The National Programme Officer will manage and supervise AUSCO and CSP personnel, providing leadership across programme governance, donor and stakeholder engagement, contractual compliance, quality assurance, strategic partnerships and programme development. The role ensures delivery in accordance with agreements, IOM standards, workplans, budgets, risk controls and reporting requirements, supporting COPA priorities through coordinated pipeline development and institutional reporting.

Responsibilities

- Coordinate the overall implementation of the project including the oversight of the financial, logistical, administrative and technical aspects in accordance with IOM’s policies, practices and global standards as well as relevant requirements, guidelines and grant agreements.
- Monitor project implementation according to the work plan, document and evaluate results, identify the causes of deviations and bottlenecks and recommend and implement corrective actions.
- Promote and contribute to the integration and mainstreaming of gender, protection, human rights and other pertinent cross-cutting issues into programme implementation.
- Develop monitoring, evaluation, and reporting tools. Contribute to information management including awareness raising and visibility, press releases, website updates and other relevant information-sharing materials.
- Identify potential areas for project development and contribute to the development of recent projects by selecting and summarising background information, assessing the local context and drafting segments of project proposals.
- Participate in the development and adjustment of methodologies, contingency plans,



approaches and standard operations procedures to respond to emerging challenges in the county through a consultative process with other relevant parties in the office.
- Coordinate the elaboration and dissemination of reports for donors, government and other relevant stakeholders ensuring timely submission and compliance with donor and IOM requirements.
- Liaise and coordinate with government entities, Implementing Partners (IPs), United Nation (UN) agencies, civil society, donors and other stakeholders.
- Plan, develop, organise and deliver capacity building activities to build capacity of staff, partners, government officials, and other humanitarian actors.
- Participate in relevant conferences, working groups, workshops, steering committees, working groups, and other forums.
- Supervise, train, and guide project staff.
- Undertake duty travel as required related to project implementation and monitoring.
- Perform such other relevant duties as maybe assigned.

Requirements

- Master’s degree in International Relations, Migration Studies, Law, Public Policy, International Development, Business Administration, Programme Management, Social Sciences or a related field from an accredited academic institution with two years of relevant professional experience; or, Bachelor’s degree in the above fields with four years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience managing migration, settlement, humanitarian, orientation,



complementary pathways or related programmes.
- Experience supervising staff and coordinating geographically dispersed or multicultural teams.
- Experience managing government-funded programmes, contractual deliverables, donor reporting, budgets, risks and compliance requirements.
- Experience engaging with government counterparts, senior management, IOM Country Offices, Regional Offices, Headquarters and technical or resource mobilization functions.
- Experience in project development, resource mobilization, concept-note and proposal preparation, pipeline tracking and institutional reporting.
- Experience with results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, audit support, quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Experience working with Australian migration, humanitarian, settlement or community sponsorship policy and delivery settings is a distinct advantage.
- Experience in IOM administrative, financial, HR, procurement and project-management systems is an advantage.
- Strong programme and people-management skills, with the ability to set priorities, delegate effectively and maintain accountability across multiple workstreams.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret agreements and translate contractual or policy requirements into operational controls, workplans and assurance processes.
- Excellent analytical, drafting and briefing skills, including the ability to present complex issues clearly to government and senior management audiences.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation and relationship-management skills in multicultural and multi-institutional environments.
- Sound financial, risk, results and performance-management capability.

📌 National Programme Officer (Canberra)
🏢 Global Roles
📍 Canberra