Labour Mobility Programme Assistant

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.

The IOM approach to international labour migration is to foster synergies between labour migration and socioeconomic development, and to promote legal avenues of labour migration. IOM aims at strengthening the governance of labour mobility for Fiji, through facilitating the development of policies and programmes that are in the interest of migrants and society, providing effective protection and assistance to labour migrants and their families.

The UN Volunteer will support the following key areas of IOM work in Fiji:

Development of the National Labour Mobility Policy and Strategy  
Strengthening family-centered assistance to migrant workers
Diaspora engagement for sustainable development

Under the direct supervision of National Project Officer (Labour Mobility), IOM Country Office with Coordinating Functions (COCF) in Suva, Fiji, the UN Volunteer will support the IOM Labour Mobility programme by undertaking the following tasks:

Assist the implementation of the Labour Mobility 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 internal stakeholders;

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;

Perform other related duties that may be assigned.