General Functions:

The ongoing conflict in Syria has created surges of people crossing the borders into neighboring countries. Host governments and humanitarian actors, including IOM, are providing relief assistance and protection to this extremely vulnerable population living with host families and, to a lesser extent, in camps. The large number of Syrian refugees is posing a growing challenge to reception communities’ capacity and host government’s response mechanisms.

As of September 2018, Türkiye is hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees.  200,000 reside in 16 camps (over 5.5% of the total) across Southeast Türkiye and the remaining live outside of camps (around 93%). Of those living outside of camps, the majority are spread across the border provinces of Gaziantep, Hatay, Sanliurfa, Kilis, Mardin as well as in Istanbul, Izmir, Mersin, Bursa and Adana.

In 2014, the Government of Türkiye adapted the Temporary Protection (TP) Regulation that extends protection and assistance to all Syrians in Türkiye and provides refugees with rights and duties and the framework to access health care, education, and social assistance. As a member of the UN Humanitarian Country Team in Syria and all concerned neighboring countries (Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Türkiye), the IOM Director General has activated the L3 Emergency SOPs to enhance organizational humanitarian assistance and priorities related to IDPs, refugees and returnees, and is actively participating in the emergency response within challenging humanitarian context.

IOM's strategy for Türkiye as indicated in the 3RP (Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan) is three-pronged; 1. To provide basic needs assistance through multi-purpose cash, winterization, shelter repair and provision of transportation; 2. To ease the burden on national and local structures through the establishment of multi-service community centers offering protection and social stabilization for the refugees as well as increase access to education; and 3. To support the resilience of refugees and host communities through supporting livelihoods, community stabilization and income generating activities.

Under the overall supervision of the recovery and Stabilization officer and the direct supervision of the Senior Project Assistant (Livelihood) and in close coordination with the Project Support Officer (RSU) in Gaziantep, the incumbent will be responsible and accountable to support in the preparation and implementation of expanding livelihoods interventions in the agricultural sector  to help create income-generating opportunities for Syrian refugees as well as members of the host community across southeast Türkiye.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Support the Livelihoods Team Leader in the implementation and monitoring of livelihoods interventions such as in-kind grants, job placements, vocational trainings and other schemes in southeast Türkiye.
2. Assist the Livelihoods Team Leader in identifying partners and creating opportunities for joint action with local authorities, associations, chambers and well as local and international NGOs to scale up IOM’s livelihoods projects.
3. Assist the team leader in designing  and  the implementation of required assessments (needs, beneficiary, market assessments) among refugee/migrant and host communities to identify viable professions in the local labour market and other livelihood opportunities through field visits and in coordination with the field support staff, to identify vulnerable beneficiaries to be enrolled in suitable income- generating activities through data collecting, filtering, scoring and beneficiary selection based on established project criteria.
4. Assist the selected beneficiaries by facilitating orientation meetings and trainings. Pay follow-up visits to monitor and provide counselling services to support them in the formalization of their businesses.
5. Regarding cash assistance (basic needs, winterization, quick impact grant), in cooperation with procurement unit, conduct vendor assessments to identify suitable vendors at the local level and undertake the vendor selection, coordination, orientation, preparation of agreements and payment documents.
6. Ensure the fulfilment of all steps of the cash modality including the development of the required tools, setting the e-voucher system, distributing cards and mobile devices, coordinating with the CBI team and the procurement team, monitoring the purchasing activities in the field.
7. Identify and classify the potential private companies and the beneficiaries for job placement project. Support the JP focal point for referring the appropriate beneficiaries to the companies, following up on the recruitment, collecting required documents and the rest of the process.
8. Coordinate with the IP for the implementation of the entrepreneurship training and grant project activities in the duty station. Monitor the project activities to ensure IOM standards are maintained. Ensure the provision of the grant to the winner team, follow up the beneficiaries and provide consultancy related to their business startup processes.
9. Prepare a procurement schedule for tools/equipment as part of the in-kind grants scheme, identify suppliers in the area and develop a database, collect offers according to the type of in-kind grants to be given and issue purchase documents.
10. Prepare monitoring, evaluation and reporting tools to keep track of livelihoods projects progress as well as the progress of each individual beneficiary.
11. Organize beneficiary satisfaction and partner feedback surveys in order to improve future livelihoods projects.
12. Help design and implement a communications strategy to promote IOM’s livelihoods activities in southeast Türkiye as the projects expand
13. Consolidate information and assist with drafting donor reports.
14. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• University degree in business management, administration, business/enterprise development, marketing, economics or a related field from an accredited academic institution, with three years of relevant professional experience; or
• Completed High school degree from an accredited academic institution, with five years of relevant professional experience.

