IOM Senior Programme Coordinator Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs

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IOM Senior Programme Coordinator Jobs 2024 – South Sudan NGO Jobs.

IOM South Sudan looking for “Senior Programme Coordinator”.

Applicants with a Master’s degree may apply on or before 13th March 2024.

The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers. In September 2016, IOM became a related organization of the United Nations.

The IOM has published a job vacancy announcement on 29th February 2024 for qualified South Sudanese to fill in the vacant post of Senior Programme Coordinator to be based in Juba, South Sudan.

Core Functions/ Responsibilities

Serve as IOM’s primary liaison with the World Bank and the South Sudanese Government by developing and maintaining effective relationships and partnerships.
Lead the overall implementation of the ECRP, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, time and quality specifications, donor requirements and IOM rules and regulations.
Exercise administrative, operational and financial management responsibility for the project.
Assure management quality and compliance consistent with IOM policies, procedures and standards relative to financial accountability, procurement, budget maintenance, and cost share requirements.
Manage a large and diverse team based in Juba, IOM South Sudan sub-offices and ECRP target locations, providing leadership and vision in order to ensure results vis-a-vis ECRP deliverables. Build the capacity of and mentor staff, resolve HR issues including structure and staffing levels, and ensure efficiency, accountability, staff development and the resolution of other issues.
Ensure the overall quality of staff work and standards, ensuring that reports, official communications and presentations are accurate, clear, and concise.
Coordinate with other IOM South Sudan units, projects and programs and leverage synergies and expertise within IOM South Sudan to increase ECRP impact and effectiveness.
Establish and maintain a collaborative and effective team environment in accordance with the IOM Respectful Working Environment policy.
Prepare regular, special, and other required reports, and ensure all reporting requirements are met.
Represent the Organization in national and international meetings, workshops, conferences, and seminars.
Perform such other duties as required.

Eligibility Criteria

Education:

Master’s degree in International Relations, Political or Social Sciences, Development Studies, Human Rights, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with seven years of relevant professional experience; or,
University degree in the above fields with nine years of relevant professional experience.

Experience:

Proven experience in successfully developing and maintaining working relationships with government counterparts, inter-governmental organizations, UN agencies and national and international NGOs in politically complex contexts around development, peacebuilding and/or community resilience;
Solid experience in building and leading large, diverse teams and a track-record of successfully leading and coaching staff of different levels of experience and skills;
Experience in managing teams operating in remote field locations a distinct advantage;
Solid experience related to the management of complex, large-scale projects focusing on community resilience, peacebuilding, disaster risk management and/or community-based local development in post-conflict contexts;
Prior experience in managing World Bank funded projects a distinct advantage;
Proven experience of successfully working on the protection of vulnerable populations, the promotion of social inclusion and gender equality and the prevention of gender-based violence in fragile, post-conflict contexts; and,
Experience and/or familiarity with the IOM project management cycle an advantage.

Skills:

Excellent leadership, management and coordination skills;
Outstanding interpersonal, cross-cultural, and diplomatic skills and ability to harmoniously collaborate with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders;
Proven ability to deliver results and achieve measurable impact in contexts of great political and operational complexity;
Outstanding communication skills including the ability to communicate complexity in an easy-to-understand way for diverse audience;
High-level of problem-solving skills including the ability to address problems pro-actively and creatively, foresee and mitigate risks and overcome operational and political challenges as they arise; and,
Proven ability to successfully operate in high-stress environments and maintain high professional standards in hardship locations.

Languages:

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.
For this position, fluency in English is required (oral and written). Working knowledge in Arabic is an advantage.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.