Project Assistant (Cultural Mediation), Italy

International Organization for Migration; Roma; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. IOM promotes humane and orderly migration, saves lives and protects people on the move, and facilitates pathways for regular migration while providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

Internal and external candidates will be considered for vacancies; IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable

Descrizione del lavoro

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

IOM is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees can thrive professionally and feel valued. By creating such an environment, IOM aims to better harness the full potential of migration and strengthen its support to people on the move.

IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process when required. Learn more about IOM's workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration

Internal and external candidates will be considered for this vacancy. For the purposes of this vacancy, internal candidates are defined as staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded or ungraded contract, including Junior Professional Officers (JPOs), staff on Special Leave Without Pay (SLWOP), UN Volunteers with at least twelve (12) months of continuous service in IOM, and staff members on secondment/loan released by the Organization, unless otherwise specified in their contract. Staff members holding a regular, fixed-term or short-term graded contract will not retain their contract type if appointed to an ungraded position.

Organizational Context and Scope

Under the overall supervision of the Director, Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, Chief of Mission in Italy and Malta, Representative to the Holy See, the supervision of the Programme Manager - Immigration Border Governance (IBG) and the direct supervision of the Project Area Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for providing cultural mediation assistance to the Italian Ministry of Interior - Public Security Department in different emergency operations for the fast and precise application of first-entry procedures in the framework of the MED.E.A. project.

Selected candidates may be appointed to any of the following duty stations: Gorizia and La Spezia.