Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa)

About the role

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is recruiting a Programme Development Officer for SHIFT Africa in Kenya. Reporting to the Deputy Regional Director (Operations) and the Regional Thematic Specialist (Labour Migration), and in coordination with the Head of Unit, Partnerships and Development, the officer coordinates the end-to-end programme-development process, turning approved strategic and technical direction into a coherent, investment-ready programme package. The post is open to internationally recruited professionals who must be mobile.

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 headquarters contributions, including private-sector, market and partnership inputs, into a single 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, and coordinate the programme budget with the Resources Management Unit.
• Integrate MEAL considerations, compile evidence and opportunity-system intelligence, and run design consultations with country offices, governments, private-sector actors and development partners.
• Support partnership models with private-sector actors, employers and financial institutions, and ensure compliance with IOM programme-development requirements.
• Maintain a programme-development repository and support the move from concept to full proposal development.

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, multi-country, multi-partner programmes.
• Experience designing and applying M&E approaches, including indicators, targets and results measurement.
• Experience in an international, inter-governmental, UN or government organisation, or with governments, development partners and private-sector actors.
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is an advantage.

Required skills

• Programme and project development, including results frameworks and MEAL integration.
• Analytical skills and synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence.
• Proposal writing and resource mobilisation.
• Team coordination across technical, operational and country office specialists.
• Partnership development and knowledge management.

Applications are submitted through the IOM WAVE system; offers are subject to funding confirmation and to medical, security and visa clearances. The closing date is 19 November 2026.