Senior Project Associate

Applications are welcome from internal and external candidates. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first
• tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second
• tier candidates in the selection process. For the purpose of this vacancy, internal candidates are considered first
• tier candidates.
Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) was established in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1951 and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. As the leading international organization for migration, IOM acts with its partners in the international community to: assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration management; advance understanding of migration issues; encourage social and economic development through migration; and uphold the human dignity and well
• being of migrants. IOM works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, be they refugees, displaced persons or other uprooted people. The IOM Constitution gives explicit recognition to the link between migration and economic, social and cultural development, as well as to the right of freedom of movement of persons. IOM works in the four broad areas of migration management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration, and addressing forced migration. Cross
• cutting activities include the promotion of international migration law, policy debate and guidance, protection of migrants’ rights, migration health and the gender dimension of migration. IOM works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non
• governmental partners.

Education
• High School diploma with six years of relevant professional Experience, or
• University degree in the Social Sciences, or a closely related field with four years of relevant professional Experience
• Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.
Experience
• Minimum 2 years of professional Experience in development work carrying out or assisting in participatory formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects in Zimbabwe.
• Knowledge of recent developments in sub
• Saharan Africa and recent global migration trends and the migration and development debate desirable.
• Confirmed interest in migration and development issues;
• Experience in the usage of office information analysis and report writing
• Training in project implementation
• Ability to work with basic presentation software packages (MS Word, e.g. Microsoft Power. Point and Excel, etc).

1. Technical Assistance and Project Management
• Provide technical assistance and backstopping in the management, and implementation of projects under the Migration Governance and Regular Pathways Unit.
• Facilitate in
• house coordination among different sections of the project, including Finance, Procurement, and the Unit, maintaining proper documentation and filing of project documents.

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