Regional Project Development Officer provides oversight, quality control, and technical support to promote consistent, cohesive, and quality evidence-based programming. Together with the Regional Thematic Units (RTUs), the Regional Project Development Officer helps identify programme and project-related funding, support identification and design of programme opportunities together with relevant RTUs, promote programmatic operational excellence and organizational coherence at regional and national level, in collaboration with HQ and Country Offices (COs). This is done through promoting adherence to IOM institutional policy and guidance on results-based management and project cycle approaches, particularly to small COs in the Region, as the lead of the Regional Project Development Unit (RPDU).
Responsibilities:
Specific Project Development (PD): Provide specific and substantive inputs with the drafting of project proposals, in coordination with relevant Regional Thematic Units (RTUs) for small COs, for projects with a regional, multi-country or multi-thematic lens, and for countries with no IOM presence.
Technical Support to PD and Funding Requests: Provide substantive inputs to COs in the Region on Project Development to ensure that projects, inter-agency joint projects, and other funding requests are aligned to institutional strategies, guidance and practices, as well as grounded in data (in partnership with Regional Data Hub, RDH).
Reporting: Ensure donor reports are results-based, grounded in data, and in line with the objectives laid out in the Strategic Plan in coordination with RTUs and the Region Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (RPMEO).
Capacity Development and Compliance: Support, promote and enhance compliance to, the PCM process in the Region (including on PD, results-based reporting, and PRIMA) by providing capacity development and technical support to the RO and COs, particularly small COs, as may be requested.
Knowledge Management: Lead RO and COs engagement in knowledge management (KM) platforms, tools and practices across the region based on existing project development and reporting duties, including driving the effective use of PRIMA, in close coordination with the Innovation and Knowledge Management Unit (IKM) in HQ.
Collaboration: Promote coordination and information sharing across HQ, ROs and COs in respect to key multi-country projects, KM and reporting practices, resource mobilization efforts, and project development opportunities.
Project Proposal and Report Endorsement: Ensure smooth and timely project proposal endorsement and donor report approval processes, in collaboration with relevant RTS and/or designated endorser.
IOM Development Fund (IDF): Facilitate IDF proposal submissions in the Region.
IOM Strategic Results Framework (SRF): Ensure integration of the SRF in project development across the Region, in close coordination with the RPMEU and RTSs.
Partnerships: Lead the coordination with the RPLOs and RTUs, in support of the DRD for Operations, to build partnerships with regional donors and linkages with donor capitals.
Specific Resource Mobilization (RM): Provide specific guidance and advice on donor engagement, mapping, and response to calls for proposals, as well as on application procedures, for small COs, in close coordination with the Resource Mobilization Division.
Education:
Master’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Social Science, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with at least seven years of relevant professional experience.
University degree in the above fields with at least nine years of relevant professional experience.
Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
Work Experience:
Demonstrated experience in project development and management, thematic capacity building, and liaison.
Minimum five years' experience working in non-OECD countries developing projects and mobilizing resources.
Experience in liaison, resource mobilization, and advocacy with governmental and diplomatic officials, national and international institutions and organizations, civil society, and private sector actors.
Experience working in an international, inter-governmental, or non-governmental organization, United Nations, or government.
Experience in the design and implementation of capacity building on project development.
Skills:
Ability to understand complex contexts and fast-changing migration and displacement dynamics and ability to frame them in their regional, global, and political contexts.
Proven track record of successful engagement with donors, developing projects, and mobilizing resources for IOM priority areas.
Demonstrated ability to effectively coordinate with a diverse teams of specialists.
Strong analytical skills combined with the ability to effectively summarize, present, and communicate findings.
Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in IOM’s policies, practices and norms relevant to project development.
Proven agent of change or willingness to foster a culture of learning and knowledge management.
Languages:
For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written).
Working knowledge of French is an advantage.
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish.
All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.
