HÁWAR.help International
3 hours ago
Thematic Expert — Leadership and Community Engagement Trainer
- Salary
- Not disclosed
- Job type
- Part time
- Location
- Duhok
- Deadline
- Sep 21, 2026
About the job
Position
Thematic
Expert — Leadership and Community Engagement
Project
Scoring Girls
Location
Duhok, Iraq
Sharya and Qadiya camps
Contract
type
Short-term
consultancy
duration
October
November 2026, nine sessions in total
Reports to
Facilitator
Officer
Application
deadline
21/09/2026
Eligibility
Female
candidates only
ABOUT HÁWAR.help
HÁWAR.help e.
V. is a human rights organization founded on the ashes of the Yazidi genocide.
We raise our voice when human rights crimes are committed. Today, we implement
development and education programs in Iraq, Syria and Germany, as well as
international awareness-raising and education initiatives and political work.
Our projects
are always designed and implemented on a multi-ethnic and multi-religious
basis. With HÁWAR.help, we bring people into dialogue with each other and open
up spaces for exchange through our projects, rallies and discussion events
locally and digitally, both nationally and internationally. Our human rights
association stands for the effort to create a world in which every person,
regardless of gender, ethnicity or faith, can develop in a self-determined and
safe manner. Together, we are shaping a future characterized by humanity,
solidarity, gender equality and compassion.
HÁWAR.help is seeking a Thematic Expert to deliver interactive
leadership sessions for twenty girls and young women aged approximately 15 to
18 within the Scoring Girls project in Duhok, which promotes the participation,
safety and empowerment of girls and young women through sports, awareness and
psychosocial activities. The Thematic Expert will prepare participants to
design, plan and lead their own community initiatives, and will facilitate a
joint exchange day bringing all three groups together.
Responsibilities
- Deliver interactive sessions on leadership and communication;
- public speaking and confidence; the prevention of gender-based violence and
- advocacy; and the design and planning of a community initiative.
- Deliver each session to two groups — the combined Duhok and
- Sharya participants at Sharya, and the Qadiya participants at Qadiya.
- Facilitate a joint exchange day bringing all three groups
- together to develop and finalise their community initiatives, with
- implementation plans and budgets.
- Adapt session content to the age, literacy level and context of
- the participants.
- Coordinate with the specialised protection staff on the session
- covering gender equality and the prevention of gender-based violence.
- Provide a short written record after each session, and
- coordinate scheduling, venue and materials with the Facilitator Officer.
Requirements
- Female candidate. This is a genuine occupational requirement for
- this role, not a preference.
- Demonstrated experience facilitating leadership, life skills or
- advocacy training with adolescents or young women.
- Fluent in Kurdish
- Experience working in camp settings or with displaced
- communities in the Kurdistan Region.
- An interactive facilitation style suited to adolescent girls
- discussion and group work rather than lectures.
- Commitment to safeguarding, PSEA and the safe, dignified
- participation of girls and young women.
- Available for all sessions across October and November 2026.
- Desirable
- Background in gender equality, the prevention of gender-based
- violence, or women's rights.
- Experience supporting young people to design and run community
- activities.
- Working knowledge of English.
How to apply
- Please send a CV of no more than three pages, together with a
- one-page statement describing how you would deliver one of the sessions listed
- above and your experience working with this group, and the contact details of
- two references from similar work.
- Application deadline: 21/09/2026. Applications will be reviewed on a
- rolling basis, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Shortlisted
- candidates may be asked to deliver a short demonstration session.
- Fee
- The fee will be discussed and agreed at a later stage of the
- selection process. HÁWAR.help provides transport to and from every session in
- organisational vehicles, together with the venue, materials and refreshments.
- Equal opportunity and
- safeguarding
- HÁWAR.help is an equal-opportunity employer and welcomes
- applications from all qualified female candidates regardless of background.
- This position is open to female candidates only. The role involves direct,
- sustained contact with adolescent girls aged approximately 15 to 18 in a
- setting where facilitation by a woman is necessary for their participation,
- safety and comfort. This is treated as a genuine occupational requirement and
- not as a preference.
- HÁWAR.help is committed to safeguarding and to the protection of
- the people it serves. The successful candidate will be expected to adhere to
- the organisation's Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Policy and PSEA Policy,
- and to attend a safeguarding briefing with the designated focal point before
- delivering any session. References and background checks apply.