SVN: Project Associate (EPR & ABA) - Porto Alegre/RS
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is a leading inter-governmental organization dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration. As the UN Migration Agency, it operates in over 100 countries, serving 175 member states. IOM Brazil, a member since 2004, implements Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) and Area-Based Approaches (ABA) to enhance local resilience. This role supports project activities in Rio Grande do Sul under the Chief of Mission and National Project Officer.
Job Purpose
This Project Associate role is crucial for supporting the implementation of IOM's Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) and Area-Based Approaches (ABA) projects in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The purpose is to strengthen local preparedness, response, and resilience by assisting in project activities, monitoring, and coordination. The role contributes to IOM's mandate of promoting humane and orderly migration by providing essential support to governmental, inter-governmental, and non-governmental partners. The associate will facilitate integrated interventions involving various stakeholders, ensuring effective project delivery and addressing local migration-related risks and needs. This position is key to operationalizing IOM's strategies at the local level, ensuring efficient project execution and reporting.
Responsibilities
The Project Associate will assist in the implementation and monitoring of project activities, including retrieving, compiling, analyzing, and presenting project-related data. Responsibilities include budget monitoring, administrative coordination, and serving as a liaison with diverse organizational units and external parties. The role involves drafting status reports, identifying delivery gaps, and suggesting remedial actions. The associate will also draft correspondence, prepare reports and documentation, and respond to information requests. Additionally, they will maintain files, organize meetings, and participate in conferences to coordinate implementation activities with local authorities and partners. Monitoring implementing partners and providing guidance to junior staff are also key duties.
Work Experience
Required experience includes liaising with governmental authorities, national/international institutions, UN agencies, and non-governmental organizations. Experience working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking, and other vulnerable groups is also necessary. Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations or in a multicultural setting is considered an advantage.
Skills
Project implementation and monitoring, data retrieval, compilation, analysis, and presentation, budget monitoring, administrative coordination, liaison with diverse stakeholders, report drafting, information management, meeting organization, partner monitoring, guidance and training.