Programme Officer (Field Coordination) (P)

The Programme Officer (Field Coordination) supports the implementation and field-level coordination of community stabilization activities in the Central African Republic. The role involves managing stabilization interventions to strengthen social cohesion, reintegration, and community resilience, working closely with local authorities, partners, and field teams to ensure effective delivery and monitoring of programmes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the field-level implementation and day-to-day management of community stabilization activities within the assigned geographical area of responsibility, developing detailed implementation plans, operational trackers and activity schedules for stabilization interventions, ensuring effective coordination across field teams and technical units.
• Manage the planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of community stabilization activities throughout the full project cycle, including activity planning, grants implementation, partner coordination, monitoring, reporting and project close-out.
• Coordinate closely with implementing partners, contractors, civil society organizations and community-based organizations to ensure effective delivery, monitoring and quality assurance of stabilization activities.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with government counterparts, local authorities, traditional leaders and community representatives to strengthen strategic partnerships and facilitate programme implementation, operational coordination and local ownership of stabilization interventions.
• Coordinate closely with RMU, Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, Security, Finance and other support units to facilitate timely operational delivery and compliance with institutional and donor requirements.
• Oversee the implementation of area-based and community-driven stabilization interventions that strengthen social cohesion, reintegration, local resilience and relationships between communities and institutions.
• Lead the identification and analysis of operational challenges and implementation bottlenecks affecting stabilization activities and determine appropriate and context-sensitive solutions, including in insecure and remote operational environments reporting back to Head of Stabilization.
• Coordinate the monitoring of project implementation against agreed indicators, budgets and timelines, ensuring that programme targets and deliverables are achieved and appropriately documented.
• Prepare regular programme updates, implementation reports, donor reports, briefing notes, visibility materials and other written products related to stabilization activities and programme results.
• Coordinate field-level implementation and operational oversight of stabilization activities across assigned locations, ensuring effective communication and coordination between field teams, sub-offices and Bangui-based programme units.
• Conduct regular field site visits to monitor programme implementation, engage with local stakeholders, assess evolving operational dynamics and provide technical and operational guidance to field teams and implementing partners.
• Lead local coordination efforts with authorities, community leaders, humanitarian and development actors, and security stakeholders to facilitate access, operational planning and conflict-sensitive implementation of programme activities.
• Identify and analyse local conflict dynamics, community tensions, displacement trends and reintegration challenges and provide recommendations on programme adaptation, prioritization and operational decision-making.
• Identify programme development opportunities and funding priorities, conduct assessments of emerging stabilization needs and conflict dynamic, develop project proposals and engage with donors and partners to support resource mobilization efforts and the expansion of the stabilization portfolio.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance and supervision to programme staff and implementing partners on stabilization approaches and methodologies.
• Perform such other duties that may be assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Law, International Relations, Development Studies and Planning, political or social sciences, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or, University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
• Programme management in complex environments.
• Strong technical expertise in stabilization, peacebuilding, and resilience programming.
• Area-based and community-driven approaches.
• Programme design and strategic planning at regional or global level.
• Working across humanitarian and development contexts.
• Recognized expertise in one or more of these fields: community stabilization, community violence reduction, preventing violent extremism, local peacebuilding or social cohesion.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills including capabilities to present to diverse audiences.
• Proven abilities relating to implementation as well as resource management (budgets, human resources, procurement, and so forth) for large-scale programming in complex environments.
• Thorough understanding of donor processes and regulations.
• Knowledge of financial rules and regulations.
• Fluency in English and French is required (oral and written).
• Working knowledge of another official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.
• Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Stabilization Programming
• Peacebuilding Programmes
• Resilience Programming
• Area-Based Approaches
• Community-driven Approaches
• Programme Design
• Strategic Planning
• Humanitarian Programming
• Development Programs
• Community Stabilization
• Community Violence Reduction
• Countering Violent Extremism
• Local Peacebuilding
• Social Cohesion
• Resource Management
• Budget Management
• Human Resources Management
• Procurement
• Donor Processes
• Financial Rules and Regulations
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication

Languages

English, French