Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa)

About the role

IOM, a UN-related organization focused on migration, is recruiting a Programme Development Officer for SHIFT Africa. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director (Operations) and the Regional Thematic Specialist (Labour Migration), the officer coordinates the end-to-end programme-development process, turning approved strategic and technical direction into a coherent, investment-ready programme package. The role integrates private-sector, market and partnership considerations into programme design, working with regional and country teams.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate the end-to-end development of the SHIFT Africa programme, maintaining a programme-development plan covering products, consultations, reviews, decisions, dependencies, responsibilities and timelines.
• Consolidate regional, country and HQ contributions, including private-sector and partnership inputs, into one coherent continental programme design.
• Translate strategic inputs into a theory of change, results chain, results framework, intervention logic, workplan, budget and risk framework.
• Support engagement with Mastercard Foundation and other partners, tracking requests and commitments.
• Coordinate the programme budget, including cost assumptions, unit-cost methodologies and cost-per-transition scenarios.
• Integrate MEAL considerations, working with MEAL, data and thematic specialists on indicators, baselines and targets.
• Analyse evidence and opportunity-system intelligence, and run consultations with Country Offices, governments, private-sector actors and development partners.
• Develop partnership models with private-sector actors, employers, financial institutions and training providers.
• Ensure compliance with IOM programme-development requirements and maintain a programme-development repository.

Required profile

• Master's degree in Economics, Development Studies, Public Policy, International Development, Labour Market Development, Social Sciences or a related field with five years of relevant experience; or a university degree in the same fields with seven years of experience.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating large-scale, complex, multi-country and multi-partner programmes.
• Experience designing and applying monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning approaches.
• Advantageous: experience coordinating across technical, operational and geographic teams; experience in an international, inter-governmental or NGO, UN or government setting; experience with employment, labour mobility, livelihoods or economic inclusion programming.
• Fluency in English (oral and written); working knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is an advantage.
• Internally recruited staff must be mobile; appointment is subject to funding confirmation, clearances and visa/residency requirements.

Required skills

• Programme and project development, including results frameworks and MEAL integration.
• Analytical skills, synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence.
• Ability to engage donors and partners and coordinate diverse teams.
• Partnership-development skills.