[Mercy Corps] Deputy Team leader -The East Africa Border Security Programme (BSP)
Ente: Mercy Corps
Paese: INTL
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Deputy Team leader -The East Africa Border Security Programme (BSP) Lead and manage East Africa Border Security Programme's initiatives and strategic direction. Mercy Corps Open positions at Mercy Corps Nairobi ( Kenya ) Show advice for this position Open application form Overview Lead and manage East Africa Border Security Programme's initiatives and strategic direction. You have: Master’s degree in Stabilisation, Security Studies, Peace Building and Conflict Resolution or related discipline. At least 15 years’ experience working on similar regional programmes. Proven experience establishing and maintaining programme quality, robust work-planning and performance oversight and MERLA in complex and evolving operating environments. Demonstrated experience overseeing high-risk programmes in complex operating environments, including those related to security, migration, border operations, peacebuilding, counter-trafficking, or violence prevention. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities in high-pressure and complex environments. Excellent writing and reporting skills. Excellent verbal and inter-personal communications skills. Demonstrated cultural sensitivity and ability to work effectively across diverse teams, partners, and government stakeholders in complex operating contexts. Fast-track your UN career: Let the AI Application Assistant tailor your applications to catch recruiters' attention. AI Application Assistant Details Description Location: Nairobi Position Status: Full-time, Non-exempt, Regular Risk Level: ☐ Level 3 x Level 2 ☐Level 1 (Level 3: Frequent contact with participants, direct contact with children, access to sensitive data, and/or high level of accountability. Level 2: Some contact with participants; unplanned non-direct contact with children. Level 1: Likely to have no contact with participants or sensitive data) About Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future. The Programme Mercy Corps is seeking a Deputy Team Leader for the FCDO-funded East Africa Border Security Programme. Irregular migration and associated criminal activity in East Africa remain a complex and escalating challenge which leads to significant exploitation of vulnerable people on the move. The East Africa Border Security Programme (BSP) takes a multifaceted approach – integrating ‘prevention’, ‘prepare/protect’ and ‘pursue’, working closely with national governments, partners and local communities to disrupt the criminal networks that facilitate human trafficking and smuggling across the land borders of the East Africa The Position The Deputy Team Lead (DTL) is a senior member of the BSP team, working with the Team Leader to design and implement strategic interventions that are contextually specific, demonstrate learning and adaptation and achieve sustainable impact. S/he will oversee the efficient delivery of the programme across outcome areas across BSP countries in the East Africa Region, working closely with Consortium and partner-level Outcome Leads, and managing BSP Country Leads, to ensure that implementation is technically robust, coordinated and coherent and delivered to workplan and budget. S/he will oversee the MRELA Manager to ensure that systems are established and implemented that monitor programme actions and progress, generate learning and evidence that supports adaptation and expansion, and demonstrate the value and impacts of the programme on disrupting OIC networks. The DTL will also play a key role in managing strategic relationships, both with national governments and with the donor, ensuring that these stakeholders are kept abreast of programme delivery, progress and impacts and responding to requests for information as they arise. S/he will deputise for the Team Leader in her absence, maintaining strong channels of communication and ensuring continued delivery of programme efforts. Essential Responsibilities STRATEGY AND VISION Support the TL in providing leadership, vision and strategy to the programme’s overall direction and implementation across the region, Contribute to shaping the programme’s research and learning agenda, working with the Research Partner and MRELA Manager to integrate and advance research, learning and advocacy Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed. PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT Manage and oversee programme activities in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda working in close collaboration with Consortium and partner-based Outcome Leads, Country Leads, and key project stakeholders, including local government officials, community-based organizations, and other impleme
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