Procedures and Eligibility
This vacancy is opened in the context of the Junior Professional Officer (JPO) scheme sponsored by the Government of the USA and is addressed exclusively to candidates WITH THE US NATIONALITY.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The incumbent will be part of the Protection Team and work under the direct supervision of the Senior Protection Officer. The protection team is composed by protection, community based protection and field protection, resettlement and registration staff and the incumbent will be working in close collaboration with all protection collegues and with programme staff for programmatic purposes. He/She will also liaise with and provide guidance in his/her relevant areas of expertise to partner organizations and government counterparts and to UNHCR relevant field offices staff.
Movement Assistance
Over the past 70 years, IOM has facilitated the dignified and safe transportation of millions of migrants around the globe. In 2019, IOM provided movement assistance to more than 225,000 people in 169 countries.
Movement assistance encompasses all resettlement and other forms of humanitarian admission; evacuations of vulnerable migrants, internally displaced persons and others; voluntary relocation, return and repatriation; and family reunification, as well as efforts for counter-trafficking and the protection of stranded migrants. Individuals and families are also assisted by IOM to return to their homes, relocate to safety, reunite with family members and migrate towards new opportunities.
Beyond transportation, IOM provides a range of health and integration support integral to the movement process – such as but not limited to case management and facilitating selection missions, pre-migration health activities and medical escorts during travel, provision of