Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Project Assistant

Overview

The Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) Project Assistant will support the implementation and monitoring of AVRR project activities in Türkiye, facilitating the orderly and humane return and reintegration of migrants.

Tasks Summary

• Be responsible for the main coordination between IOM and Ministry of Interior, Presidency of Migration Management (PMM).
• Support implementation and monitoring of day-to-day activities and administrative processes of the AVRR project(s) implemented by IOM with PMM; report regularly on the challenges and progress recorded in realization of activities.
• Support in the implementation of the AVRR project(s), which can include, but is not limited to, tasks ranging from assistance in organizing workshops, meeting and conferences, and liaison with national counterparts.
• Follow up on referrals of potential and actual AVRR beneficiaries.
• Retrieve, compile, summarize, analyse, and present information/data on specific project topics.
• Provide regular feedback, on an as-needed basis, on additional needs/gaps in referral protocols and assistance measures for AVRR beneficiaries.
• Liaise with relevant partners to ensure effective partnerships, resource sharing, and flow of information (with full respect for the principle of confidentiality), and effective assistance measures in full accordance with national and international standards.
• Participate in relevant trainings/workshops to learn from and contribute to strengthening capacity of relevant partners in identification, referral, and assistance of AVRR beneficiaries.
• Contribute to the development of relevant tools and guidelines to support the effective identification, referral, and assistance of AVRR beneficiaries in Turkiye.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Experience Requirements

• 3 years of professional work experience at the national and/or international level in, or other relevant programmes; experience in migration, irregular migration and return domain as well as with public institutions in Türkiye is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organization.

Qualification Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Public Administration, Political Sciences, International Relations, Social Services, Law, Migration Studies, Human Rights, or another relevant field.

Other Details

Languages Required: English, Level: Fluent, Required Turkish, Level: Fluent, Required

Languages Preferred: Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable

Contract Duration: 6 months

Work Modality: Onsite

Remuneration: • Current Monthly Living Allowance (MLA) is USD 1,614 (paid in Turkish Lira) • Private insurance: Health, dental, life, and dismemberment (coverage by CIGNA) • Entry allowance: USD 400 • Exit allowance: USD 134 per month and upon the satisfactory completion of assignment • Annual leave: 2.5 days accrued per calendar month