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National Project Officer (Reparations and Transitional Justice)

IOMErbil, Iraq
Category | Grade:Professional | NO-BDeadline:10 Aug 2026Job ID:22287Posted on:27 Jul 2026
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Overview

Coordinates IOM Iraq reparations and transitional-justice projects, translating survivor-centred legal frameworks into delivery, overseeing budgets and teams, monitoring results, reporting to donors and liaising with government, civil society and UN partners on justice and recovery.

Department: Legal Empowerment and Transitional Justice Unit

Languages

Required: English

Desired: Arabic, Kurdish

Job Areas

  1. Legal, Rule of Law & Justice
  2. Programme & Project Management

Minimum Experience

2 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Guide implementation of the reparations and transitional-justice strategy
  • Coordinate financial, logistical, administrative and technical delivery of the project portfolio
  • Align reparations work with civil documentation, property rights and legal-remedy activities
  • Supervise pillar staff and build distributed technical capacity
  • Monitor workplans, results and bottlenecks and implement corrective action
  • Integrate gender, protection, human rights and survivor-centred practice
  • Prepare donor and stakeholder reports
  • Develop new projects and deliver partner capacity-building

Requirements

  • Master degree in law, political or social sciences, international relations, human rights, transitional justice, development or migration studies with two years of relevant experience, or university degree with four years
  • Experience in transitional justice, reparations, rule of law, access to justice or protection programming
  • Experience in project implementation, monitoring, reporting and budget oversight
  • Fluency in English

Skills

Transitional justiceReparations programmingSurvivor-centred practiceProject-cycle managementBudget oversightLegal-framework analysisTeam supervisionGovernment liaison

Tools

Microsoft WordMicrosoft Excel

Additional info

  • Special Short Term Graded appointment for up to nine months
  • Duty travel is required