Description
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Regional Community Stabilisation Officer (P) to be based in Dakar, Senegal.
The role involves providing technical guidance to Country Offices (COs) on the application of IOM Community Stabilisation (CS) guidance and methodologies, facilitating regional coherence in implementation of cross-border CS initiatives, and supporting COs to achieve high-quality programme deliverables.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing technical guidance to COs on IOM CS guidance and methodologies
- Facilitating regional coherence in implementation of cross-border CS initiatives
- Supporting COs to achieve high-quality programme deliverables
- Monitoring operational, administrative, and budgetary performance of regional CS initiatives
- Analysing progress against projected expenditure forecasts and implementation plans
- Collaborating with COs to gather and disseminate lessons learned from community stabilisation programming
- Disseminating consolidated lessons learned and replicable practices across IOM's CS Community of Practice
- Assisting with analysis of crisis situations, coordination, prioritisation, and operational planning
- Reviewing regional reporting on community stabilisation programming
- Validating the capture and contextualisation of outcome-level results
- Compiling and producing an annual report on community stabilisation under CS initiatives
- Supporting capacity building, training, and general support to COs implementing community stabilisation programming
- Participating in capacity-building activities on community stabilisation, social cohesion, and peacebuilding
- Contributing to the development, review, and implementation of complementary regional projects and multi-country community stabilisation programmes
- Providing technical inputs to support liaison with the USG representing multi-country portfolio on community stabilisation programming
- Participating in relevant regional working group meetings and events
- Undertaking frequent travel to countries to provide information and support
Requirements include:
- Master's degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Development Planning, Political Science, Social Sciences, or a related field
- Two years of relevant professional experience
- Relevant experience in programme management in complex environments
- Strong technical expertise in stabilisation, peacebuilding, and resilience programming
- Recognised expertise in one or more of these fields: community stabilisation, community violence reduction, preventing violent extremism, local peacebuilding or social cohesion
- Fluency in English and French (oral and written)
- Working knowledge of another official UN language is an advantage