Senior Project Associate (IBG)

Supports Immigration and Border Governance projects in Guinea through operational and administrative coordination. The role plans and monitors activities, budgets and partner delivery; prepares project reporting and operational documentation; convenes government, law-enforcement and development stakeholders; and strengthens border-authority capacity, project design and resource-mobilisation work.

• Plan, coordinate, implement and monitor Immigration and Border Governance project activities
• Compile and analyse project information to highlight issues for relevant parties
• Monitor budget implementation and propose adjustments
• Coordinate administrative requests, clearances and follow-up with organisational units and external parties
• Draft status reports, briefing notes, correspondence and project documentation
• Organise meetings, workshops and capacity-building sessions for border authorities
• Maintain liaison with authorities, partners, United Nations agencies, donors and implementing stakeholders
• Monitor implementing-partner compliance and support new project and standard-operating-procedure development

• Bachelor’s degree in political science, social science, international relations, development studies, migration studies, human rights, law or a related field with four years of relevant experience, or high school diploma with six years
• Experience liaising with governmental authorities, national and international institutions, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organisations
• Fluency in French and English

• Prior work experience with international humanitarian organisations, non-governmental or government institutions in a multicultural setting

• Border Management
• Project Coordination
• Project Monitoring
• Budget Monitoring
• Donor Reporting
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Capacity Building
• Migration Governance
• Operational Planning
• Resource Mobilisation

• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Fixed-term appointment with possibility of extension
• Selection may support appointments to similar positions for 24 months