Overview
The International Peacebuilding Programme Consultant will assist in the day-to-day implementation of IOM’s Peacebuilding programs in Mozambique, contributing to the design, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in the day-to-day implementation of IOM’s Peacebuilding programs in Mozambique.
- Contribute to the effective and timely design, planning, monitoring and evaluation of activities.
- Facilitate the maintenance and updating of a portfolio-level workplan.
- Liaise with key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
- Participate in coordination and inter-agency fora relevant to the Peacebuilding portfolio.
- Coordinate and take lead in the execution of reporting processes.
- Check that all project documentation is up to date and entered into internal systems.
- Contribute to resource mobilization by providing input for the development of new projects.
- Support the production of communication and visibility tools and materials.
- Implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation tools.
- Plan and support the facilitation of pause and reflect sessions.
- Assist with budget monitoring.
- Follow up with the logistics and procurement team.
- Provide updates on the overall implementation of the relevant projects.
- Undertake travel and perform such other duties as may be assigned.
Required Experience
- Master’s degree with two years of relevant professional experience; or University degree with four years of relevant professional experience.
- Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in peacebuilding, development programming, strategic planning, or resource mobilization.
- Experience implementing community-focused humanitarian or development projects is required.
- Experience in management and capacity building of staff.
- Experience in managing grants and implementing partners is required.
- Experience in implementing peacebuilding, resilience, transition, livelihoods or stabilization activities in conflict-affected areas.
- Experience working with CSOs and overseeing CSO capacity building initiatives is an advantage.
- Experience developing training curriculums and overseeing training programmes is an advantage.
- Experience in adaptive management, outcome-based monitoring and evaluation, and programmatic learning models is an advantage.
- Prior experience working in conflict or post-conflict settings is highly desirable.
- Knowledge of internal UN compliance, procurement, and budgetary systems is an asset.
- Strong experience, knowledge and skills in budget monitoring, reporting, monitoring and evaluation and risk management is required.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
- Familiarity with community resilience, conflict prevention and peacebuilding frameworks, practices and sensitivities.
- Familiarity with project and resource management.
- Understanding how to apply risk management and conflict sensitivity in insecure, conflict-affected areas is an advantage.
- Knowledge of the region is an advantage.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in development, Political or Social Sciences, Law, International Relations, or a related field from an accredited academic institution.
- University degree in the above fields.
