Programme Officer (Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning)New

Manages IOM's Pacific disaster-risk-reduction and early-warning programme from Suva, leading evacuation-centre, preparedness and climate-mobility initiatives across Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The officer provides technical oversight, drives partnerships and capacity strengthening, and ensures programme results, compliance, monitoring and resource mobilisation support safer communities.

• Manage implementation of the evacuation-centre and early-warning programme and other disaster-risk-reduction initiatives from Fiji
• Provide technical leadership for preparedness, evacuation-centre management, early warning and disaster-displacement programming
• Lead capacity strengthening, community preparedness, simulations, assessments, training and stakeholder engagement
• Build partnerships with governments, UN agencies, humanitarian organizations, donors and community interlocutors
• Develop new projects and programmes using results frameworks and emerging priorities
• Oversee programme reporting, budget compliance, monitoring frameworks, data mechanisms and staff capacity building

• Master’s degree in International Relations, Political Science, Humanitarian Affairs, Economic Development, Business or Public Administration, International Studies or a related field with five years of relevant professional experience, or a university degree with seven years
• Fluency in English

• Japanese language proficiency
• Working knowledge of another official UN language
• Proficiency in Fijian, Fiji Hindi or another Pacific language

• Disaster Risk Reduction
• Early Warning Systems
• Evacuation Centre Management
• Programme Management
• Capacity Building
• Resource Mobilisation
• Monitoring and Evaluation

• Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Standard Operating Procedures

• National and international travel, including Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, is required