Overview
The Government Liaison and Capacity Development Officer will be responsible for tracking government decisions, managing stakeholder relations, and facilitating cooperation between IOM and Ukrainian government entities to advance migration governance and humanitarian response.
Key Responsibilities
- Keep track of Government decisions and actions concerning migration governance and humanitarian response.
- Develop and manage a contact list of national stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain working relations with officials of the GoU and Parliament.
- Conduct regular check-ins with GoU and Parliament counterparts.
- Promote and support advocacy actions of IOM Ukraine with GoU officials and Parliament.
- Monitor and evaluate the progress, impact, and effectiveness of partnership activities.
- Facilitate development and implementation of specific IOM initiatives that respond to GoU requests.
- Lead the process of development and coordination of new cooperation agreements/MOUs with GoU entities.
- Provide guidance to Country Office units/project teams related to state registration of projects.
- Represent IOM at GoU Coordination HQs and in round tables, seminars, and conferences.
- Attend meetings of specific Sectoral Working Groups (SWGs) and committees established by the Government of Ukraine.
- Support the efforts of the Policy and Liaison Unit in designing capacity enhancement initiatives/programmes for GoU and other stakeholders.
- Lead the implementation of capacity development initiatives/programmes on effective migration management.
- Review and clear all Country Office outgoing communications with the minister level and higher level.
- Supervise and coordinate work of assigned staff.
- Undertake duty travel including accompaniment of GoU and Parliament officials on specific missions.
Required Experience
- Minimum three years of relevant working experience at the national or international level in delivery of humanitarian assistance or development advisory services, partnerships and/or representation, in the United Nations system, NGOs, or public-sector organizations.
- Extensive experience in liaison work with government entities.
- Sound knowledge of government institutions at the central and local level.
- An overall understanding of the work of the Parliament and its commissions.
- Good understanding of the political climate in Ukraine.
- Experience in overall office administration management in a multicultural environment.
- Proven knowledge of the UN system and procedures an asset.
- Familiarity with the issues of migration and emergency programmes.
- Readiness to travel and work in emergency context.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, Public health, Political Sciences, Population Studies, Education and/or related Social Sciences field with at least five years of professional work experience; or
- University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
