Responsibilities

1. Provide administrative and technical support to JLMP activities in the COMESA region in close coordination with the COMESA Secretariat and the JLMP Programme Technical Committee and Programme Steering Committee.

2. Assist in coordinating and streamlining JLMP interventions at the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Malawi.

3. Support the timely implementation of all JLMP projects in the COMESA region and Malawi, in accordance with the planned activities in the work plan.

4. Participate in relevant expert meetings and relevant consultative forums at the COMESA/Malawi as required and support awareness-raising about the JLMP by preparing talking points, briefing notes, and summary notes.

5. Support the organization of national and regional consultative forums, including coordination of logistics, participation lists, agendas, and meeting documentation, and contribute to the preparation of policy research documents.

6. Provide support to capacity building, communication, reporting activities by compiling information, drafting sections of reports and presentations and coordinating inputs from relevant institutions at the COMESA and Member States levels on Labour Migration Issues.

7. Support the COMESA/Malawi labour migration programme portfolio by gathering and organizing relevant documentation and assisting with follow-up actions related to the operationalization of the COMESA Migration Policy Framework at the regional and national levels.

8. Support coordination of the JLMP Programme with other projects, thematic areas, units and specialized institutions within COMESA and with development partners on issues related to labour migration, including preparing correspondences, tracking requests and maintaining contact list.

9. Support labour migration policy analysis and development at the COMESA and Member States levels and contribute to programme implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the JLMP programme.

10. Support coordination of activities and initiatives through relevant policy organs.

11. Support effective working relationships between COMESA, AUC, the AUC Project Support Unit (PSU), all JLMP Implementing Partners, and labour migration actors within and beyond the COMESA region by facilitating information sharing, organizing coordination calls, and documenting agreed next steps.

12. Draft inputs and compile information to support recommendations aimed at improving regular labour migration management in the region.

13.Provide secretariat and administrative support to the Labour Migration and Social Protection Working Groups of the Social Dialogue Forum, including meeting preparation, note-taking, and circulation of documents.

14. Support monitoring of programme implementation by providing inputs to the designated M&E focal person, including collecting data, updating indicators, and drafting brief progress notes in line with the JLMP Strategic Framework and Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (2020-2030) framework.

15. Perform such other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Master’s degree in Development Economics, Political Science, Business Administration, Project Management, Public Administration/Management or a related field from an accredited academic institution; or,
• Bachelor’s degree in the above fields with two years of relevant professional experience.

Accredited Universities are those listed in the UNESCO World Higher Education Database.

Experience

• Proven knowledge and experience in supporting project management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting;
• Experience supporting budget formulation, financial, financial management and administrative processes;
• Demonstrated experience contributing to the development and maintenance of partnerships with government counterparts, UN agencies, donors, and INGO partners;
• Experience in working with the RECs, IOM, ILO, GIZ and EU in the fields of labour, employment, social protection, labour migration and labour market information systems; and,
• Experience collaborating with continental and regional social partners’ organizations (Business Africa, OATUU and ITUC Africa); including support to M&E and follow-up on employment, labour and social protection policy frameworks, including MS, RECs and international partners;

Skills

• Ability to maintain strong working relations with relevant Government and Non-Governmental counterparts, international organizations, civil society or private sector entities;
• Familiarity with labour migration policy and legal frameworks;
• Proficiency in office software, such as MS Office, spreadsheets, and databases;
• Familiarity with the AU-ILO-IOM-GIZ Joint Programme on Labour Migration Governance for Development and Integration (better known as the Joint Labour Migration Programme or JLMP) in Africa;
• Ability to support technical work in the areas of labour, employment and labour migration, labour market information systems, as well as on AU Policy Organs relevant for the project implementation, and monitoring (Specialized Technical Committee on Social Development, Labour and Employment, Executive Council, Assembly of Heads of States and Government, Pan African parliament);
• Knowledge of, and ability to perform a variety of conceptual analyses in the field of the project;
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment;
  Strong problem-solving skills;
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in either English or French; and,
• Ability to prepare high-quality and technical sound reports.

Languages

All IOM staff members in all categories are required to be fluent in one of the IOM’s official languages (English, French, Spanish).

For all applicants, fluency in English is required (oral and written).

Working knowledge of French, Portuguese, and/or Spanish is an advantage

Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

• Provide administrative and technical support to JLMP activities in the COMESA region in close coordination with the COMESA Secretariat and the JLMP Programme Technical Committee and Programme Steering Committee.
• Assist in coordinating and streamlining JLMP interventions at the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Malawi.
• Support the timely implementation of all JLMP projects in the COMESA region and Malawi, in accordance with the planned activities in the work plan.
• Participate in relevant expert meetings and relevant consultative forums at the COMESA/Malawi as required and support awareness-raising about the JLMP by preparing talking points, briefing notes, and summary notes.
• Support the organization of national and regional consultative forums, including coordination of logistics, participation lists, agendas, and meeting documentation, and contribute to the preparation of policy research documents.
• Provide support to capacity building, communication, reporting activities by compiling information, drafting sections of reports and presentations and coordinating inputs from relevant institutions at the COMESA and Member States levels on Labour Migration Issues.
• Support the COMESA/Malawi labour migration programme portfolio by gathering and organizing relevant documentation and assisting with follow-up actions related to the operationalization of the COMESA Migration Policy Framework at the regional and national levels.
• Support coordination of the JLMP Programme with other projects, thematic areas, units and specialized institutions within COMESA and with development partners on issues related to labour migration, including preparing correspondences, tracking requests and maintaining contact list.
• Support labour migration policy analysis and development at the COMESA and Member States levels and contribute to programme implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the JLMP programme.
• Support coordination of activities and initiatives through relevant policy organs.
• Support effective working relationships between COMESA, AUC, the AUC Project Support Unit (PSU), all JLMP Implementing Partners, and labour migration actors within and beyond the COMESA region by facilitating information sharing, organizing coordination calls, and documenting agreed next steps.
• Draft inputs and compile information to support recommendations aimed at improving regular labour migration management in the region.
• Provide secretariat and administrative support to the Labour