Director, Protection Division

vor 1 Woche

Geneve, Schweiz International Organization for Migration Vollzeit

Position Title**: Director, Protection Division**
Duty Station**: Geneva, Switzerland**

Classification**: Professional Staff, Grade D1**
Type of Appointment**: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension**
Estimated Start Date**: As soon as possible**

Closing Date**: 08 April 2024**
- Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading_
- UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and_
- non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the_
- benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants._

IOM is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment. Read more about diversity and

Applications are welcome from first
- Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Botswana; Cabo Verde; Comoros; Congo_
- (the); Cook Islands; Dominica; Fiji; Grenada; Guinea-Bissau; Holy See;_
- Iceland; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic Republic (the); Madagascar;_
- Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated States of); Namibia; Nauru;_
- Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas;_
- Tonga; Tuvalu; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu_

**_ Context:_**

Under the overall supervision of the Director General and direct supervision of the Deputy
Director General for Operations, the Director, Protection Division is responsible for leading on
the Organization's overarching goals on protection in line with the following objectives of the
new IOM’s Strategic Plan:

- Objective 1: Saving lives and protecting people on the move;
- Objective 2: Driving solutions to displacement; and,
- Objective 3: Facilitating pathways for regular migration.

The Protection Division ensures that protection is a cross-cutting priority of the Strategic Plan as
an enabler of Objective 3 for facilitating pathways for regular migration and that IOM adheres to
the highest standards of protection mainstreaming, and accountability to affected populations
across its operations and programmes.

In line with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) definition and Principals' statement on
the Centrality of Protection in Humanitarian Action, IOM is committed to placing protection at the
core of all its actions, and work with partners and stakeholders towards common protection
outcomes. The Protection Division supports this commitment by providing strategic guidance,
technical support, capacity building and coordination on protection issues, both internally and
externally.

The Protection Division also oversee specialized protection services along the migration journey
embedding a “solution lens from the start”, such as child protection measures, activities to
mitigate the risk of and respond to gender-based violence and human trafficking, and mental
health psychosocial support (MHPSS). Specific interventions also include search and rescue,
alternatives to immigration detention; disability inclusion as well as supporting ethical
recruitment, social protection thereby facilitating multistakeholder protection of migrant workers
and linking to opportunities for Safe, Orderly and Regular migration will also be strengthened.

The Protection Division also promotes gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls,
and diversity in all settings, safe and secure collection of sex, gender, age, ethnicity, and
disability related data where relevant, and hold evidence as central to inclusive and accountable
humanitarian and development programming to affected populations (AAP). In particular, the
Protection Division will support the commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of
women and girls, and to the implementation of the United Nations System-wide Action Plan on
Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-SWAP).

**_ Core Functions / Responsibilities:_**

1. Provide strategic direction, substantive inputs, and guidance to the Protection Division, in line
with IOM’s Strategic Plan, vision, mission, and values.

2. Implement IOM's Global Protection Strategy, policies, and standards, and ensure their
alignment with international humanitarian and human rights law and best practices.

3. Direct, facilitate and develop holistic approaches to protection and solutions, drawing on
improved community-based responses and on greater knowledge and closer work with
Internally Displaced Persons, migrants, refugee, and host communities.

4. Develop institutional positioning, innovative policies, and guidance for the protection of
migrants and displaced persons and cross-cutting theme (AAP, Gender, and Diversity) while
ensuring alignment with global standards.

5. Expand partnerships and promote IOM’s visibility including through IASC representation, Call
to Action on Protection, Grand Bargain Workstreams, UN agencies and other networks
regarding protection for migrants and IDPs and facilitate sustainable solutions.

6. Direct and lead IOM’s commitments on Protection and Accountability to Af

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