Regional Community Stabilisation Officer (P)

The Regional Community Stabilisation Officer will monitor and support the implementation and coordination of community stabilisation programming in West and Central Africa. The role provides technical guidance to Country Offices, ensures regional coherence in methodology and reporting, and disseminates lessons learned to improve programme delivery and impact.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to Country Offices on the application of IOM community stabilisation guidance and methodologies.
• Facilitate regional coherence in implementation of cross-border community stabilisation initiatives across Country Offices.
• Support Country Offices to facilitate high-quality deliverables by providing technical guidance and remote monitoring of programme partners and staff.
• Monitor operational, administrative and budgetary performance of regional community stabilisation initiatives and programming, identifying risks and efficiency gaps.
• Analyse progress against expenditure forecasts and implementation plans, drafting regular reports and proposing remedial actions.
• Collaborate with Country Offices to gather and disseminate lessons learned from community stabilisation programming.
• Disseminate consolidated lessons learned and replicable practices across IOM’s community stabilisation community of practice.
• Assist with analysis of crisis situations, coordination, prioritisation and operational planning, recommending areas of intervention.
• Review regional reporting on community stabilisation programming for harmonisation and timely submission.
• Validate outcome-level results, monitor lessons learned and identify challenges to safeguard integrity of results reporting.
• Compile and produce an annual report on community stabilisation within the region.
• Support capacity building, training and general support to Country Offices implementing community stabilisation programming.
• Participate in capacity-building activities to improve staff proficiency across the region.
• Contribute to development, review and implementation of regional projects and multi-country programmes related to community stabilisation, social cohesion, resilience and peacebuilding.
• Provide technical inputs to support liaison with donors and government coordination bodies.
• Participate in relevant regional working group meetings and events to position IOM as a credible subject matter expert.
• Undertake frequent travel to countries for information support, monitoring, reporting, liaison and project implementation.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master's degree in International Relations, Development Studies, Development Planning, Political Science, Social Sciences, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or, University degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
• Relevant experience in programme management in complex environments.
• Relevant experience in the design and implementation of area-based and community-driven approaches.
• Relevant experience in project implementation in crisis, post-crisis, and recovery contexts.
• Relevant experience in supporting government, partner, and stakeholder coordination in the domain of recovery, peacebuilding, and stabilisation.
• Relevant experience in project and program reporting.
• 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.
• Good verbal and written communication skills including capabilities to present to diverse audiences.
• Proven abilities relating to implementation (budgets, human resources, procurement, and so forth) for large-scale programming in complex environments.
• Thorough understanding of donor processes and regulations.
• Knowledge of financial rules and regulations.
• Fluency in English and French (oral and written) is required.
• Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish) is an advantage.

Skills

• Programme Management
• Area-Based Approaches
• Community-driven Approaches
• Project Implementation
• Crisis Recovery Programming
• Government Coordination
• Partner Coordination
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Project Reporting
• Stabilization Programming
• Peacebuilding Programmes
• Resilience Programming
• Community Stabilisation
• Community Violence Reduction
• Countering Violent Extremism
• Local Peacebuilding
• Social Cohesion
• Budget Implementation
• Human Resources Management
• Procurement Management
• Donor Processes
• Financial Rules and Regulations
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication

Languages

English, French