# Special Assistant to the COM

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Baghdad, Iraq
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Special Assistant to the Chief of Mission (CoM) in Baghdad, Iraq. The successful candidate will provide organizational, coordination, communication, and administrative support to the IOM Iraq Executive Office.

The incumbent will assist the CoM in following up priorities and decisions, reviewing and preparing correspondence and briefing materials, coordinating meetings and official engagements, maintaining timely internal and external communication, and consolidating information and reports in coordination with relevant programme and support units, sub-offices, and senior management.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing organizational and administrative support to the CoM and Deputy Chief of Mission (DCoM)

- Managing and reviewing correspondence, briefing notes, and reports

- Coordinating meetings, official visits, and travel arrangements

- Liaising with governmental authorities, UN entities, and other partners

- Maintaining accurate records and filing systems

- Providing input to the development and implementation of IOM's strategy for welcoming and supporting incoming international staff

The ideal candidate will have a master's degree in a relevant field, with at least 2 years of experience providing organizational, coordination, reporting, or administrative support to senior management. Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

IOM offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

## Skills

### Required
- organizational skills
- coordination skills
- communication skills
- administrative support
- analytical skills
- research skills
- drafting skills
- editing skills
- presentation skills
- Microsoft 365 applications
- Arabic

### Nice to have
- experience in migration, humanitarian, peacebuilding, development or displacement-related work in Iraq
- previous experience with IOM, another United Nations entity, an international organization or a government institution in a multicultural environment

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