Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa)

About the role

IOM is recruiting a Programme Development Officer (SHIFT Africa) based in Nairobi. The post coordinates the end-to-end development of the SHIFT Africa programme, turning approved strategic and technical direction into a coherent, investment-ready programme package. It integrates private-sector, market and partnership considerations into programme design, working with regional and country teams and under the guidance of the Regional Thematic Specialist (Labour Migration).

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain a programme-development plan covering products, consultations, reviews, decisions, dependencies, responsibilities and timelines.
• Consolidate regional, country and headquarters contributions into one coherent continental programme design, identifying gaps and supporting alignment.
• 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, with the Resources Management Unit.
• 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, and support compliance with programme-development requirements.
• Maintain a programme-development repository and support the transition 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, complex, multi-country and multi-partner programmes.
• Experience designing and applying monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning approaches.
• Experience in an international, inter-governmental, non-governmental, UN or government organisation; experience with governments, development partners and private-sector actors is an advantage.
• Fluency in English; working knowledge of Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish is an advantage.
• Internally recruited staff must be mobile; appointment is subject to medical, security and visa clearances.

Required skills

• Programme and project development, including results frameworks and MEAL integration.
• Analytical skills, synthesising quantitative and qualitative evidence.
• Proposal writing and resource mobilisation.
• Team coordination across technical, operational and country office specialists.
• Knowledge management, evidence use and partnership development.