Head of Peace, Recovery and Solutions Unit (PRSU) (P)
Organizational Context
IOM, established in 1951, is a leading UN agency promoting humane and orderly migration. It operates globally, saving lives, protecting migrants, and facilitating pathways for regular migration. The organization is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. This role is within IOM Iraq, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Mission.
Job Purpose
The Head of the Peace, Recovery and Solutions Unit (PRSU) in IOM Iraq is responsible for the strategic direction, management, and results of the unit's portfolio. This includes activities in livelihoods, community policing, legal empowerment, transitional justice, climate action, durable solutions, and reintegration. The role involves developing the unit's strategy in alignment with IOM Iraq's priorities, ensuring project quality and coherence, and coordinating with various internal and external stakeholders. The position requires negotiating partnerships, representing IOM Iraq in technical forums, and contributing to national approaches for recovery and conflict sensitivity.
Responsibilities
Manage the PRSU portfolio's daily operations, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery aligned with IOM Iraq's strategies and workplans. Lead the unit's strategic direction, translating organizational priorities into an integrated unit strategy and results framework. Advise the Deputy Chief of Mission on peacebuilding, recovery, durable solutions, and related areas. Oversee project implementation, monitoring, and risk management, ensuring programs are evidence-based, conflict-sensitive, and aligned with IOM policies and national priorities. Coordinate technical inputs for national and UN processes, and drive the integration of protection, accountability, gender, disability, and localization across all programs. Establish and sustain partnerships with government counterparts, donors, and UN entities, representing IOM Iraq in relevant forums. Oversee programmatic, financial, administrative, and risk management for the portfolio, ensuring compliance and donor confidence. Strengthen results-based management, monitoring, and learning across the unit. Supervise PRSU staff, fostering a motivated and cohesive team.
Work Experience
Extensive experience in managing complex humanitarian, peacebuilding, recovery, or development programs, including formulation, oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. Demonstrated strategic leadership for multidisciplinary portfolios, with experience in areas like peacebuilding, durable solutions, livelihoods, community policing, or transitional justice. Experience supervising teams, program development, resource mobilization, donor engagement, and relationship building with stakeholders is required. Experience in fragile or post-conflict environments is essential.
Skills
Strategic leadership and portfolio management. Knowledge of peacebuilding, recovery, and humanitarian-development-peace nexus approaches. Understanding of conflict sensitivity, protection, accountability, and inclusive programming. Financial, administrative, and risk management skills. Resource mobilization, donor relations, and partnership development. Political judgment and ability to operate in sensitive environments. Analytical and communication skills. Ability to manage competing priorities in complex contexts.