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Job description
Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya Classification Professional Staff, Grade P3
Type of Appointment : Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension Estimated Start Date :As soon as possible
For The Purpose Of The Vacancy, The Following Candidates Are Considered As First-tier Candidates
Internal candidates
Qualified applicants from the following NMS countries:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Cabo Verde, Djibouti, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Gabon, Guyana, Iceland, Comoros, Lesotho, Libya, Montenegro, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Malawi, Namibia, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Seychelles, Slovenia, Suriname, El Salvador, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Holy See, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Vanuatu, Samoa
Context
Under the direct supervision of the Senior Regional Programme Manager (MM), the successful candidate will be responsible for refining the Communications and Visibility Strategies and producing related public information materials for (1) the Facility on Sustainable and Dignified Return and Reintegration in support of the Khartoum Process (“Reintegration Facility”) and (2) Better Migration Management programmes (BMM). This will be done in line with the Communication and Visibility Manual for European Union External Actions in close coordination with the Media and Communication Departments in the Regional Office (RO) and Headquarters (HQs) as well as the EU Liaison Team in the IOM Brussels office and Communications and Visibility focal points from other regions implementing the Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) programme.
The Reintegration Facility will assist the Khartoum Process countries, mainly in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan, to facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration management through the development and implementation of rights-based, development-based and sustainable return and reintegration policies. Main activities will include: (i) Increasing the capacities of partner countries and relevant stakeholders to develop and strengthen return and reintegration policies and processes; (ii) Facilitating Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration processes amongst partner countries along main migration routes; and (iii) Facilitating economic, social, psycho-social and legal support to reintegration of returnees. BMM is a regional, multi-year, multi-partner project funded by EUTF, and managed by the Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). IOM is one of the main implementing Page 1 / 4partners along with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Expertise France, Italian State Police, the société de conseil et de service du ministère de l'Intérieur (CIVIPOL) and the British Council. The project is implemented in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The BMM programme has four components: (1) support for policy and legislative development and harmonization for better migration and border governance (2) capacity building in the form of training, technical assistance and the provision of appropriate equipment to those implementing migration related policies; (3) support to the identification, assistance and protection of migrants in need; and (4) awareness-raising with regards to alternative livelihood options, including safe migration.
Core Functions / Responsibilities
Required Qualifications And Experience
Education
Experience
Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of French is an advantage. Desirable Competencies:
Behavioral
Other
Internationally recruited professional staff are required to be mobile.
Any offer made to the candidate in relation to this vacancy notice is subject to funding confirmation.
The list of NMS countries above includes all IOM Member States which are non-represented in the Professional Category of staff members. For this staff category, candidates who are nationals of the duty station’s country cannot be considered eligible.
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