Chief of Mission

Position Title: Chief of Mission (CoM)

Duty Station: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Classification: Professional Staff, Grade P5

Type of Appointment: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension

Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date: 07 July 2024

Organizational Context and Scope:

IOM, UN Migration Agency in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso is looking for a Chief of Mission (CoM) who will be responsible and accountable for the activities of IOM, overseeing and providing policy, administrative, programme, and financial support to the Country Office (CO).

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Political or Social Science, International Relations, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with ten years of relevant professional experience; or,
• University degree in the above fields with twelve years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Significant experience in general management as well as project and resources management;
• Significant experience in diplomacy, fundraising and public relations, as well as in liaising with governmental and diplomatic authorities and international institutions; and,
• Experience in delivering large and diverse programmes in complex settings in a range of migration programming, both in the context of emergency and development programming.

Skills

• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written; Ability to prepare and deliver speeches on various activities of the Organization;
• Strong liaison and negotiation skills;
• In depth knowledge of the broad range of migration related subject areas dealt with by the Organization;
• Knowledge of UN and bilateral donor programming;
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation procedures and Frameworks;
• Effective resources management skills, sound knowledge of financial and business administration and of the principles and practices of management;
• Ability to deliver during crisis response; and,
• Good level of computer literacy.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.

For this position, fluency in English and French is required (oral and written). A working knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish), or a language that may be widely spoken in the country context, is desirable and may be specified as mandatory in some vacancy notices, if required.

Notes

The Director General has authorized an incentive payment of 15% of annual net base salary to be paid the successful candidate for this position. It is payable to the successful candidate, whether internal or external, as a lumpsum at the end of each year completed, for the first two years.