Project Development Officer - Migration Environment and Climate Change (MECC) (P)

The Project Development Officer supports IOM's intervention on climate mobility in West and Central Africa, focusing on policy work, youth engagement, and partnership development. The role involves project development, coordination with governments and partners, capacity building, and monitoring climate mobility programming.

Responsibilities

• Support the MECC RTS in overall coordination, development, and reporting of IOM’s intervention on climate mobility in West and Central Africa in a timely manner.
• Support the Country Offices in designing and developing new projects on climate mobility and related topics with a particular focus on climate mobility and related topics.
• Participate in the identification of potential funding opportunities for Climate Mobility.
• Liaise and coordinate with government entities, implementing partners, UN agencies, civil society, donors, and other stakeholders for the development of IOM’s footprint on climate mobility in West and Central Africa.
• Contribute to the planning, development, and delivery of training activities to build the capacity of staff, partners, government officials, and other humanitarian actors on environmental migration and data.
• Support the financial, logistical, administrative, and technical tasks and activities in accordance with IOM global policies, practices, and standards, as well as relevant requirements, guidelines, and grant agreements.
• Oversee the work of the consultants selected for the implementation of RO’s MECC unit activities.
• Perform such other duties that may be assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Environmental Science; Natural Resource Management; Agricultural Economics; Forestry; Plant Science; Rural Development; Disaster Risk Management; Gender and Development; International Relations, and other related Social Science fields from an accredited academic institution with two years of professional experience; or, University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience working on climate change, disaster-risk reduction/management, community-based livelihood adaptation, green job creation, and/or climate-smart agriculture is desired.
• Experience in project management and implementation, including resource/financial management, project development, and monitoring and evaluation concepts, is preferable.
• Capacity building experience with governmental and non-governmental actors at the federal and grassroots levels is an asset.
• Previous experience working for an international organization, particularly on migration-related issues, is desired.
• Ability to contribute to project development and resource mobilization efforts, including drafting technical inputs to proposals and identifying funding opportunities.
• Familiarity with the work of UN agencies, and/or similar international organizations would be a plus.
• Ability to engage and coordinate with government counterparts, UN agencies, and partners, and contribute to multi-stakeholder processes in a multicultural environment.
• Fluency in English and French (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish) and knowledge of other local languages is an advantage.

Skills

• Environmental Sciences
• Natural Resource Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Forestry
• Plant Science
• Rural Development Policy
• Disaster Risk Management
• Gender in Development
• International Relations
• Climate Change
• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Community-based Livelihood Adaptation
• Green Job Creation
• Climate-Smart Agriculture
• Project Management
• Finance Management
• Project Development
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Capacity Building
• Resource Mobilization
• Proposal Writing
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Multicultural Stakeholder Engagement

Languages

English, French