Mixed Migration Project Specialist

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Description

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• Grant management, i.e. budget monitoring, project reporting, with the support of DRC and MMC staff, for the project “Climate change and mobility in the Middle East: State of knowledge” and any subsequent projects.
• Project management, ensuring projects are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Contribute to the organization of research for projects, including but not limited to organization of travel, meetings and interviews, and the final validation workshop.
• The main contact point between MMC and DRC in the region, ensuring smooth communication and liaison between teams.
• Represent MMC with among stakeholders from the policy and practice fields in the Middle East region, including presentations at meetings, and sometimes requiring travel within the region (estimated 10%);
• Develop a network of regional expertise on mixed migration, and on climate impacts on mobility.
• Design and implement a scoping exercise to identify gaps and opportunities for MMC activities in the region; and
• Other tasks as may be required and pertinent to the overall purpose of the role.

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in project management, preferably related to research.
• Experience working in the Middle East region.
• Experience in budget and grant management.
• Experience of working with international organizations in humanitarian or development contexts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of migration and displacement, and preferably climate change impacts.
• Experience in data collection and analysis in the field.
• Team player with strong coordination skills; and
• Highly organized.

• Full professional proficiency in English

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