Experience:

• Excellent knowledge of agriculture, rural development, livelihood and small-scale economic assistance
• Demonstrable knowledge of international and national instruments and policies relevant to agriculture assistance
• Good analytical skills, ability to interpret information, identify and analyze problems.
• Good knowledge of assessments, research methodologies and tools and data collection skills.
• Personal commitment to the mandate of the Organization, a quick learner, a strong drive for results, efficiency and flexibility.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with key counterparts, government authorities, international organizations and other partners.
• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously in a team and with colleagues from varied cultures, professional backgrounds and respect for diversity;
• Ability to prepare clear and concise reports.
• Good level of computer literacy; proficient in Microsoft Windows and MS Office applications including outlook.

Languages:

• Fluency in English and Turkish is required.
• Working knowledge of Arabic is advantageous.

Required Competencies

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following values andcompetencies:

Values

• Inclusion and respect for diversity:
  • Shows respect and sensitivity towards gender, culture, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, political conviction and other differences.
  • Encourages the inclusion of all team members and stakeholders while demonstrating the ability to work constructively with people with different backgrounds and orientations.
  • Promotes the benefits of diversity; values diverse points of view and demonstrate this in daily work and decision making.
  • Challenges prejudice, biases and intolerance in the workplace.

• Integrity and transparency:
  • Upholds and promotes the Standards of Conduct and Unified Staff Regulations and Rules.
  • Delivers on commitments; manages the organization’s resources reliably and sustainably.
  • Embraces and encourages transparency, balancing this with the need for discretion and confidentiality as appropriate.
  • Maintains impartiality and takes prompt action in cases of unprofessional or unethical behaviour.
  • Does not abuse one’s position and acts without consideration of personal gain. Is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns.

• Professionalism:
  • Demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter and willingness to improve knowledge and skills.
  • Seeks to raise professional standards in self and others through daily work and activities.
  • Adapts quickly to change and is decisive and versatile in face of uncertainty.
  • Shows self-control and persistence when faced with difficult problems and remains calm in stressful situations.
  • Is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators level 1

• Teamwork:
  • Fosters a sense of team spirit by developing a shared understanding, accountability and enthusiasm for the team’s work.
  • Displays a high level of cultural awareness, sensitivity to different ways of working and leverages individual strengths in order to build a better team.
  • Shares credit for team accomplishments and ensures that the contribution of others is recognized.
  • Helps create a positive team spirit, putting aside personal considerations to help the team achieve its goals.

• Delivering results:
  • Produces high-quality results and workable solutions that meet clients’ needs.
  • Anticipates constraints, identifies solutions and takes responsibility for addressing critical situations.
  • Monitors own and others’ work in a systematic and effective way, ensuring required resources and outputs.
  • Aligns projects with Organization’s mission and objectives and demonstrates a good understanding of the impact of team’s and own work on external and internal counterparts.

• Managing and sharing knowledge:
  • Disseminates and shares knowledge openly and actively contributes to knowledge/network communities for topics relevant to area of expertise.
  • Encourages knowledge-sharing across units/departments and ensures that knowledge is captured, recorded and disseminated appropriately.
  • Builds networks for the effective communication and exchange of knowledge and ideas and puts others into contact with various sources of knowledge.
  • Contributes to an environment that is conducive to innovation and learning.

• Accountability:
  • Proactively seeks responsibility in delivering towards the goals of the Organization.
  • Plans and organizes work with a clear and deliberate focus, ensuring commitments are easily identified and progress is widely communicated.
  • Stands by the actions of team or department, publicly accepting ownership.
  • Takes responsibility of own shortcomings and those of the work unit, where applicable

• Communication:
  • Speaks and writes clearly and effectively.
  • Seeks to share information with others, with due respect for diversity and the confidentiality of specific sensitive information.
  • Listens and seeks to understand without bias and responds appropriately.
  • Shares information and keeps others up to date; actively seeks others' views and ideas and respects their contribution.

​Other:

Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.

Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.

Only candidates residing in either the country of the duty station or from a location in a neighbouring country that is within commuting distance of the duty station will be considered. In all cases, a prerequisite for taking up the position is legal residency in the country of the duty station, or in the neighbouring country located within commuting distance, and work permit, as applicable.

Please be advised that this is a local position and as such only applications from candidates with a valid residence / working permit residing in Türkiye will be considered.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit their application including the most recent CV with a cover letter in English with contact details (name, position, phone and e-mail details) of three references by indicating name of the position applied with its VN number in the subject line of the e-mail to iomtrjobs@iom.int or to IOM Birlik Mahallesi Sehit Kurbani Akboga Sok. No:24 06610, Çankaya, Ankara Türkiye by the end of 16 August 2022.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.