Regional Programme Coordinator (Route-Based Approach (RteBA)) (P)

Introduction

Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants.

IOM is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees can thrive professionally and feel valued. By creating such an environment, IOM aims to better harness the full potential of migration and strengthen its support to people on the move.

IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process when required. Learn more about IOM’s workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration.

Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process.

For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates:

• Internal candidates
• Candidates from the following IOM Member States that are not represented among staff members in the Professional and higher categories: Bahamas, Barbados, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Second tier candidates include: All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM.

Organizational Context and Scope

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Director and the direct supervision of the Deputy Regional Director for Operations (DRD-O), and in close coordination with the Department of Mobility, Pathways and Inclusion (DMPI) at Headquarters (HQ), the Regional Policy and Liaison Officer (RPLO), the Regional Project Development Officer (RPDO), Regional Thematic Specialists (RTSs), and Country Offices (COs) along the region’s priority migration routes, the Regional Programme Coordinator (Route-Based Approach (RteBA)) will be responsible and accountable for leading, at the technical level, the regional operationalisation and implementation of the IOM’s Route-Based Approach (RteBA) and providing strategic and programmatic advice on its implementation across the region.

The Regional Programme Coordinator (Route-Based Approach (RteBA)) will ensure alignment with IOM’s global approach, lead regional and inter-agency coordination at the technical and operational levels, and oversee the application of Route-Based Approach (RteBA) tools and instruments within and across countries and along migration routes.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and operational leadership for the regional and inter-regional operationalisation of IOM’s RteBA, in line with its institutional framework, and in coordination with relevant COs, Regional Offices (ROs), HQ divisions and global RteBA coordination structures; lead the development and implementation of multi-country, multi-partner operational plans for relevant routes; and ensure coherence with IOM’s institutional priorities, relevant regional strategies, and country-level operational realities.
• Oversee the region’s RteBA Flexible Funding Mechanism allocation and other assigned RteBA projects, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery against approved results frameworks, workplans, budgets, indicators and donor requirements; monitor overall implementation and take or recommend corrective action to address delivery, quality and resource issues.
• Serve as the RO’s RteBA focal point and lead the region’s engagement and participation in the global RteBA Task Force and, together with specific RTSs, its workstreams. Ensure that regional needs and priorities are reflected in global instruments, deliver agreed regional inputs on schedule, and lead the testing of operational guidance in the region.
• In close coordination with RPLOs and relevant COs, lead government engagement on the RteBA to anchor route-based action in the priorities of States along relevant migration routes and reflect those priorities in regional cooperation processes. Provide route-level analysis, strategic advice and positioning to regional consultative processes, cross-regional discussions, and intergovernmental dialogues.
• Support the Policy and Liaison Unit in providing substantive and coordination support to the Regional United Nations Network on Migration (RUNNM), including developing activities, promoting complementarity, and facilitating information exchange among regional RUNNM structures, the UNNM at the global level, IOM’s internal route-based coordination arrangements, and other relevant regional and inter-regional mechanisms.
• In coordination with the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Director, lead the development and maintenance of strategic partnerships in support of the RteBA with United Nations (UN) agencies, international and national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), civil society, migrant- and community-led organisations, academia, the private sector and other relevant actors. Provide substantive advice on p