IOM is recruiting a Programme Coordinator position. Proficiency in programme management, stakeholder engagement, and monitoring and evaluation is required.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
and Accountabilities
- Manage the Peace, Recovery, and Solutions programme portfolio of the
Mission, ensuring the programme maintains quality and is in compliance
with IOM policies and standards, as well as donor requirements, by
overseeing all operational, administrative and technical aspects, and
backstopping the financial management as required.
- Manage the programme implementation, ensuring the portfolio
maintains quality and is in compliance with IOM policies and standards, as
well as donor requirements, by overseeing all operational, administrative
and technical aspects, and backstopping the financial management.
- Monitor the programme to ensure effective and timely delivery of
results against workplans, budgets, and targets and identify problems in
implementation and undertake corrective actions, in coordination with
senior management.
- Adopt sound Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E), and Learning that
promotes continuous improvement based on lessons learned. Work closely
with the M&E team to ensure IOM’s guidelines are followed throughout
the programme implementation.
- Recruit, train and manage programme staff ensuring that programme
components are well synchronized and mutually reinforcing.
- Establish and maintain strong partnerships with the Government of
Kenya at sub-county, county and national levels as well as implementing
partners, UN agencies and other stakeholders, including local communities,
and represent IOM in relevant meetings and workshops.
- Prepare and compile regular programme reporting for submission to
donors, in coordination with relevant staff in IOM Kenya, donor managing
and implementing missions, as applicable to the programmes.
- Ensure frequent information exchange between IOM, the donor and
other stakeholders on all operational aspects of the programme; organize
donor meetings and learning events, as required.
- Develop new projects addressing the needs of displacement-affected
or at -risk communities, especially on topics related to
resilience-building, socio-economic development, livelihood support and
natural resource management.
- In coordination with the Communications team and IOM donor-managing
missions, ensure production of high-quality and regular visibility to
promote the programme with national, regional, and global audiences.
Ensure production of human-interest stories, videos and photographs to
highlight programme impacts.
- Integrate resilience-building approaches, gender, Accountability to
Affected Populations (AAP), environmental protection and conflict
sensitivity in programming as relevant.
- Provide oversight for Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) and other donor requirements including planning,
implementing, monitoring and reporting, and documentation. In coordination
with IOM donor-managing missions, ensure these are produced to standards
as expected by the donor.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Qualifications and
Experience
Education
- Master’s degree in Social Sciences, International Relations,
Development Studies, Law or a related field from an accredited academic
institution with at least five years of relevant professional experience;
or,
- University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant
professional experience.
- Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World
Higher Education Database.
Experience
- Professional experience in the field of livelihood and economic
empowerment, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), climate change and
migration with UN agencies, public institutions and/or other international
organizations;
- Experience in project management and development;
- Proven experience in establishing and maintaining strong working
relations with relevant government counterparts, donors, CSO partners and
international organizations; and,
- Working experience in engaging with KOICA is a strong asset.
Skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills;
- Good knowledge of principles and practices of project management and
monitoring and evaluation;
- Proven resource management skills with familiarity with
budget/financial administration; and,
- Knowledge of the broad range of migration-related subject areas.
Languages
- For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and
written).
- Working knowledge of Korean and another official UN languages
(Arabic, Chinese, French, 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.
Required Competencies
- IOM’s competency framework can be found at this link.
Competencies will be assessed during the selection process.
- Values – all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate
these five values:
- Inclusion and respect for diversity: Respects and promotes
individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion.
- Integrity and transparency: Maintains high ethical standards and
acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and
standards of conduct.
- Professionalism: Demonstrates ability to work in a composed,
competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting
day-to-day challenges.
- Courage: Demonstrates willingness to take a stand on issues of
importance.
- Empathy: Shows compassion for others, makes people feel safe,
respected and fairly treated.
Core Competencies –
behavioural indicators Level 2
- Teamwork: Develops and promotes effective collaboration within and
across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
- Delivering results: Produces and delivers quality results in a
service-oriented and timely manner. Is action oriented and committed to
achieving agreed outcomes.
- Managing and sharing knowledge: Continuously seeks to learn, share
knowledge and innovate.
- Accountability: Takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s
priorities and assumes responsibility for own actions and delegated work.
- Communication: Encourages and contributes to clear and open
communication. Explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and
motivational way.
How to Apply
