Programme Coordinator (Humanitarian Response and Recovery (HRR)) (P)
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is a UN-related agency focused on promoting humane and orderly migration. It works with governments and partners to save lives, protect migrants, address displacement, and facilitate legal migration pathways. The organization is committed to an inclusive and supportive workplace, aiming to leverage the full potential of migration.
Job Purpose
The Programme Coordinator (Humanitarian Response and Recovery - HRR) in IOM Chad is responsible for coordinating IOM's operations addressing HRR challenges. Reporting to the Head of Programmes, this role ensures the effective and coherent implementation of emergency response and recovery activities. The coordinator will align IOM's preparedness efforts with inter-sectoral frameworks, integrate cross-cutting issues like gender and protection, and manage project reporting. This position is crucial for enhancing IOM's capacity to respond to humanitarian crises and support displaced populations in Chad.
Responsibilities
Coordinate and monitor all operational and administrative aspects of emergency projects, ensuring adherence to IOM policies and procedures. Collaborate with the Chief of Mission to ensure coherence between emergency response and recovery activities. Enhance IOM's response preparedness by improving coordination, aligning programmatic efforts with common planning frameworks, and coordinating preparedness initiatives across sectors. Stay updated on humanitarian policies and best practices, recommending improvements for cross-border humanitarian response, including integrating gender, age, education, disability, environment, and protection. Ensure timely reporting of emergency projects and prepare regular updates and summaries. Guide and supervise staff involved in emergency projects, coordinating training to strengthen humanitarian response capabilities. Identify new emergency response opportunities and contribute to project proposal development. Provide timely and accurate information on displacement and mobility trends to stakeholders, particularly vulnerable groups. Liaise with donors to mobilize financial support. Participate in inter-agency coordination forums and meetings with government authorities and other stakeholders. Undertake duty travel for needs assessments, project monitoring, and new project development.
Work Experience
Mandatory demonstrated managerial experience in IOM emergency programming, including coordination, NFI/shelter, CCCM, DTM, protection, transition & recovery, or preparedness and response in conflict/post-conflict, hardship duty stations. Experience managing large teams across diverse emergency response areas is required. Proven managerial and administrative experience in emergency programs in conflict, post-conflict, and complex emergencies in hardship locations is necessary. Practical experience in IOM project management, including administrative, financial, procurement, and HR procedures, is essential. Experience working in emergency contexts and liaising with various stakeholders is required.
Skills
Demonstrated judgment and ability to extract, interpret, and analyze data for rapid decision-making. Ability to work with minimal supervision. Capacity to work effectively in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments. Excellent communication, negotiation, and coordination skills. Demonstrated knowledge of IOM Project Management Handbook, WAVE, and PRIMA. Proficiency in MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Familiarity with WAVE is highly recommended.