Programme Officer (Immigration and Border Governance (IBG)) (P)

The Programme Officer will support and coordinate the development and implementation of activities under the Regional Counter-Smuggling Programme in the East and Horn of Africa region. The role involves programme management, coordination with partners, reporting, and contributing to programme development and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Support the overall implementation of the Regional Counter-Smuggling Programme for RO EHSA, including its financial, administrative and technical implementation, in compliance with IOM policies and standards, as well as donor requirements, agreed timeline and deliverables.
• Coordinate the work of all staff assigned to the CO’s programme, as well as consultants, implementing partners and service providers recruited to support and/or undertake specific activities.
• Maintain close collaboration and contribute to strengthening partnerships with relevant stakeholders such as Government entities, national authorities, donors, development partners, United Nations agencies, and civil society.
• Draft and produce progress and other reports and ensure proper information exchange on all operational aspects of the RCSP between IOM, the programmes’ donor and other stakeholders.
• Provide technical support in analyzing migration related trends and issues in view of strategic, programmatic and programme-specific funding opportunities.
• Contribute to the identification of donors’ priorities and strategies, explore the possibility to develop follow up initiatives and/or initiate new programme development process in the region and draft project proposals.
• Facilitate adequate information management on CO’s activities through regular updates, summaries, press releases, and other relevant materials that promote IOM’s visibility in the region.
• Assist in conducting contextual analysis to identify potential activities to be implemented as part of IOM’s counter migrant smuggling portfolio.
• Contribute to the development of relevant monitoring and evaluation plans and tools to track policy mainstreaming initiatives and measure progress and effectiveness, make recommendation on suitable course corrections, and supporting further development and improvements.
• Ensure adequate information management on programme related activities including awareness raising and visibility; provide regular updates, summaries, press releases and other relevant materials, in coordination with the donor and IOM’s Public Information Department.
• Participate in relevant conferences, workshops, steering committees and technical working groups, as well as other forums, to facilitate proper coordination and presentation of IOM activities.
• Participate in relevant UN working groups and activities to encourage the mainstreaming of migration related issues into United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAF).
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Law, International Relations, Political or Social Sciences, International Development, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or, University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in programme management, implementation, and reporting.
• Experience in the coordination of various activities under the programme to ensure maximum outputs.
• Experience in liaising with government authorities and other national/international institutions.
• Experience in programme delivery and in-depth knowledge of IOM/UN programme/project life cycles.
• Experience with UN and International Agencies, international or local NGOs preferred.
• Work experience in the Region is an advantage.
• Work experience in immigration and Border Governance (IBG) thematic areas is an advantage.
• Knowledge of UN/IOM’s regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of project budgeting and financial management.
• Knowledge and experience in working with WAVE and PRIMA is an advantage.
• Sound writing, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organization skills, analytical, and creative thinking.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Programme Implementation
• Programme Reporting
• Activity Coordination
• Liaising with Authorities
• Liaising with International Organizations
• UN Programme Life Cycle
• IOM Programme Life Cycle
• UN Regulations Knowledge
• IOM Regulations Knowledge
• Project Budgeting
• Finance Management
• WAVE system
• PRIMA System
• Writing Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Organizational Skills
• Analytical Thinking
• Creative Thinking

Languages

English