Programme Coordination Assistant (Migration & Climate Change)

Established in 1951 as the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration, International Organization for Migration (IOM) works closely with governments, international organizations and non-governmental partners to ensure humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. With 173 member states, a further 8 states holding observer status and offices in over 100 countries, IOM works in four broad areas of migration management: migration and development, facilitating migration, regulating migration and forced migration.

IOM established an office in Suva in 2016 after Fiji became an IOM member state in 2013. IOM Fiji works with the Government of Fiji and the neighboring Pacific Island Countries on mi-gration issues concerning climate change, labour mobility, development, counter-trafficking, disaster resilience, emergency and preparedness and migrant protection.

IOM is the leading agency for a joint regional programme to enhance protection and empowerment of migrants and communities affected by climate change and disasters in the Pacific region. The Pacific Climate Change Migration and Human Security (PCCMHS) programme Phase II builds upon the outcomes of Phase I, implemented from 2019-2022, while drawing on its lessons learned and experiences, to address some of the related challenges to climate mobility in the Pacific. Phase II of the programme contributes to strengthened resilience and adaptive capacity of Pacific Islanders in the context of climate change and disasters, ensuring that migration and relocation remains a choice, and displacement is averted, minimized, and addressed.

Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer of Migration and Climate Change, Country Office with Coordinating Functions (COCF) in Suva, Fiji, the UN Volunteer will support the PCCMHS programme by undertaking the following tasks:

Assist the Programme Officer in the implementation of the PCCMHS programme;

Support the coordination with external stakeholders such as other UN agencies, governments, academic institutions, NGOs, private sectors and thematic working groups, as well as with IOM internally;

Support in organizing, drafting content, and facilitating capacity development activities, workshops and relevant events;

Provide assistance in data collection and analysis;

Assist in drafting official and unofficial correspondence, publications and presentation materials in English;

Render support to programme visibility and dissemination when necessary;

Take notes at relevant programme events, summarize information and provide it to the project team;

Provide general administrative support to the Programme Officer in absence of other colleagues in the Unit;

Perform other related duties that may be assigned.