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 d