Project Specialist - Border Management
The Project Specialist - Border Management is a specialized technical role in the area of integrated border management, responsible for the planning and implementation of activities within a project or project components and for the provision of specialized substantive expertise within the project.
The Project Specialist - Border Management will provide day-to-day expert and advisory support to the Lebanese border agencies. The main functions will be coaching, mentoring and advising. S/he will be working closely with the respective agency on daily basis, pending internal agreement on working modalities, and will be designated as point of contact of the action/s with a governmental agency or on a specific theme, ensuring that the activities are managed according to the approved project documentation work plans and budgets, and in line with ICMPD's rules and business processes as well as partner and donor agreements. S/he is responsible for a timely achievement of high-quality outputs within the assigned area of work.
Within her/his technical role and assigned area of work, the Project Specialist- Border Management develops and maintains relationships with partners, beneficiaries and other stakeholders and plans, organises and supervises the work of consultants and contractors ensuring high quality and timeliness of outputs. S/he conceptualises, plans and prepares substantive technical support to project outputs and prepares donor and other substantive project reports. The Project Specialist - Border Management continuously assesses achieved results for quality and impact.
For the Strengthening Capability for Integrated Border Management in Lebanon (IBM Lebanon Phase III project), the Border Management Project Specialist will provide day-to-day expert and advisory support to the Lebanese border agencies. The main functions are mentoring, coaching and advising national counterparts and national experts on strategic IBM development and contribute to the overall work plan implementation. The Project Specialist contributes to the identification of areas for improvement and draft recommendations, and ensure quality control of all technical content. The Project Specialist-Border Management will be allocated to the thematic area of Border Management, working closely with the General Directorate of General Security in Lebanon (DGSG). S/he will also coordinate work with the other Project Specialists, IBM Lebanon Phase III and with other stakeholders in Lebanon, both international and national.
The Project Specialist- Border Management works under the supervision of the Head of Border Management Security (BMS), in close coordination with the Senior Border Management and Security Advisor of the BMS Programme. The Project Specialist- Border Management works in coordination with the Project Manager, IBM Lebanon Phase III. The Project Specialist- Border Management will be embedded within the structures on the national IBM/border agencies and s/he will be able to provide the necessary expertise and situational awareness and have experience in monitoring and advising.
The Project Specialist - Border Management position is based in Lebanon with a commuting arrangement in-place between our duty stations in Amman, Jordan and Beirut, Lebanon for the duration of the assignment to ensure permanent communication links to respective beneficiaries.