Background
Under the overall supervision of the Emergency and Stabilization Programme Coordinator, and the direct supervision of the National Emergency and Stabilization Programme Officer (Kramatorsk), the successful candidate will provide specialized support to the implementation of IOM Ukraine’s Community Stabilization efforts for IDPs and IDP hosting communities in Ukraine.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the Programme Coordinator in the overall planning, implementation and monitoring of Community Stabilization efforts.
- Assist in the coordination of IOM’s Community Stabilization efforts within the context of the relevant sectors.
- Liaise with partner NGOs as well as with relevant national and local working-level government contacts, as necessary, under the guidance of the Programme Coordinator.
- Support the mapping of Community Stabilization needs and beneficiaries in post-conflict areas.
- Work together with in-house monitoring and evaluation team to devise and implement a monitoring system for Community Stabilization efforts.
- Contribute to the contracting of partner NGOs and the procurement of goods and services.
- Contribute to regular reporting (IOM internal, IOM external, UN-related, including 3W and situation reporting), correspondence, publication and presentation materials.
- Provide information gathering management support to Community Stabilization programming.
- Track relevant national development pertaining to Community Stabilization, and analyse, summarize and present findings.
- Organize and/or take part in Community Stabilization-related events (meetings, presentations, discussions, visits, etc.).
- Provide inputs and recommend improvements to the planning and delivery of programme activities.
- Undertake duty travel within Ukraine pertinent to Community Stabilization programming on an as-needed basis.
- Perform other relevant duties as may be assigned.
Competencies
The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies:
Behavioural
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;
- Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks.
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 th audience.
Creativity and Initiative
- Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services;
- Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones;
- Persuades others to consider new ideas;
- Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems.
Leadership and Negotiation
- Convinces others to share resources
- Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change;
- Presents goals as shared interests;
- Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through withcommitments.
Performance Management
- Provides constructive feedback to colleagues;
- Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers;
- Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations;
- Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures;
- Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations.
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 unplanne handovers;
- Identifies risks and makes contingency plans;
- Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals;
- Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of tea members.
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 IOM 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.
Resource Mobilization
- Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs.
Technical
- Works effectively in high-pressure, rapidly changing environments;
- Coordinates actions with emergency response actors and making use of coordination structures;
- Supports adequate levels of information sharing between internal units, cluster partners, IOM and other emergency response actors;
- Establishes and maintains effective relationships with implementing partners;
- Makes correct decisions rapidly based on available information.
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in public administration, political science, economics from an accredited academic institution and at least six years of responsible work experience;
- Proven reporting and writing skills, confident user of the Microsoft Office Suite;
- Experience working with Ukrainian government and civil society;
- Knowledge of humanitarian activities and context is advantageous;
- Experience working in community-based/community development programming in Ukraine.
Experience in working with vulnerable populations.
Language:
Fluency English, Ukrainian is required, fluency in Russian is advantage.
Application instructions:
Appointment is subject to funding confirmation.
Send CV (contains names and contact information of three referees) and cover letter in English to:
IOM Kyiv: iomkiev@iom.int
8 Mykhailivska St, Kyiv 01001
Please, indicate the position you are applying for in the subject line of your message.
Closing date for applications is 11 June 2015 however interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply sooner.
Only pre-selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.