Overview

The Project Officer will manage, coordinate, and oversee the activities of the RE2CLID project in Madagascar, enhancing the resilience and self-reliance of displacement-affected communities.

Tasks Summary

• Manage the overall implementation of the Project, including financial, administrative, and technical aspects.
• Provide operational management, guidance, and technical supervision to project staff.
• Monitor project progress against strategic objectives and oversee the M&E Framework.
• Supervise project staff, consultants, and implementing partners.
• Plan, develop, organize, and deliver capacity building activities.
• Monitor and oversee compliance with project partners, staff, and implementing entities.
• Liaise with Government entities, Implementing Partners, UN agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee coordination with other Country Office units.
• Ensure adequate information management on project activities and visibility.
• Produce quality progress financial and narrative reports.
• Participate in relevant conferences, workshops, and steering committees.
• Represent the Country Office at relevant UN working groups.
• Undertake duty travel as required.
• Perform other assigned duties.

Experience Requirements

• Five years of relevant professional experience with a Master’s degree; or seven years of relevant professional experience with a University degree.
• Experience in programme management, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation.
• Managerial experience in disaster preparedness, disaster response, displacement management, disaster risk reduction, community stabilization, durable solutions, and climate action.
• Experience in project development and capacity-building activities.
• Experience in liaising with governmental and diplomatic authorities, and national/international institutions.
• Experience in organizing consultations, workshops, and seminars with high-level stakeholders.
• Experience with regional cooperative mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the SW Indian Ocean region is highly desirable.
• Experience in field operations in emergency, fragile, displacement-affected, conflict, and/or disaster-prone contexts is highly desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• Master’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Humanitarian Affairs, Economic Development, Business or Public Administration, International Studies or a related field from an accredited academic institution.
• University degree in the above fields.

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in English and French is required (oral and written).

Languages Preferred: Working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) is an advantage.

Contract Duration: 1 year with possibility of extension

Work Modality:

Remuneration: