Organisational Overview:
The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organisation tasked with promoting innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies. With 18 Member States and over 60 projects active throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, ICMPD is a growing and ever-more relevant presence in its field. The organisation’s greatest assets are its 300+ staff members, who personify its values of commitment, integrity, partnership, respect, and innovation in actions and decisions.
Project Overview:
ICMPD is inviting all interested candidates to apply for the Project Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark funded project Capacity building for long-term reintegration of returnees to Afghanistan and Iraq complementary to reintegration support through ERRIN.
Background:
In Iraq, on-going conflict, political instability and the COVID-19 pandemic have all contributed to an atmosphere of uncertainty, which remains one of the main drivers of outmigration. Iraq continues to face complex migration management challenges, including the large number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), the reintegration of returned Iraqis from abroad, and the safe and effective management of its borders. Despite increasing security gains within Iraq, return to Iraq has been slow. Further, data suggests that over 600,000 Iraqis have fled their country since 2014 for the reasons cited above in hope to attain a refugee status or seek asylum in neighbouring and European countries.
Several return and reintegration programmes have been taking place in order to ensure safe and orderly returns of Iraqis residing in Europe. These services primarily support returnees returning from Europe with travel expenses paid, some cash assistance or in-kind reintegration support.
The Government of Iraq, with the support of the international community, – including ERRIN’s Pillar II Initiatives Sustainable Reintegration in Iraq which aims at providing additional support to returnees arriving in the country with a view to increase their chances for sustainable livelihoods as a precondition for sustainable reintegration – is working on multiple actions towards addressing issues and challenges related to reintegration. However, the return to Iraq must be connected to its essential element, which is reintegration and should be seen as a value chain, i.e. long-term support and followup to reintegration efforts.
To this end, the present project strives to build on (and complement) the achievements of existing ERRIN initiatives by providing the necessary capacity building support to national institutions and community based actors dealing with reintegraton in order to provide sustainable, long-term reintegration support to returnees (especially at the local level). The approach recognises the difficulties tied to reintegration, and efforts of families and individuals to achieve this objective by setting a system that would initially identify the set-backs in the reintegration process and provide a systematic response.
Additionally, enhacing employment opportunties for returnees and members of their families, is one of the important strategies for achieving sustainable reintegration. The project would thus aim to engage with the private sector and create a platform for regular exchanges between relevant authorities, mainly those in charge of reintegration, employment and technical vocational and education institutions in Iraq, ERRIN service providers, and a relevant pool of the private sector. Adding value to the latter action, the project will therefore explore the public-private-partnership (PPP) model in Iraq. Iraq has a high interest in developing puclib-private-partnerships models (with a draft law currently at the final stages of discussion).
Objective:
The overall objective of the project (specific to Iraq) is to create conditions for sustainable reintegration of Iraqi returnees, individuals as well as families, in their communities of return. More specifically, actions will aim at strengthening the capacities of the Ministry Migration and Displaced (MoMD), including branches of MoMD at the local level for provision of reintegration support, by creating linkages between the ongoing ERRIN efforts and development objectives of the communities. In addition, actions will also be used to enhance sustainability of reintegration efforts by creation of public-private collaborations and partnerships towards better access to employment opportunities for returnees, and better linkages between reintegration support and market needs.
Job Description:
The Project Officer is responsible for the implementation and coordination of project activities for the ‘Capacity building for long-term reintegration of returnees to Afghanistan and Iraq complementary to reintegration support through ERRIN’. S/he supports planning of project activities and coordinates implementation in collaboration with project stakeholders, beneficiaries, experts and partners in
Afghanistan.
The Project Officer administers project inputs according to the approved project documentation, work plans and budgets, and in line with ICMPD´s rules and business processes as well as partner and donor agreements. S/he is responsible for a timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned area of work.
The Project Officer plans, organises and supervises the work of experts and contractors ensuring high quality and timeliness of their outputs. S/he contributes to production of substantive project content and prepares inputs to donor and other substantive reports. The Project Officer contributes to overall planning of the project and participates in project communications activities preparing content and inputs. The Project Officer assesses project results and formulates inputs to the development of new initiatives.
The National Project Officer works under the supervision of the ICMPD Head of Country for Iraq and in close collaboration with other project team members, particularly the project assistant, and project experts. S/he cultivates contacts with the project stakeholders and partners at the working level.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
1. Planning and implementation of activities:
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Plan and organise activities in the assigned area of work in line with the project´s work plan ensuring the timely accomplishment of work outputs.
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Identify bottlenecks. Propose solutions and corrective action when required and take action to implement.
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Analyse and synthetize information for implementation of project activities and coordinate tasks with partners in the assigned area of work.
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Initiate and follow up on mobilisation of experts, goods and services, capacity building and grants schemes. Prepare inputs to Terms of References and specifications.
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Organise consultant selection processes and interview panels.
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Participate in tender evaluations as a member of the evaluation panel.
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Coordinate work of experts, consultants and contractors ensuring that content and outputs are produced timely, according to project work plan and ICMPD´s quality standards.
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Organise project events, meetings, workshops and other activities in line with project’s work plan in the assigned area of work. Draft agenda, identify participants and resource persons.
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Prepare background materials for project events such meeting folders and inputs to speeches and presentations.
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Contribute to development of the project’s communications and visibility plan. Prepare and coordinate preparation of inputs to its implementation
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Draft project correspondence.
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Update project contacts database.
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Maintain up-to-date project information including in ICMPD project management tool.
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Keep project assistant(s) informed about the project implementation progress.
2. Project administration and compliance:
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Regularly monitor expenditures and disbursements for the assigned area of work to ensure that budget allocations are not exceeded. Take corrective action as required.
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Initiate and follow-up on recruitment processes of consultants according to ICMPD´s consultant management procedures.
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Initiate and follow-up on procurement processes according to ICMPD`s procurement rules.
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Support management of consultant and procurement contracts. Confirm receipt of services and initiate payments according to agreed payments schedule. Ensure preparation of timesheets for project consultants. Evaluate the performance of consultants according to consultant’s performance management system.
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Maintain project documentation electronically and on physical file.
3. Project content, reporting and contribution to project development:
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Review, comment upon and revise work outputs of consultants and contractors.
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Prepare inputs to project reports, presentations, briefs.
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Contribute to production of project content by:
- Compiling data, information and undertaking desk studies.
- Drafting documents and inputs to documents according to ICMPD´s quality standards.
- Disseminating findings.
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Contribute to review and assessment of project results by identifying and recording best practices/lessons learned.
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Contribute to development and formulation of inputs to new project concepts, proposals, work plans and budgets as requested.
Key Results (as per Job Component):
- Project activities in the assigned area of work organised and implemented according to work plan.
- Project inputs administered according to ICMPD´s rules and processes and donor requirements.
- Processes with external stakeholders, partners, consultants and contractors managed promptly.
- Deliverables of project consultants and contractors monitored and controlled.
- Financial expenditures on activities level controlled and maintained within the budgetary limits.
- Qualitative and timely contributions for formulation of project content provided.
- Qualitative contributions made towards assessment of project results and identification of lessons learned.
Incumbent Profile:
- University degree (Master’s degree or higher) in international relations, law, development Project activities in the assigned area of work organised and implemented according to work plan.
- Project inputs administered according to ICMPD´s rules and processes and donor requirements.
- Processes with external stakeholders, partners, consultants and contractors managed promptly.
- Deliverables of project consultants and contractors monitored and controlled.
- Financial expenditures on activities level controlled and maintained within the budgetary limits.
- Qualitative and timely contributions for formulation of project content provided.
- Qualitative contributions made towards assessment of project results and identification of lessons learned.
Corporate Qualifications:
- Experience in international context.
- Proficiency in (verbal/written) English, proficiency in a major EU language, Russian, or Arabic is an asset, proficiency in Dari and Pashto is a requirement for the position.
- Master´s degree related to the area of work.
Compensation:
- ICMPD offers a monthly gross salary to be calculated based on qualifications and experience.
- Additional benefits include Health and Accident Insurance and six weeks’ annual leave.
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates are requested to submit their application in English through the ICMPD online recruitment system at http://www.icmpd.org/work-for-us/current-vacancies by midnight (CET) of the closing date specified above. For this purpose, candidates will first need to register with the ICMPD website. Once the relevant data has been entered, candidates will be able to apply for vacancies.
Please note that in the course of the online application, the motivation letter and personal CV must be uploaded in the EuropeAid format in English. The template is available for download at
http://www.icmpd.org/work-for-us/
All applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible after the vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated above. Applications received after the published deadline, and offline applications submitted via email, fax or post, will not be considered.
Due to the high volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted and applicants are expected to be available for a personal/telephone interview.
In the event of a technical issue with your application, please email recruitment@icmpd.org
General Information:
ICMPD retains the discretion to re-advertise the vacancy or to cancel the recruitment.
