Internal 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), 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. Context
Under the overall supervision of the Project Coordinator, the Senior Project Assistant will support the activities in the Minas Gerais State. The successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for the following:
- Provide assistance and support to the coordination with private sector entities, civil society, government and academic institutions in order to facilitate the development, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of assigned programs/projects, etc;
- Support in outreach activities with private sector actors;
- Promote events with private sector, governments and civil society entities;
- Organize and encourage capacity building, training with private sector;
- Hold meetings and interlocutions with private sector, governments and civil society partners with purpose to facilitating the socioeconomic integration of migrants, in particular the possibility of joining the formal Brazilian labor market;
- Support the preparation, monitoring and analysis of general and specific aspects of program/project development and implementation;
- Administrative support - Identify and track follow-up actions; support travel, reporting, data collection and procurement actions as required;
- Assist in performing various assignments, in collaboration with national counterparts, by planning, organizing, managing logistics, and facilitating different events and activities in their administrative and organizational aspects with local governments, private sector, civil society and migrants;
- Perform other work-related tasks, as required.
EDUCATION
• High school diploma with a minimum of five years of relevant professional experience; or
• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations, Social Sciences, Social Communication, Human Resources, Business, Law or a related field from an accredited academic institution, with a minimum of three years of relevant professional experience; Masters degree in the mentioned fields is desirable.EXPERIENCE
• Experience with social and economic integration projects in partnership with government, civil society, UN, or private sector actors;
• Experience in dialogues with the private sector, including partnerships and continuous contact.
• Experience implementing and monitoring social and economic integration projects in partnership with government, civil society, UN, or private sector actors;
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relations with relevant government counterparts, civil society, international organizations and private sector entities;
• Desirable field experience related to migration, refugee and statelessness population;
• Experience performing administrative tasks;
• Experience with project reporting.SKILLS
• Good written and verbal communication and negotiation skills;
• Familiarity with budget/financial administration; proven resource management skills;
• Experience with handling confidential data;
• Excellent academic writing skills;
• Knowledge about relevant government, civil society, UN, or private sector actors in Minas Gerais State;
• Excellent knowledge in Microsoft Office, Adobe and other standards tools.Languages
IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish.REQUIRED
For this position, fluency in Portuguese and in English is required (oral and written).DESIRABLE
Working knowledge in Spanish is a distinct advantage.
Required Competencies IOM’s competency framework can be found at this link. Competencies will be assessed during the selection process. Values - all IOM staff members must abide by and demonstrate these three values: - Inclusion and respect for diversity: Respects and promotes individual and cultural differences. Encourages diversity and inclusion.