Description
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Project Assistant to support the implementation of a regional intervention with a focus on protection and routes-based approach. The successful candidate will be based in Bogotá and will provide operational support for the project's activities in Colombia.
The project aims to improve the safety, protection, and informed decision-making of migrants in transit or return, as well as facilitate sustainable reintegration in return communities. The Project Assistant will work under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator and will be responsible for case management, identification of vulnerabilities and risks, support to victims and potential victims of trafficking, orientation on voluntary return, coordination of referrals, and direct assistance.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting the reception, opening, updating, monitoring, and documented closure of assigned cases
- Conducting initial and follow-up interviews to collect information and identify needs, vulnerabilities, and risks
- Elaborating and updating individualized assistance and protection plans
- Providing clear, accessible, and timely information to beneficiaries about available services and procedures
- Coordinating and following up on internal and external referrals to health, psychosocial care, accommodation, documentation, legal assistance, livelihoods, and other relevant services
- Identifying and communicating urgent or serious risks, protection incidents, critical medical needs, and possible situations of exploitation, abuse, violence, or human trafficking
- Supporting the identification and screening of potential indicators of human trafficking
- Applying a victim-centered and trauma-sensitive approach, taking into account age, gender, and disability
- Collaborating with competent entities, consulates, missions, and specialized teams of IOM, service providers, and other counterparts to facilitate documentation, immediate protection, safe accommodation, medical and psychosocial care, legal assistance, transfers, and reintegration
- Supporting the orientation and pre-evaluation of assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) requests
- Collecting, verifying, and maintaining updated information and documentation required for AVRR processes
Requirements:
- A degree in Political Sciences or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law, or a related field, with two years of relevant professional experience; or a secondary education certificate with four years of relevant professional experience
- Knowledge of migration regulations and MiMOSA is an asset
- Experience in working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking, and other vulnerable groups
- Strong technical and case management skills, including proficiency in database management and data analysis
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a multicultural environment and maintain confidentiality and data protection standards
- Fluency in Spanish (oral and written)
We offer:
- A special short-term graded contract (up to 9 months)
- An initial contract duration of 6 months
- The opportunity to work with a leading international organization in the field of migration