Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa) (P)

We are seeking a Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa) to join our team in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa) will be responsible for coordinating the end-to-end programme-development process for SHIFT Africa, translating approved strategic and technical direction and inputs from relevant IOM functions into a coherent, technically sound and investment-ready programme package.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the end-to-end development of the SHIFT Africa programme, preparing and maintaining a programme-development plan covering required products, consultations, reviews, decisions, dependencies, responsibilities and submission timelines.
• Coordinate and consolidate regional, country and HQ contributions into one coherent continental programme design.
• Translate approved strategic and technical thematic inputs into programme development, including theory of change, results chain, results framework, intervention logic, implementation arrangements, workplan, budget, and risk framework.
• Support structured engagement with Mastercard Foundation and other strategic partners throughout the co-creation and programme-development process.
• Coordinate the integration of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) considerations into programme and project design.
• Compile and analyse programme-development evidence and opportunity-system intelligence for use in programme design decisions.
• Coordinate programme-design consultations and working sessions involving Country Offices, Regional Offices, HQ units, governments, private-sector and market actors, development partners, youth organisations and other stakeholders.
• Promote coherence between the programme's continental ambition and country-level implementation realities.
• Support the development and integration of partnership models involving private-sector actors, employers, financial institutions, training providers and regional organisations.
• Support compliance with IOM programme-development requirements, coordinating inputs from legal, finance, procurement, risk, safeguarding, data protection and other relevant functions.
• Maintain an organised programme-development repository, including current and archived versions, source evidence, assumptions, costing files, consultation records, partner information, review comments, approvals and decision logs.
• Support the transition from concept development to full proposal development and inception planning.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, International Development, Labour Market Development, 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.
• Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating the development of large-scale, complex, multi-country and multi-partner programmes;
• Experience in the design and application of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning approaches, including indicator development, target setting, results measurement, data analysis and the use of evidence for programme adaptation;
• Experience coordinating programme development across multiple technical, operational and geographic teams is an advantage;
• Experience working in an international, inter-governmental, or non-governmental organisation, the United Nations, or government;
• Experience engaging with governments, development partners, private-sector actors, financial institutions and other market actors in the context of programme development, partnership development or resource mobilisation; and,
• Experience applying programme development approaches to employment, labour mobility, livelihoods, economic inclusion or related programming is an advantage.

Skills:

• Demonstrated programme and project development skills, with demonstrated ability to translate technical concepts, evidence and strategic priorities into coherent, scalable, and measurable programme designs;
• Demonstrated analytical skills, including the ability to synthesise quantitative and qualitative evidence;
• Demonstrated ability to develop results frameworks and integrate monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning into programme design and adaptive management;
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with donors and partners, contribute to the development of high-quality proposals and support resource mobilisation;
• Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate diverse teams of thematic programme, operational and Country Office specialists across complex multi-country processes;
• Proven ability to foster a culture of evidence use, learning, knowledge management and continuous programme adaptation; and,
• Demonstrated partnership-development skills, including the ability to understand partner incentives, articulate mutual interests, and contribute to the structuring of practical partnership modalities.

Languages:

• Fluency in English is required (oral and written).
• Working knowledge of another official UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is an advantage.