Programme Officer at International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Under the overall supervision of the Senior Programme Coordinator (EPC) and the direct supervision of the Durable Solutions Consortium Coordinator, the Programme Officer will be responsible and accountable for assisting with supporting project development, partner and donor coordination and Consortium Leadership Team activities, as well as supporting day-to-day monitoring and reporting for Danwadaag programmes.

Core Functions / Responsibilities:

• Carry out preliminary research on relevant assigned topics for the development and strengthening of project proposals and concept notes for the Consortium Leadership Team.
• Assist in drafting concept notes, proposals or other documents for potential donors and funding opportunities by compiling general background information from various sources.
• Assist in facilitating Technical Working Group and workstream meetings with consortium partner organizations and IOM field teams.
• Work closely with the Danwadaag CLT on various activities to help support respective programme objectives by collecting and compiling information, tracking activities, and providing specific inputs upon instruction.
• Assist in monitoring project implementation progress, outcomes, best practices, challenges, lessons learned, and collecting relevant information for report writing.
• Assist with day-to-day Monitoring and Evaluation and administration tasks for the CLT by applying data collection methods and maintaining adequate documentation and records of project activities, data and reports.
• Review and carry out preliminary editing of donor reports from programme units and participate in the report finalization process with the Donor Report team at the Regional Office in Nairobi.
• Assist with the preparation and execution of internal and external meetings with donor, partners, and government by drafting the agenda, taking meeting minutes, collecting action points, etc.
• Support the knowledge management of CLT by maintaining and updating project matrix and maintaining institutional memories or other documentation and information management systems
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Political or Social Sciences, Business Administration, International Relations, Law, or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or
• University degree in the above fields with two years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Experience in writing and editing information materials, project proposals and reports.
• Experience in facilitating coordination and communication between internal operational teams, external partners, governments, and donors.
• Experience in operational activities both in humanitarian and development sector.
• Work experience in the region is an advantage.

Skills

• In-depth knowledge of development and durable solutions context.
• Knowledge of Somali context an added advantage.
• Knowledge of UN and bilateral donor programming.
• Knowledge of international non-government organization and local government organization programming.