Overview
The Emergency Management and Peacebuilding Coordinator will lead and coordinate IOM's programmes and operations in emergency preparedness, response, and peacebuilding in Papua New Guinea.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership of the Emergency and Disaster Management and Peacebuilding Unit.
- Proactively manage IOM’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management portfolio.
- Oversee and coordinate the formulation of country specific policies and strategies.
- Develop, establish, and maintain strong liaison with project/programme partners.
- Support the CoM with UN common planning and programming processes.
- Develop, clarify and contribute to IOM's overall mandate and strategy.
- Exercise financial oversight responsibility for projects and activities.
- Lead and monitor all project progress, prepare regular reports.
- Advise CoM in emergency-related matters.
- Lead the further development and oversight of initiatives focused on social cohesion, community stabilization, and disaster risk reduction.
- Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation approaches.
- Lead external coordination with actors to outline the scope of IOM humanitarian programmes.
- Develop media, communications, and public relations materials.
- Develop and review new project proposals, implementation strategies, and annual plans.
- Represent IOM in strategic planning and interagency discussions.
- Assist CoM in identifying new project areas.
- Develop and deliver training on disaster risk reduction and management, peacebuilding etc.
- Oversee the development and maintenance of data collection and analysis mechanisms.
- Support CoM in maintaining an ongoing dialogue with partners.
- Supervise the planning and implementation of initiatives aimed at promoting IOM and donor visibility.
- Undertake field missions to oversee the implementation of IOM project operations.
- Responsible for managing all operational, financial, and administrative aspects of the Unit’s projects.
- Support and drive coherent localization and partnership approaches.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Seven years of relevant professional experience with a Master's degree, or nine years with a University degree.
- Professional experience in the field of emergency and humanitarian affairs.
- Experience working in implementation and delivery of humanitarian and emergency projects at the field level is a must.
- Project implementation and management experience, including project monitoring and reporting an advantage.
- Demonstrated experience in policy ad strategy development.
- Experience working in complex settings that requires sound judgment, and operational flexibility.
- Previous work experience in the Pacific, in Papua New Guinea, in a similar capacity with humanitarian agencies, in particular the UN, is an advantage.
- Recent experience in managing multi-cultural teams to effectively meet programming goals.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in international relations, Social Sciences, Disaster Management, International relations, Conflict Management, Human Rights/ Law, Information Management, or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or University degree in the above fields.
