Senior Programme Officer (Health in Emergencies)

at  International Organization for Migration

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Position Title : Senior Programme Officer (Health in Emergencies)
Duty Station : Geneva, Switzerland
Classification : Professional Staff, Grade UG
Type of Appointment : Special short-term ungraded, six months
Estimated Start Date : 01 December 2024
Closing Date : 13 October 2024
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading
UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and
non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the
benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
Internal and external 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.

EDUCATION

• Master’s degree in a health-related field (such as: Medicine, Health sciences, Public health
  administration) from an accredited academic institution with seven years of relevant professional

experience; or,

• University degree in the above fields with nine years of relevant professional experience.
• Highly desirable: professional/formal training certificate in disaster management, or field

epidemiology training.

EXPERIENCE

• Field experience in design and implementation of health projects in emergency settings, both

conflict and natural disasters and in different regions in the world is highly desirable;

• Experience in working or liaising with global health partners and the international humanitarian

and cluster system, as well as with national and international health authorities and institutions

in emergency settings is highly desirable; and,

• Demonstrated capacity to adapt experiences, tools and approaches developed in other

settings to the local context.

SKILLS

• Familiarity with project management cycle;
• Sound and proven understanding of internal and international migration and human mobility

issues;

• Strong organizational and people skills, including building and leading teams;
• Knowledge and skills in project planning, management and evaluation, including resource

mobilization and grant management; and,

• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

1. Act as global focal point for emergency migration health operations response to humanitarian
   and public health emergencies, in coordination with the MHD colleagues at HQ and field level,
   DHRR and other Departments and Divisions, IOM field locations, and with key humanitarian,
   emergency and health partners.
2. Working closely with Regional Thematic Specialists (RTS), the incumbent will lead and
   support the development and/or integration of MHD health projects with other sectors of
   humanitarian response programming. This would be part of the global migration health
   programmes, notably working with IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM), WASH and
   Protection programmes as well as IOM’s involvement in Disaster Risk Reduction fora; and
   IOM’s overall role as Global Co-Lead in the Camp Coordination and Camp Management
   (CCCM) Cluster.
3. Participate in and coordinate the implementation of IOM’s large-scale health response to
   humanitarian emergencies, particularly for L3 operations by analyzing trends and gaps in
   system-wide and IOM-specific health responses; and putting forward recommendations to
   address such gaps, as well as design programmes.
4. Travel regularly to support RTS and Mission field emergency health operations, including, but
   not limited to, conduct and update detailed needs and resource assessments for health
   response; design or review technical and operational IOM Mission plans; facilitate IOM
   participation in health clusters and other essential emergency health response partner
   mechanisms at the country level, and engage in communications with health authorities and
   donors.
5. Draft IOM inputs as focal point to the Global Health Cluster’s policies and standards on
   emergency health operations.
6. Ensure inclusion of health components in country-based MCOF strategies such as needs and
   risk assessments, essential health service packages, coordination and information
   management.
7. Write, disseminate and regularly update MHD guidelines and position papers for projects on
   migration health assistance in crises, for field operations, encompassing all stages of the project
   management cycle, in collaboration with relevant divisions and departments, and relevant staff
   in Regional and Country Offices.
8. Act as focal point for global reporting on MHD emergency health projects and write inputs for
   annual reports and other periodic updates. Work closely with MHD HQ team and RTS to ensure
   that reporting is carried out systematically, properly and timely with quality information and data
   collection.
9. Identify training needs and facilitate capacity strengthening of IOM staff engaged in health
   responses to humanitarian emergencies, including through development and implementation of
   training courses targeting IOM staff, health and non-health, in collaboration with MHD RTS,
   DHRR and other HQ Departments and Divisions, as well as key health partners, such as WHO
   GHC and national/regional governmental and NGO partners.
10. Support the MHD Director and Global Offices Brussels and Washington, establish and
    maintain close relationships with relevant health and humanitarian partners at the global level,
    such as the WHO Health Emergency Programme, the US CDC, the ECDC, DG-ECHO, NGOs,
    academia and donors, etc. on all aspects related to IOM’s health response to humanitarian
    emergencies.
11. Represent IOM and deliver presentations on IOM’s health response to humanitarian
    emergencies during external high-level meetings, workshops and international conferences.
12. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.