementation risks and bottlenecks, propose and support implementation of corrective actions; adjust delivery approaches where needed, and keep activities on track toward project objectives while maintaining ITC and donor compliance.
• Coordinate field missions, stakeholder consultations, technical coordination meetings, workshops, trainings, provider assessments, employer engagement activities and pilot implementation in the target locations; support preparation of operational inputs for Project Steering Committee and other governance meetings.
• Consolidate country-level implementation updates, activity evidence, partner inputs, risk information, visibility material, lessons learned and results data for review by the international MASAR Project Manager and M&E/reporting functions, while ensuring that inclusion, safeguarding, gender equality, disability access, youth participation and climate-relevant considerations are consistently reflected in field-level implementation.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• An advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in international development, economics, education or a related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in the above subjects in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in project or programme management, coordination, implementation, administration or a related area is required.
• Experience in TVET, education, skills development, employment or related programme areas.
• Experience coordinating project teams and working with implementing partners, consultants and service providers.
• Experience working with government institutions, training providers and private sector stakeholders is desirable.
• Experience in Iraq and/or the MENA region is desirable.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English is required.
• Knowledge of Kurdish is an asset.

Skills

• Project Management
• Programme Coordination
• TVET Programmes
• Skills Development
• Employment Programs
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Government Relations
• Private Sector Engagement
• Team Coordination
• Operational Planning
• Risk Management
• Project Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Consultation Coordination
• Service Provider Contract Management
• Arabic Language
• English

Languages

Arabic, English