Programme Support Coordinator

Position Title**: Programme Support Coordinator**
Duty Station**: Vienna, Austria**

Classification**: Professional Staff, Grade P3**
Type of Appointment**: Special short-term graded, Six months with possibility of extension**
Estimated Start Date**: As soon as possible**

Closing Date**: 22 October 2024**
- Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading_
- UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and_
- non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the_
- benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants._

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Applications are welcome from first
- Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Comoros; Congo (the); Cook Islands;_
- Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic_
- Republic (the); Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated_
- States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia;_
- Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas;_
- Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu_

**_ Context:_**

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the United Nations (UN) System as
the leading inter-governmental organization promoting since 1951 humane and orderly
migration for the benefit of all, with 174 member states and a presence in over 100 countries.

The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region faces both sudden and slow-onset disasters which
affect hundreds of millions of individuals annually and result in significant displacement and
damage to infrastructure. While regional and national disaster management capacities have
been established and enhanced, they are often overwhelmed due to the frequency and scale of
the impact on people’s lives, livelihoods and infrastructure.

In the 53 countries covered by ECA region from Regional Office Vienna (ROV), IOM is
committed to supporting regional institutions and Member States to reduce exposure and
vulnerability to risks, enhance communities’ resilience and augment the capacity of crisis

response agencies. The Emergency and Post-Crisis Unit (EPC) in the Regional Office Vienna
provides direct support to the Organization’s crisis-related work, including emergency
preparedness, response, risk reduction and support to recovery, transition, and peacebuilding
processes. IOM supports capacity building and long-term risk reduction efforts in order to
strengthen national responses and assure the operational presence required for rapid reaction
and scale-up during sudden onset disasters. This enables life-saving responses, the ability to
provide real time displacement monitoring, support for recovery efforts and the identification and
establishment of durable solutions for affected communities.

The Programme Support Coordinator will work under overall supervision of the Regional
Director and the direct supervision of the Senior Regional Thematic Specialist (Humanitarian
Response and Recovery), in coordination with other relevant Units of the Regional Office,
Vienna. The Headquarters (HQ)-led Level-3 Ukraine emergency operation consists of a
large-scale conflict setting as well as numerous complex refugee contexts in surrounding and
neighbouring countries; this arrangement is slated for transition to Regional Office (RO)
Vienna-led Level-2 response. The incumbent will be responsible for managing the programme
support activities linked with RO-level Migration Emergency Coordination (MEC) support team
for Level-2 responses in the RO Vienna, with particular focus on the Ukraine Regional
Response.

**_ Core Functions / Responsibilities:_**

1. Serve as the liaison for the design and development of new regional programmes/projects
based on solid results framework responding to emerging trends and priorities, in coordination
with Chiefs of Mission (COMs)/Heads of Office (HoOs), Emergency Coordinators (ECs), as well
as Headquarters Programme Managers and Regional Office, as well as with government
counterparts and other relevant public/private sector partner organizations.

2. Manage and coordinate the technical review and endorsement of country and regional project
proposals, concept notes, donor reports, situation reports (sitreps), among MEC Support Team
members, including Regional Thematic Specialists (RTS), technical reviewers in Headquarters
(HQ), etc.

3. Lead the coordination of annual consolidated appeals, external reporting on emergency
response and engagement with UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on
the Humanitarian Needs Overview/Humanitarian Response Plan, and engagement with United
Nations High Commision for Refugees (UNHCR) on the Refugee Response Plan. Ensure IOM
is successfully providing input into and reporting in line with the Grants Management System
(GMS) and the Financial Tracking System (FTS) and the Online