Who We Are
The Free Yezidi Foundation is one of the leading Yezidi organizations providing humanitarian and human rights support to Yezidi civilians. The Free Yezidi Foundation is a humanitarian, apolitical, women-led non-profit organization formally registered in the Netherlands and the United States and licensed to operate in Iraq.
The Free Yezidi Foundation is designed to assist Yezidis in need. The Foundation was established shortly after ISIS attempted to eradicate the Yezidi people in August 2014. The Free Yezidi Foundation seeks to implement projects to protect and support the most vulnerable members of the Yezidi community.
The Free Yezidi Foundation is virtually headquartered in the Netherlands and the United States, with its operational base in Duhok, Iraq. The Foundation is particularly engaged with services for Yezidi survivors, with a special focus on Yezidi women and children. FYF also works to assist for all Yezidis seeking justice and accountability. FYF also plays an important advocacy role in promoting better and broader humanitarian and human rights support to Yezidis.
Operations in Iraq include a women’s center and a children’s center, a trauma team, a justice team, an enterprise & training center campus, a center to combat gender-based violence and gender discrimination in the community, and a variety of other activities to support Yezidi recovery and growth.
The Foundation currently employs a number of staff members, both national and international, and is now growing rapidly to manage the implementation of a number of projects.
Background
Yezidis have suffered from a very different sort of trauma than Syrian refugees and Iraqi IDPs and refugees in general. It is true that all have experienced devastating losses. But the Yezidi community is recovering from a deliberate attempt by ISIS to exterminate their people specifically because of their religion. This has been recognized as genocide already by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria, the US State Department and Congress, the European Parliament, the UK Parliament, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. The decision to target a small minority group for extermination based on identity has created a sense of horror not unlike that found in populations in Rwanda, former Yugoslavia, post-WWII Germany, and so on. FYF is sensitive to the particular nature of the suffering of Yezidi survivors, and all projects and activities have been tailored in this regard. The horrific crisis currently facing Yezidis is one in which an external group perpetrated unspeakable crimes against a religious minority, which is now in need of care and support.
The Operations Manager will be responsible for overseeing all HR and procurement processes of FYF. We are looking for an individual with a passion for making a difference in the lives of religious minorities recovering from genocide who believes in the importance and value of civil society organizations, trauma treatment, justice and accountability, and women’s rights. The Operations Manager will report to the Executive Director and will manage the Field Operations Manager. (S)he will be expected to work remotely.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform several functions:
- Oversee all HR processes: post jobs on relief web, track all incoming CVs, screen candidates, manage the interview process, onboard and offboard staff
- Manage field operations team
- Oversee field procurement processes
- Manage HQ procurement processes
- Oversee field and HQ personnel matters
- Manage all incoming delegations, in coordination with the programs team and Country Director
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in international relations, development, nonprofit management, or related fields is a distinct advantage. Master’s degree preferred.
- Three to five years of operations management experience in development or humanitarian programs.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications.
- Experience with HR management.
- Experience with procurement processes.
- A genuine commitment to working at the community level to improve the lives of members of a persecuted religious minority.
- Proven capabilities in integrity and strong attention to detail are required, with the ability to work independently and with a diverse team, communicate effectively with individuals from different backgrounds, and contribute to overall team capacity building.
- Fluency in English and the ability to write documents, reports, and present information in English is required.
Base of Operations: Remote
Start Date: 15 June 2024
Daily Routine: The Operations Manager will be overseen by the Executive Director. (S)he will be expected to work 40 hours / week.
How to apply
All candidates interested in this position should send their CVs and brief cover letters of interest to FYF: hr@freeyezidi.org.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.