Regional Community Stabilisation Officer (P)

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants. 

IOM is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees can thrive professionally and feel valued. By creating such an environment, IOM aims to better harness the full potential of migration and strengthen its support to people on the move.

IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process when required. Learn more about IOM’s workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration.

Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process. 

For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates:

1. Internal candidates
2. Candidates from the following IOM Member States that are not represented among staff members in the Professional and higher categories: 

Bahamas, Barbados, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu 
 

Second tier candidates include:
All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM.

Organizational Context and Scope

With support from the United States Government’s (USG) Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, IOM has developed Community Stabilisation (CS) interventions in multiple countries in the West and Central Africa region. These linked large-scale initiatives seek to address under-development, social cohesion, stabilisation, and public service access challenges in post-conflict and transitioning countries with complex migration and displacement dynamics. To enhance social stability and improve access to essential services and community infrastructure, IOM will utilise an evidence-based, participatory, and area-based programming approach supported by data, analysis, and community-based planning to deliver tangible benefits to local communities in support of government.

To ensure the successful launch and implementation of these initiatives, in support of Country Offices (COs), the IOM Regional Office (RO) and its Department of Humanitarian Response and Recovery (DHRR), the Regional Thematic Unit (RTU) will provide strategic oversight, coordination, and technical support, work closely with the CO to provide programmatic guidance, quality assurance, and operational backstopping, and ensure that interventions are aligned with IOM standards, donor requirements, and best practices.

Based in the IOM RO for West and Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal, under the overall supervision of the Regional Director (RD) for West and Central Africa and the direct supervision of the DHRR Regional Thematic Specialist (RTS), and in close coordination with IOM Headquarters (HQ) and IOM Global Office (GO) in Washington, DC, the Regional Community Stabilisation Officer will be responsible and accountable for monitoring and supporting the implementation and coordination of community stabilisation programming, providing technical guidance for regional coherence in methodology, implementation approach and reporting, offer technical support to IOM COs on the application of community stabilisation principles and provide recommendations to improve regional coherence, and collect, collate, and disseminate lessons learned across IOM’s community stabilisation community of practice.