Project Associate
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is the UN agency for migration. Operating in Guinea since the early 2000s, IOM supports the Guinean government in promoting safe, orderly, and regular migration, upholding human rights and migrant dignity. Its work includes migration governance, protection for vulnerable migrants, voluntary return and reintegration, border management, and capacity building for national institutions. IOM Guinea collaborates with national authorities, UN agencies, and civil society to implement projects enhancing migration governance and data analysis, contributing to national priorities and SDGs.
Job Purpose
The Project Associate will support the implementation, monitoring, and coordination of project activities, ensuring expected results are achieved and quality standards are met. This involves monitoring beneficiaries, entrepreneurs, and partners to facilitate activity realization, track progress, identify support needs, and contribute to outcomes. The role requires contributing to programmatic planning, monitoring, and coordination, ensuring adherence to timelines and stakeholder alignment. The associate will identify delays or operational issues, propose corrective actions, and contribute to quality assurance of project activities and deliverables. They will also support documentation of results, lessons learned, and best practices, particularly in grant management and entrepreneurship support, and assist in preparing programmatic reports and technical documents.
Responsibilities
The Project Associate will monitor beneficiaries, entrepreneurs, and partners to facilitate planned activities, track progress, identify support needs, and contribute to achieving expected results. They will assist in planning, monitoring, and coordinating programmatic activities, ensuring adherence to implementation schedules and stakeholder alignment, and promptly identifying and proposing solutions for delays or operational challenges. The role includes contributing to the quality assurance of project activities and deliverables, verifying conformity with objectives and technical requirements, and supporting the monitoring of performance indicators. The associate will also support the documentation of results, lessons learned, and best practices in areas like grant management and entrepreneurship support, and assist in preparing programmatic reports and technical documents, ensuring accuracy and timely submission. Additionally, they will provide ad-hoc technical support to the project team, facilitate communication among stakeholders, contribute to risk identification and mitigation, participate in coordination meetings and field activities, and support the continuous improvement of monitoring tools and methods.
Work Experience
Requires at least 3 years of professional experience in implementing and monitoring development projects, particularly in grant management, entrepreneurship, or beneficiary support. Experience in activity planning, coordination, results-based management, and monitoring is essential. Proficiency in office software and data management tools is required. Experience with international organizations or UN agencies is an asset. Fluency in French is required; knowledge of English and local languages is advantageous.
Skills
Key competencies include responsibility, adaptability, flexibility, creativity, sound judgment, planning and organization, professionalism, self-management, teamwork, and commitment. Specific skills include project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, grant management, beneficiary and entrepreneur support, report writing, communication, and proficiency in MS Office and data management tools. Areas of expertise include Administration, Community Development, Economics, Poverty Reduction, and Livelihoods.