Contract GENDER AND MIGRATION SPECIALIST (LABOUR MOBILITY)
Job Description
Position Title: Gender and Migration Specialist (Labour Mobility)
Duty Station: Port Vila, Vanuatu
Classification: Consultant, Grade OTHER
Type of Appointment: Consultant, Six months with possibility of extension
Estimated Start Date: June 2021
Honorarium: USD $4,000-$6,000 per month (negotiable depending on expertise and experience)
1. Objective
This is an exciting opportunity to lead IOM labour mobility programming in Vanuatu with a specific focus on equipping seasonal workers with the skills needed to maximise the socio-economic benefits of migration.
Vanuatu sends the highest number of labour migrants to Australia and New Zealand each year in the Pacific. Notwithstanding the success of these programmes, labour migration can shift family dynamics and generate many risks and challenges for families. The Gender and Migration Specialist will support IOM and partners to consolidate the newly developed “Family Redi” pre-employment training package for seasonal workers and their spouses, developed in partnership with the Vanuatu Department of Labour (DoL), World Vision Vanuatu (WVV) and IOM Vanuatu. Family Redi is a 5 day training which includes modules on what to expect from seasonal work, healthy relationships, nutrition, gender-based violence prevention and family financial management, which encompasses budgeting, saving, reducing the cost of remittance transfers and entrepreneurship.
Under the guidance of the IOM Chief of Mission, the specialist will work closely with stakeholders to further refine these activities through ongoing consultations with DoL, WVV, seasonal workers, civil society organisations/community based organisations (CSO/CBOs) and the Vanuatu Labor Mobility Worker Support Working Group. It will also involve developing options to adapt the Family Redi package to the reintegration context to support seasonal workers and their families throughout the migration cycle, especially upon return to Vanuatu.
The Family Redi training is partially being developed under the Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence against Women and Girls, which is a global, multi-year partnership between the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU), focusing on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG). The Spotlight Initiative in Vanuatu focuses on intimate partner (physical, sexual and emotional) violence to address GBV in Vanuatu, building on existing country specific commitments in Vanuatu to ending domestic and intimate partner violence. The seasonal worker demographic is a key priority group for sensitization of gender-based violence prevention.
The Spotlight Initiative falls under the overall leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator. The Recipient UN Organizations (RUNOs) for the Vanuatu Country Programme are: IOM, UNICEF, UNDP, and UNFPA. The Technical Coherence Lead is UNFPA.
Project to which the Consultancy is contributing: Vanuatu Spotlight Initiative to Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls
Required Qualifications and Experience:
Education
- University degree in Political or Social Sciences, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Refugee and Migration Studies, International Relations, Law or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or
- Completed High School/ Secondary school education with seven years of relevant professional experience.
Experience
- Experience in liaising with governmental authorities and local communities, as well as national and regional institutions;
- Experience in project development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting;
- Experience in leading training sessions;
- Demonstrated expertise in gender and/or migration issues;
- Knowledge or experience of national issues and Pacific level issues an advantage;
- Excellent written and oral communication skills;
- Experience in working in a multi-partner or regional project and with UN agencies is an advantage;
- Prior experience working for a UN agency is an advantage.
Languages
- Fluency in English language is required. Working knowledge of Bislama an advantage.
- Note the consultant must adhere to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Data Protection Principles (IN/138) and maintain confidentiality.
- The consultant will be responsible to follow IOM writing guidelines and latest glossaries in all given assignments for accurate translation.
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