Program Officer- LEVANT Regional Project

III. Responsibilities and Accountabilities

1. Establish project’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), work plans, data management tools (e.g. usage of MIMOSA) and other management tools.
2. Monitor all project aspects including proper identification and tracking of beneficiaries, according to IOM standards and procedures as well as donor requirements/standards with a view to recommending appropriate action for enhanced program implementation and monitoring.
3. Develop work plans, project risk mitigation and/or management plans, where needed and in coordination with the donor.
4. Participate in the recruitment of consultants to undertake the project’s awareness raising, training materials development, regionally-specific rapid screening and referral protocol and research components.
5. Deliver thematic training to the project beneficiaries and IOM staff.
6. Support Head of Office to establish and maintain strong partnerships and liaise with all project partners including government entities, local authorities, UN agencies and other implementing partners including civil society actors and the donor in the projects’ target countries.
7. Promote dialogue, information-sharing and cooperation in the thematic areas of the project amongst IOM staff and external actors.
8. Compile, analyze and present policies, international standards and best practices relating to the rights of victims of trafficking.
9. Liaise with the Resource Management Officer in Lebanon for monitoring project budget.
10. Coordinate with IOM missions targeted under the Levant project regarding implementation of the activities.  
11. Assist Head of office in preparing donors reports to ensure proper information exchange on all operational aspects of the project between IOM, donors and other relevant stakeholders.
12. Provide regular updates to Head of Office, and RTS on the overall implementation of the project.  
13. Undertake duty travels as required.
14. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.     

IV. Competencies (to be completed based on the IOM's competency framework)

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioral

Competencies

Behavioural (applies to all job families, depending on seniority band)

Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism

• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies

• Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs

• Monitors own work to correct errors

• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings

Client Orientation

• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work

• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients

• Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors,

• governments, and project beneficiaries

Continuous Learning

• Contributes to colleagues' learning

• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills

• Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas

• Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area

Communication

• Actively shares relevant information

• Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures

• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience

• Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience

Creativity and Initiative

• Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems

• Leadership and Negotiation

• Convinces others to share resources

• Presents goals as shared interests

Performance Management

• Provides constructive feedback to colleagues

• Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations

• Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR Procedures

Planning and Organizing

• Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others

• Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others

• Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers

• Identifies risks and makes contingency plans

Professionalism

• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities

• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities

• Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation

• Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress

• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity

• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts

• Knowledgeable about and promotes 10M core mandate and migration solutions

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment

• Contributes to, and follows team objectives

• Gives credit where credit is due

• Seeks input and feedback from others

• Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate

• Actively supports and implements final group decisions

• Takes joint responsibility for team's work

Technological Awareness

• Learns about developments in available technology

• Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions

• Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work

Technical (specific to the job family)

• Delivers on set objectives

• Effectively supports project implementation

• Works effectively with local authorities, stakeholders, beneficiaries, and the broader community to advance country office or regional objectives

V. Education and Experience (specific to the category and (expected) level of the

. position )

• Master degree in Political or Social Sciences, Business Administration, Migration Studies, International Relations, Law or a related field from an accredited academic institution;
• Experience in managing several types of community-based projects;
• Experience in project management;
• Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, other national/ international institutions;
• Knowledge of UN, IOM and NGO mandates and programs in the field of migrant assistance and countertrafficking;
• Willing to travel as required.