| Role | Local Expert : Microfinance |
| Contract Duration | 3 months |
| Role Type | Part time consultancy days |
| Location | Raparin, Ranya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq with travel to Erbil and Slemani |
| Reporting To: | International Expert / Project Manager |
Background
The Foundation is delivering a project to establish a Regional Development Agency and an Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Hub in Raparin.
The Regional Development Agency will implement sustainable economic development and employment-related initiatives across the region.
In this phase of the project the team will:
- Set up the Regional Development Agency
- Establish a Microcredit Finance Organisation.
- Open a co-working Entrepreneurship and Enterprise space,
- Undertake an analysis of wider activity across the region to inform and develop future strategies.
Role:
The Local Expert will provide technical expertise and contextual insight to strengthen Microfinance-related interventions.
Specifically the role will support:
- The evaluation of the local microfinance ecosystem.
- The development of a microfinance framework appropriate to the Region.
- The drafting of microfinance risk frameworks.
- An evaluation of the potential for microfinance projects in the Region.
Required Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant subject.
- Demonstrated professional experience in Microfinance in Iraq or the Middle East.
- A strong understanding of the small and medium businesses in the Raparin.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
- Ability to work independently and deliver high-quality outputs within tight timelines.
Desirable
- Experience working on donor-funded projects or development programmes is an advantage.
- Experience of working virtually with international experts is an advantage.
Skills:
- Good communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint).
- Fluency in Kurdish; proficiency in English to at least B2 level (IELTS 5 and above)
- High level of numeracy.
- Analytical, writing, and reporting skills.
- Availability to work on a part-time, short-term basis.
Process:
Please send your CV and short personal statement setting out the role you are applying for in English to jobs@foundation.krd by Thursday 15 January.
Please note that due to immediate needs to fill these roles candidates will be considered on a rolling basis until positions are filled and those who apply first will be considered first.