Chief of Mission (CoM)

Position Title: Chief of Mission (CoM)

Duty Station: Multiple Duty Stations

Classification: Professional Staff, Grade D1

Job Code: EOI 2024 30

Estimated Start Date: As soon as possible

Closing Date: 07 July 2024

Organizational Context and Scope:

IOM, UN Migration Agency is calling for Expression of Interest to the Talentpool for Chief of Mission (CoM) who will be responsible and accountable for the activities of IOM, overseeing and providing policy, administrative, programme, and financial support to the Country Office (CO). In programme countries , the Chief of Mission also reports to the Resident Coordinator(RC) with respect to the IOM contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) objectives and the collective results of the UN development system towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda at the country level, in accordance with the Management and Accountability Framework.

Required Qualifications and Experience:

Education

• Master’s degree in Political or Social Science, International Relations, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with fifteen years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Extensive experience in general management as well as project and resources management;
• Extensive experience in diplomacy, fundraising and public relations, as well as in liaising with governmental and diplomatic authorities and international institutions.
• Significant experience in delivering large and diverse programmes in complex settings in a range of migration programming, both in the context of emergency and development programming.

Skills

• Excellent communications skills, both oral and written; Ability to prepare and deliver speeches on various activities of the Organization.
• Excellent liaison and negotiation skills.
• In depth knowledge of the broad range of migration related subject areas dealt with by the Organization.
• Knowledge of UN and bilateral donor programming.
• Knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation procedures and Frameworks.
• Effective resources management skills, sound knowledge of financial and business administration and of the principles and practices of management.
• Ability to deliver during crisis response.
• Good level of computer literacy.

Languages

IOM’s official languages are English, French, and Spanish. All staff members are required to be fluent in one of the three languages.

For all duty stations, fluency in English is required (oral and written). In addition, depending on the country of assignment considered, at least a working knowledge of either Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish may be required.