Overview
This consultancy provides senior advisory and programme management support with a focus on organizational intelligence, strategic analysis, and workstream coordination for IOM’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply and advise on IOM governance structures, decision-making authorities, and approval pathways.
- Ensure AI programme alignment with IOM strategic commitments, Global Compact, IMRF outcomes, and migration policy frameworks.
- Maintain an overview of inter-agency processes, working groups, and events across the UN system relevant to AI, technology, and migration.
- Manage key institutional relationships across IOM Headquarters, Regional Offices, and external partners.
- Exercise independent judgment in managing competing priorities and advising on issues of strategic consequence.
- Provide timely, well-researched analysis and recommendations on strategic decisions, stakeholder dynamics, institutional risks, and policy positioning.
- Manage the preparation, coordination, and follow-up of the Director’s external engagements.
- Draft and clear high-level briefing notes, correspondence, talking points, and internal papers.
- Maintain an active understanding of initiatives, developments, and sensitivities across IOM Geneva that intersect with the AI programme.
- Oversee multiple parallel workstreams, track interdependencies, identify blockages, and ensure coherence between discussions, decisions, and implementation.
Required Experience
- Seven years of progressive experience within IOM or a comparable UN system organization, including exposure to both Headquarters (Geneva) and field or regional operations.
- Demonstrated professional experience operating at the intersection of policy, governance, and programme delivery within complex, multilateral environments.
- Proven practical knowledge of IOM’s governance architecture, including its structures, processes, and decision-making mechanisms.
- Established experience engaging with Council processes, inter-agency coordination bodies, and cross-divisional stakeholders, with a solid understanding of key global frameworks (e.g. IMRF, the Global Compact) and their operational implications for IOM.
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly grasp strategic priorities and organizational dynamics, applying strong analytical, organizational, and relational intelligence to navigate complex institutional environments effectively.
- Demonstrated experience in providing high-level, behind-the-scenes support, enabling senior stakeholders to operate more effectively through well-researched insights, structured briefings, and timely information.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Science, AI, or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or
- University degree in the above fields with seven years of relevant professional experience.
