Consultoría Tipo A: Asistente para apoyo a la Integración Socioeconómica de personas migrantes en CR.
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), established in 1951, is a leading UN agency promoting humane and orderly migration. This role supports the "Migration Regularization and Socioeconomic Integration for Migrants Received by Costa Rica" project, aiming to facilitate migrants' access to legal status, basic services, and livelihood opportunities for temporary socioeconomic integration in Costa Rica.
Job Purpose
This consultancy provides technical and operational support for the implementation, monitoring, and accompaniment of migrant beneficiaries in socioeconomic integration activities within Costa Rica. The role involves case management, participant guidance, and follow-up to facilitate migrants' access to legal identity, regular long-term migration status, essential services, and opportunities to strengthen their livelihoods. The consultant will contribute to enhancing migrants' access to employability, income generation, training, institutional services, and other resources, fostering their integration and autonomy in Costa Rica. The position requires significant in-person and field work, including visits to beneficiaries and participation in coordination meetings.
Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include providing individualized attention, guidance, accompaniment, and follow-up to assigned beneficiaries through interviews, needs assessments, and action plan development, ensuring timely record-keeping. Support the execution and coordination of activities to enhance socioeconomic integration, focusing on employability, economic opportunities, training, and livelihood development, including referrals to specialized services. Maintain regular coordination with the Socioeconomic Integration Specialist, Labor Migration Unit, and other project stakeholders. Assist in job placement processes by identifying occupational profiles, assessing work experience and aspirations, guiding beneficiaries towards employment opportunities, and liaising with employers and relevant actors. Prepare progress reports, maintain updated case files, and support other project objectives. The consultant will also perform other tasks assigned by project supervision.
Work Experience
A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience is required in case management, direct support to migrants and vulnerable populations, social inclusion, employability, labor guidance, or socioeconomic integration. Proven experience in conducting interviews, needs assessments, developing action plans, and individualized follow-up is essential. Experience coordinating with public institutions, civil society, international organizations, and employers is also necessary. Familiarity with employability tools, occupational guidance, livelihood development, and referral pathways for migrants is advantageous.
Skills
Case management, direct support to migrants, social inclusion, employability, labor guidance, socioeconomic integration, interviewing, needs assessment, action planning, individualized follow-up, coordination with institutions and employers, report writing, database management, interpersonal communication, organization, time management, and working with diverse populations.