Programme Manager – Stakeholder Engagement and Events – Bangkok (1 Position)

  • Location:
  • Salary:
    negotiable / YEAR
  • Job type:
    FULL_TIME
  • Posted:
    2 days ago
  • Category:
    Management and Strategy, Project Management
  • Deadline:
    12/11/2024

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities

Reporting to the RSO Co-Managers and Programme Coordinator, the Consultant is expected to perform the following tasks during the period covered under this contract.

2.1    Lead delivery of RSO Flagship Events

•    Support the coordination and delivery of the 2025 Border Forum and Alumni Day (28-30 January 2025), working together with the RSO Border and Migration Management Team.
•    Lead the delivery of the 2025 Constructive Dialogue and Annual Reception (25-26 February) and Members’ Engagement Function and coordinated week of activity (June/July 2025).
•    Secure input from key Stakeholders from Bali Process Working Groups to shape the RSO Constructive Dialogue and support development of Collective Efforts from across Bali Process members.
•    Lead on all aspects of event planning and coordination – from agenda and concept note development, to stakeholder management with attendees and speakers, to event logistics and information.
•    Support inputs from participants to draft and shape development of Outcome Reports for flagship events, securing buy-in from participants and Bali Process Member and Observer States and Organisations. These should be published within two months of the event’s conclusion.
•    Lead on reporting from activities as required and lead the consolidation of an RSO Event Management Procedural Instruction Handbook.

2.2    RSO Partnerships Strategy

•    Develop the RSO Partnerships Strategy and develop an annual schedule for briefings & engagements across key stakeholders for the RSO team. Priority stakeholders will include embassies of Bali Process Member States, and Bali Process Member Organisations.
•    Development of internal guidance to support briefings, and subsequent feedback to the team.
•    Review and oversee update to supporting library of materials – i.e. RSO slide-deck, RSO souvenirs.

2.3 Development of RSO Networks

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•    Guide the continued development of the RSO Alumni Network, including opportunities for Alumni to participate in RSO activities, development of mentorship roles, and the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation approach for the Alumni Network.

•    Develop and Implement the Regional Information, Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) framework to support continued cooperation and dialogue for cross-border counterparts who are brought together around a thematic topic by RSO activities.

2.4 RSO Stakeholder Database

•    Oversee the upgrade to the RSO Stakeholder database and maintenance of focal points across Bali Process members.
•    Manage the RSO annual stakeholder refresh and health check including the development and refinement of specific engagement and contact procedural instructions for all Bali Process Members and Observers.

2.5 General
•    Perform other duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

Education
  • A Bachelor’s or Master’s (desirable) degree in Communications and Marketing, International Relations or any relevant field from an accredited academic institution with eight years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
  • Experience working with or in Government or an International Organisation and/or with Bali Process Member States in the areas of international development assistance, capability development and/or capacity building.
  • Relevant professional experience in refugee protection and international migration, including trafficking in persons and people smuggling and related transnational crime, and other components of migration management.
  • Experience in programme and project management including delivery of major events, and stakeholder management.
  • Demonstrated experience in achieving outcomes in a cross-cultural and high-pace environment.
  • Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities and delivering results across a broad and diverse work plan.
  • Demonstrated experienced in engaging appropriately with stakeholders across a range of fields (Government, IO, NGO, Private Sector), including with senior level stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated experience leading a team.
  • Experience developing, supervising and mentoring staff.
  • Motivated by the opportunity to contribute to the work of the RSO.
Skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively and build partnerships and networks.
  • Ability to engage with, listen to and mobilise teams to successfully accommodate challenges and achieve beneficial outcomes.
  • Ability to work under limited direction.
  • Intellectual ability and personal resilience to positively challenge conventional ways of doing things. Has the judgment and integrity to engage constructively with risk.
  • Ability to achieve RSO outcomes to a high degree. Ability to work to tight deadlines and ensure RSO outcomes are delivered to agreed requirements.
  • Strong ability to effectively communicate with influence in oral and written English.
Languages
  • Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
IOM’s official languages are English, French and Spanish.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.