Protection Analyst-Research and Advocacy
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is a UN agency promoting humane and orderly migration. It operates globally, saving lives, protecting migrants, and facilitating legal pathways. The Mobility Pathways and Inclusion (MPI) Unit in Iraq focuses on protection monitoring, research, and advocacy to support displaced populations and inform evidence-based programming and policy.
Job Purpose
The Junior Protection Analyst – Research and Advocacy supports IOM's Mobility Pathways and Inclusion (MPI) Unit in Iraq. This role is crucial for enhancing evidence-based protection advocacy through rigorous monitoring and research activities. The analyst will contribute to identifying protection risks and needs of affected populations, feeding into programmatic interventions and advocacy efforts with key stakeholders. Additionally, the position supports the MPI Unit's donor reporting portfolio, ensuring timely and accurate submission of reports by analyzing field data and collaborating with internal teams. The overall purpose is to strengthen IOM's capacity to provide effective protection services and advocate for the rights and needs of migrants and displaced persons.
Responsibilities
The Junior Protection Analyst will provide support for protection monitoring activities, including proofreading, editing, fact-checking, and qualitative/quantitative analysis of reports. They will contribute to thematic research on issues such as environmental migration and gender-based violence, assisting with data analysis for reports and briefs. The role involves maintaining knowledge-sharing products like policy briefs and dashboards. A key responsibility is supporting the MPI donor reporting portfolio by analyzing data from field reports and ensuring alignment with requirements. The analyst will also collaborate with Programme, IMS, and M&E teams for reporting consistency and data management, and assist with other regular monitoring, reporting, and research tasks for the MPI Unit.
Work Experience
Requires at least 2 years of experience in research, data analysis, protection monitoring, and advocacy within the humanitarian or development sector. Experience in designing data collection tools and methodologies, producing high-quality analytical outputs, and donor reporting is essential. Familiarity with protection challenges for displaced populations in crisis contexts is also needed.
Skills
Research and data analysis, protection monitoring, advocacy, report writing, donor reporting, knowledge management, thematic research (environmental migration, GBV, disability, displacement), qualitative and quantitative analysis, stakeholder communication, working in remote environments.