About US:
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is the leading international intergovernmental organization dealing with migration. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
· Provide support in the overall implementation of displacement/mobility tracking activities in Uganda.
· Work closely with relevant stakeholders and partners including government authorities, UN agencies and NGOs in the set up and flow of information collected through cross-border South Sudanese migrant flow monitoring activities.
· Regularly liaise and maintain strong partnerships with relevant stakeholders and partners including government authorities, UN agencies and NGOs in ensuring the success of the cross-border flow monitoring activities.
· Act as the main focal point for cross-border flow monitoring activities in Uganda, linking IOM Uganda and IOM South Sudan and establish regular information flow between IOM Uganda and IOM South Sudan.
· Actively contribute to the development of new projects for displacement/mobility tracking in Uganda through identification of project development opportunities.
· Facilitate recruitment of enumerators for snap flow monitoring points in areas of high South Sudanese mobility as identified through community participatory mapping and other sources.
· Focus on flow monitoring data collection and analysis on South Sudanese undocumented migrants in the West Nile District and relevant urban areas in Uganda.
· Send regular updates and analysis on the cross-border flows between South Sudan and Uganda as gathered through quantitative data collected through flow monitoring points and qualitative data gathered through understanding of mobility dynamics as established through focus group discussions and other networks.
· Prepare and deliver project briefings to high level forums, including the humanitarian Interagency Coordination Group.
· Provide support in the publication of regular regional displacement dynamics reports and other regular and ad hoc reports on South Sudanese cross-border mobility.
· Provide regular trainings to build the capacity of local partners and/or local authorities to ensure quality of data and information collected through cross-border flow monitoring activities.
· Regularly travel to the field and South Sudan to monitor, strengthen and provide update on activities as necessary.
· Other duties as required.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The ideal candidate for the International Organization for Migration IOM Senior Project Assistant DTM job placement should hold a university degree from an accredited academic institution in Business Administration, Management, Logistics, Procurement or an equivalent combination of training and experience;
· Seven years (or 5 years’ experience for candidates with a Bachelor’s degree or higher) of progressive responsible experience in project management;
· Previous experience working on migration issues with proven experience in research including data analysis;
· Previous experience working in West Nile is an advantage
· Languages: English (Fluent) and Swahili (Fluent). Knowledge of local languages is advantageous.

Personal Competencies:
Behavioural Competencies:
Accountability:
· Accepts and gives constructive criticism
· Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
· Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
· Monitors own work to correct errors
· Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings
Client Orientation:
· Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
· Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
· Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, and project beneficiaries
· Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks
Continuous Learning
· Contributes to colleagues’ learning
· Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
· Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
· Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area
Communication
· Actively shares relevant information
· Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
· Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience
· Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience
Creativity and Initiative
· Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
· Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
· Persuades others to consider new ideas
· Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems
Leadership and Negotiation
· Convinces others to share resources
· Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
· Presents goals as shared interests
· Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments
Performance Management
· Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
· Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers
· Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
· Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures
· Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
Planning and Organizing
· Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others
· Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
· Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
· Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
· Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
· Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members
Professionalism
· Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
· Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
· Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
· Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
· Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
· Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
· Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions
Teamwork
· Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
· Contributes to, and follows team objectives
· Gives credit where credit is due
· Seeks input and feedback from others
· Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
· Actively supports and implements final group decisions
· Takes joint responsibility for team’s work
Technological Awareness
· Learns about developments in available technology
· Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions
· Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work
Resource Management: Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs
Technical Competencies:
· Interacts well with senior level stakeholders as appropriate
· Represents IOM in high-level interactions with clients
· Develops effective partnerships with prospective donors and other stakeholders
· Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with implementing partners
· Plans operations within the context of IOM’s global core mandates and responsibilities
· Identifies long-term trends and global political developments that can impact on the core mandates and their executions.
· Delivers on set objectives in hardship situations.
· Effectively coordinates actions with staff within the unit as well as other implementing partners.
· Works effectively with local authorities, stakeholders, and beneficiaries.
· Strong understanding of South Sudanese and Uganda political dynamics at the national and local level.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their updated resumes with three references electronically to hruganda@iom.int with the subject of the email indicated as the Reference Number and Position Title i.e. “SVN: 08/10/017 Senior Project Assistant DTM.”

NOTE: Please ensure to send your attachments as one document in PDF and the title of your attachment should be your full names.

Deadline: 16th November 2017 by 5:30pm