Kurdistan Organization for Human Rights Watch (KOHRW)
Consortium Manager
- Erbil
- Full time
- 12 hours ago
- Salary
- Not stated
- Deadline
- Nov 13, 2026
- Languages
- English · Kurdish (Sorani)
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Programme Manager · Erbil
KOHRW is seeking a Consortium Manager in Erbil to oversee the operational, financial, technical, and compliance management of the multi-partner NABNI Project. Candidates need at least 8 years of experience, relevant degree qualifications, and fluency in English and Kurdish.
About the job
The NABNI – Building for Peace Facility project is implemented through a consortium model led by KOHRW in partnership with AOO and PFO local NGOs in Sinjar and Daquq. The project focuses on strengthening accountable local governance, improving community–authority relations, and addressing service-related tensions through a conflict-sensitive and socially cohesive approach.
Given the multi-partner structure and compliance requirements under the Accountable Grant Agreement (AGA), a dedicated Consortium Manager is required to ensure coordinated implementation, financial integrity, technical quality, and adherence to procurement and Environmental & Social (E&S) safeguards.
The Consortium Manager provides overall operational, technical, financial, and compliance oversight of the consortium. The role ensures:
Effective coordination between KOHRW, AOO, and PFO
Timely and quality implementation of approved activities
Full compliance with NABNI procurement guidelines, ESCP, and donor requirements
Risk mitigation, documentation control, and audit readiness
Harmonized planning, budgeting, and reporting across partners
The Consortium Manager acts as the central coordination and accountability point for the consortium.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall strategic direction and coordination for the implementation of the NABNI Project across consortium partners.
- Ensure that project implementation remains aligned with the approved project objectives, theory of change, results framework, workplans, procurement plan and contractual commitments.
- Support the effective functioning of consortium governance mechanisms, including the Consortium Steering Committee and other established coordination structures.
- Promote shared decision-making, collective ownership, transparency, and clear accountability among consortium partners.
- Maintain clear internal communication channels between KOHRW and partner focal points.
- Facilitate joint decision-making processes and resolve coordination gaps.
- Ensure partners maintain updated internal implementation plans aligned with the consolidated workplan.
- Monitor progress against milestones, indicators, and deliverables.
- Oversee the implementation of community dialogue forums and service improvement interventions.
- Conduct regular field visits to assess implementation quality, validate reported progress, engage with communities, and identify emerging challenges.
- Ensure that field-level observations and monitoring findings lead to documented management decisions and timely corrective actions.
- Support partners in addressing implementation bottlenecks, operational constraints, and delays.
- Ensure integration of conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding principles.
- Review technical outputs before submission.
- Identify performance gaps and implement corrective action plans.
- Review partner budgets, forecasts, and expenditure reports prior to submission.
- Ensure procurement thresholds and No-Objection procedures are respected.
- Oversee contract amendments, variation orders, and budget reallocations.
- Ensure contingency and TAP lines are applied according to donor approval.
- Maintain strong documentation discipline for audit purposes.
- Ensure compliance with NABNI Procurement Guidelines.
- Review procurement files before submission for No-Objection.
- Monitor competitive tendering, evaluation reports, and contract awards.
- Ensure contract documentation reflects negotiated savings where applicable.
- Ensure implementation of Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP).
- Monitor E&S risk mitigation measures across locations.
- Oversee security assessment updates and mitigation plans.
- Ensure safeguarding and PSEA compliance across partners.
- Escalate major risks to senior management and donor as required.
- Ensure effective implementation of the project's MEAL framework and results-based management approach.
- Oversee the consolidation and review of partner monitoring data against the approved logical framework and performance indicators.
- Ensure that indicator definitions, baselines, targets, data sources, and reporting methodologies are consistently applied.
- Monitor progress toward outputs, outcomes, and impact-level objectives, identifying underperformance and recommending corrective measures.
- Coordinate periodic performance reviews and ensure that management decisions are informed by reliable evidence.
- Oversee the documentation of lessons learned, good practices, implementation challenges, and adaptive management decisions.
- Ensure that recommendations from the Mid-Term Evaluation and other assessments are translated into specific, time-bound, and measurable improvement actions.
- Track implementation of agreed recommendations and report progress to consortium leadership.
- Consolidate narrative and financial reports from consortium partners.
- Ensure timely submission of monthly, quarterly, and milestone reports.
- Participate in donor coordination meetings.
- Ensure documentation archiving aligned with audit and transparency standards.
- Oversee implementation of the approved Community Engagement and Communication Plan across relevant project locations.
- Ensure that community engagement activities are participatory, inclusive, accessible, culturally appropriate, and responsive to local priorities.
- Coordinate with consortium partners to ensure consistent and accurate communication of project objectives, activities, eligibility criteria, progress, and available feedback mechanisms.
- Support effective engagement with community platforms, civil society organizations, local authorities, and other relevant stakeholders.
- Promote meaningful participation of women, young people, persons with disabilities, marginalized groups, and other underrepresented community members.
- Conduct field monitoring to assess the quality and effectiveness of community engagement and communication activities.
- Ensure that community feedback is documented, analyzed, and used to inform programme adaptations and management decisions.
- Coordinate communication and visibility activities in accordance with donor and NRC requirements.
- Ensure that external communication, photography, and the use of beneficiary information respect informed consent, dignity, confidentiality, and safeguarding standards.
- Deliverables: Monthly Consortium Coordination Report; Consolidated implementation plans prepared, reviewed, and updated on schedule; Consolidated financial forecast review; Donor and contractual deliverables submitted accurately and within agreed deadlines; Risk register updates; Procurement compliance tracking; Consolidated narrative reports; Corrective action plans where required; Effective collaboration and information sharing maintained across consortium members.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in development studies, Public Administration, Project Management, or related field.
- Minimum 8–10 years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-partner consortia.
- Strong knowledge of donor compliance (KfW/BMZ, NRC).
- Experience in governance, peacebuilding, or social cohesion programming.
- Strong financial oversight and procurement compliance knowledge.
- Excellent leadership, negotiation, and documentation skills.
- Fluency in English and Kurdish required, Arabic desirable.
Skills
- Multi-partner consortium management
- Financial oversight
- Procurement compliance
- Donor compliance
- MEAL
- Risk management
Details
- Profession
- Programme Manager
- Category
- NGO & Humanitarian
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience
- 8+ years