Overview
The Programme Coordinator (Migration Management) will be responsible for the implementation, oversight, and coordination of IOM Kenya's Migration Management programme portfolio, including labour mobility, immigration and border governance, and migrant protection.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee and coordinate the implementation of country-specific policies and strategies pertaining to labour mobility, immigration and border governance, and migrant protection.
- Identify and develop new projects and programmes to address migration management needs.
- Ensure all components of relevant projects, programmes, and activities operate in a coherent and mutually supportive manner.
- Ensure the provision of timely, accurate, standardized, and adequate information to all relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment of programmatic planning and response with Government of Kenya priorities and inter-agency common planning frameworks.
- Recommend and ensure effective integration of cross-cutting issues, including gender, age, education, disability, environment, and protection in relevant programming.
- Guide and supervise staff responsible for the implementation of relevant projects and programmes.
- Coordinate and provide training to staff.
- Identify new opportunities for the relevant portfolios and participate in the development of project proposals.
- Ensure compliance with institutional and donor reporting procedures.
- Liaise with donor representatives and periodically brief them on current and planned programmes.
- Undertake duty travel relating to need assessments, project monitoring, liaison with counterparts, problem solving, and new project development, as required.
Required Experience
- At least five years of relevant professional experience with a Master's degree, or seven years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree.
- Professional experience in the fields of labour mobility, diaspora engagement, immigration and border governance, and migrant protection programming, knowledge on related global policies and guidelines.
- Experience working in the implementation and delivery of migration management-related projects in a variety of contexts is a must.
- Strong project implementation and management experience, including project monitoring and reporting.
- Demonstrated experience in policy and strategy development.
- Experience working in complex settings that require sound judgment and operational flexibility.
- Previous work experience in East and Horn of Africa and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) region in a similar capacity, in particular with the UN, is a strong advantage.
Qualifications
Master's degree in Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Law, or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or, Bachelor's degree in the above fields.
