Country Director Iraq

Country Leadership: Provide overall leadership for ASB’s in-country presence in Iraq, including strategic direction, operational oversight, and organizational development. Foster a positive organizational culture that promotes accountability, learning, inclusivity, and team performance. Lead the country office in alignment with ASB’s strategic objectives, ensuring integration of cross-sectoral approaches across all programmatic activities. Serve as the primary point of leadership for in-country staff, guiding priorities and facilitating internal decision-making processes.
Project Management: To supervise all projects and programs implemented by ASB and local partner organizations in Iraq. This particularly concerns the achievement of project / program objectives and the timely development and submission of required project documentation including but not limited to fact-finding and assessment reports, project proposals, project reports and monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) related documentation.
Programme and Project Development / Fundraising: To develop project concepts and proposals in close cooperation with ASB HQ. To establish and maintain close working relationships with multilateral and bilateral donor agencies in order to raise funds for new project activities in line with ASB’s programmatic priorities as defined in ASB Foreign Aid’s mission statement.
Compliance: To ensure that all personnel and projects adhere to ASB‘s internal strategies and policies, particularly ASB’s Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs), Code of Conduct, PSEAH and Strategic Objectives of ASB Foreign Aid Department. To ensure compliance with donor regulations as well as with rules and regulations of the country in which projects are being implemented.
Representation: To liaise and represent ASB towards the Governments of Iraq and KRI, UN agencies, European Union, diplomatic missions and the (I)NGO community and networks, donor agencies, the media as well as other key stakeholders.
Partnerships & Alliances: To maintain existing partnerships and alliances as well as build up new partnerships and alliances.
Financial Oversight: To supervise financial management, including but not limited to country budget including all projects and programs as well as financial management systems to ensure full-compliance with ASB’s as well as donor financial guidelines, procedures and policies.
Personnel Management: To supervise recruitment and human resource management of all personnel employed by ASB Country Office Iraq. This includes the direct line management of the senior management team.
Safety and Security: To ensure the overall safety and security of personnel and assets in line with ASB’s Basic Strategy and Guiding Principles on Safety and Security.
Communication & Reporting: To maintain regular and close communication with ASB‘s HQ in Cologne on all relevant matters, particularly project progress, risks, development of new projects and programs as well as strategic development of the long-term portfolio.th donor regulations as well as with rules and regulations of the country in which projects are being implemented.

Representation: To liaise and represent ASB towards the Governments of Iraq and KRI, UN agencies, European Union, diplomatic missions and the (I)NGO community and networks, donor agencies, the media as well as other key stakeholders.