Project Assistant AVR Medical/Reintegration

Worldwide the International Organization for Migration helps to ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people. The headoffice for IOM in the Netherlands is at The Hague and there are several district offices throughout the country. The Dutch team consists of approximately 70 employees. 

IOM the Netherlands is looking for a Project Assistant AVR Medical/Reintegration according to the Terms of Reference below.

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications, referring to this advertisement, by 8 March 2013 at the latest.

Reference Code:	NL/2013/02
Duty Station:	The Hague
Position Title:	Project Assistant AVR Medical/Reintegration
Classification:	Grade equivalent G5, fulltime
Type of Appointment:	Six months (probation) with a possibility of extension
Estimated Starting Date:	01 May 2013
Closing Date:	8 March 2013

Under the direct supervision of the project manager and the AVR cluster manager and in close coordination with relevant units at the Mission the project assistant AVR reintegration is responsible for the coordination of medical returns and reintegration activities under the supervision of a manager who is accountable for the results.      

1. Coordination of return of migrants with medical indication, in accordance with IOM policies; e.g. conduct assessments of the situation of returnees and their communities in close cooperation with Missions in CoO; organization of special requirements such as medical/ social escort or stretcher case transportation, in accordance with IOM procurement procedure. 

2. Register relevant data concerning the progress of the work, in accordance with procedures, and report the results, developments and possible bottlenecks. 

3. If relevant facilitate the reintegration process in close cooperation with the project assistants in the field as well as receiving IOM missions worldwide, prepare ToRs, information dissemination about the reintegration possibilities in the countries of return.

4. Close liaison with Missions and partners working in the field of Return migration and health and reintegration, including identification and contracting of new partners.

5. Organize orientation sessions relevant to return related information provision, assist in the development of information presentations and meetings.

6. Present IOM as a reliable and careful consultation and implementation partner and thereby contributing to the image of the IOM as an organisation that facilitates humane and well-organised repatriation.

7. Design, oversee, and monitor the delivery of reintegration/ post-arrival assistance to returnees in general from the Netherlands, including transportation, counselling, shelter, support, psychosocial assistance, training and job placement, and social and economic reintegration, in accordance with IOM policies and donor specifications and in close cooperation with the receiving IOM mission.

8. Execute project work plans as well as monitoring and evaluation plans. Analyze and work out strategies to improve, and evolve project models; map and disseminate best practices for successful reintegration.

9. Ensure timely implementation and achievement of project activities. Evaluate project effectiveness, impact, and sustainability; make and implement recommendations for improvement.

10. Prepare project reporting, in accordance with IOM procedures and donor requirements.

11. Ensure the proper administration and use of project resources, in coordination with the project manager.

12. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

COMPETENCIES

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies:

Behavioural

Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism
• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
• Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
• Monitors own work to correct errors
• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings

Client Orientation

• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
• identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors,
• governments, and project beneficiaries
• Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks

Continuous Learning

• Contributes to colleagues' learning
• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
• Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
• Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area

Communication

• Actively shares relevant information
• Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and
• procedures
• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended
• audience
• Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience

Creativity and Initiative

• Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
• expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
• Persuades others to consider new ideas
• Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems

Leadership and Negotiation

• Convinces others to share resources
• Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
• Presents goals as shared interests
• Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments

Performance Management

• Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
• Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers
• Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
• Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR
• procedures
• Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair,
• accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations

Planning and Organizing

• Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self
• and others
• Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
• Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned
• handovers
• Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
• Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
• Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members

Professionalism

• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
• Incorporates gender-related needs,  perspectives, and concerns, and
• promotes equal gender participation
• Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to
• relevant cultural contexts
• Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team
• environment
• Contributes to, and follows team objectives
• Gives credit where credit is due
• Seeks input and feedback from others
• Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
• Actively supports and implements final group decisions
• Takes joint responsibility for team's work

Technological Awareness

• Learns about developments in available technology
• Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions
• Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply
• it to appropriate work

Resource Mobilization

Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & experience

Degree at a higher professional educational level in the field of international relations, law, social studies and/or other relevant field of specialization.

a) at least three years of experience working with migrants or national migration health issues; b) experience in developing and implementing reintegration activities; c) experience in working with governments and civil society d) familiarity with donor procedures d) good command of information and presentation techniques e) experience with client-tracking systems. g) knowledge of MS Office h) preferably holding a driving licence B.

LANGUAGES

Required

Fluent in oral and written Dutch and English.

Advantageous

Basic knowledge of a third language that is relevant to the job.

Applications with CV and motivation letter will be sent by e-mail only to:   iomnlhumanresources@iom.int  and  mmeijer@iom.int

Acquisition not desired.