Overview
Support the strategic, technical, and operational coordination of Immigration and Border Governance (IBG) projects in Ethiopia, focusing on the regional counter-smuggling programme and other synergistic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Support strategic and operational implementation of IBG projects.
- Serve as a coordination focal point for project components.
- Support engagement with senior government counterparts.
- Coordinate consultative processes for SOP development and validation.
- Monitor implementation and identify operational bottlenecks.
- Support planning and quality assurance of capacity-building initiatives.
- Contribute to the design, review, and follow-up of assessments and technical documents.
- Support alignment and integration of project activities with the wider IBG portfolio.
- Contribute to donor reporting and operational updates.
- Serve as the focal point for MEAL.
- Support integration of cross-cutting priorities.
- Support coordination with regional and country office colleagues.
- Undertake duty travel as required.
- Provide guidance and coordination support to project support staff.
- Contribute to internal planning and knowledge management.
Required Experience
- University degree with at least five years of relevant professional experience; or School diploma with at least seven years of relevant experience.
- Experience in project implementation, coordination and oversight in migration management, border governance, counter-smuggling, law enforcement cooperation or related fields.
- Experience engaging with senior government counterparts and inter-agency coordination structures.
- Experience supporting development of SOPs, policy or legal framework-related processes, technical working groups or institutional coordination mechanisms.
- Experience in capacity-building, training coordination and institutional strengthening.
- Experience drafting reports, briefing notes, concept papers and other strategic programme documents.
- Knowledge and experience in the areas of MEAL, Gender, DI, PSEA, and other cross cutting areas.
- Experience working in complex multi-stakeholder operational environments is an advantage.
- Experience in border management technologies, IBG capacity development trainings, document verification or identity management is an advantage.
- Knowledge of Ethiopian geographical border areas.
Qualifications
- University degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Law, Migration Studies, Public Administration, Security Studies, Criminology, or a related field from an accredited academic institution.
- School diploma.
