# Field Assistant (RVA)

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Bolivarian Republic of
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking a Field Assistant (RVA) to provide direct operational support in the implementation of Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programmes in Venezuela.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Field Support Associate (AVRR) in Maracaibo to ensure the safe, dignified, and efficient execution of activities, with a focus on direct assistance to migrants and logistical-operational support.

Responsibilities:

- Provide direct support at airports, land terminals, and other intervention points where AVRR activities are implemented.

- Assist in organizing and executing information, orientation, and assistance sessions for AVRR in the field.

- Facilitate the orderly and safe flow of migrants during reception assistance sessions at airports.

- Support local logistics associated with reception assistance sessions (coordination of schedules, routes, transfers).

- Assist in delivering post-arrival or pre-departure assistance, in accordance with IOM's financial procedures and internal controls.

- Support the registration and updating of AVRR case information in the field.

- Orient migrants on requirements, transfers, and stages of the process, using established programme information and procedures.

- Maintain respectful, empathetic, and professional treatment, especially in contexts of high vulnerability or stress.

- Identify initial indicators of vulnerability related to health, disability, child protection, and safety risks, and communicate them to supervisors or relevant IOM units.

- Report any operational, security, or protection incidents to relevant IOM units.

- Support operational coordination with local support staff and counterparts in the field.

- Assist in preparing field reports on AVRR activities, including number of people assisted, operational incidents, and relevant context observations.

- Support monitoring exercises, audits, or supervision visits.

- Participate in operational meetings, security briefings, and coordination activities as required.

Qualifications:

- University degree in Sociology, Social Work, International Relations, Education, Law, Political Science, Public Administration, or a related field.

- At least one year of experience in operational or logistical support in humanitarian programmes or direct assistance to migrant or vulnerable populations.

- Integrity, professional ethics, and teamwork.

- Sensitivity, empathy, and effective communication.

- Operational and logistical support in field conditions.

- Ability to apply registration, documentation, and follow-up procedures.

- Confidentiality and discretion in handling sensitive documentation.

- Human Rights and Protection approach to recognizing vulnerability indicators.

- Fluency in Spanish (oral and written) is required; knowledge of English is desirable.

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## Skills

### Required
- Spanish
- Operational Support
- Logistics
- Communication
- Empathy
- Vulnerability Assessment

### Nice to have
- English

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