Advisor Migration

HELVETAS is an organization specialised in development cooperation and humanitarian response, anchored in Switzerland. Our vision is a just world in which all people determine the course of their lives in dignity and security, using environmental resources in a sustainable manner.

Voice, Inclusion, Cohesion (VIC) is one of the three thematic working areas of HELVETAS. The VIC team provides advisory services to HELVETAS programmes and to external clients. It consists of 8 highly motivated and qualified team members who focus on the thematic working fields of: Governance & Civic Space, Conflict Transformation, Migration, as well as Gender and Social Equity, and Policy Advocacy.

Through the working field ‘Migration’ HELVETAS contributes to the social and economic rights & protection of migrants and their families. We aim to minimize the risks and costs of migration and maximize its positive impact on inclusive development and cohesive societies. The working field pays particular attention to the rights of women and young migrants.

Our migration advisors are responsible for providing thematic advisory services to HELVETAS programmes and external clients, including partners, peer organizations, donors, and system actors in the contexts we work. We seek to develop state-of-the-art approaches and inclusive services. We recognize that migration is a complex and multifaceted reality, so we strive to continuously design and learn from migration projects addressing labour migration, urban migration, and increasingly youth & child migration, climate induced migration, forced displacement, from pre-departure to (re)integration, enhancing financial inclusion & remittance management, considering the migrants and their families. HELVETAS has an ambition to continue expanding its project portfolio for migration over the next 5 years.

**Your main tasks**:
both as a member of a team and individually, include:

- HELVETAS programmes and projects, government institutions, civil society, external clients, and other stakeholders will have increased motivation, knowledge, capacities on migration relevant to their work and contexts.
- HELVETAS programmes, Swiss and international clients as well as local partners will mandate migration advisory services and be consistently satisfied with their execution.
- Successful acquisitions on migration will contribute to enhancing the Advisory Services and International Programmes departments’ portfolio, as well as fundraising activities with the Marketing and Communication Department.
- HELVETAS country programmes will improve the design, implementation and review of innovative new migration projects or phases with your advice and needs based support.
- The transversal themes of advocacy, gender and social equity are firmly anchored in the migration working field and that thematic interfaces to other working fields are cultivated.
- HELVETAS’ knowledge sharing and learning on migration is enhanced by developing and disseminating new methods, tools and guidelines related to the working field.
- HELVETAS' migration work & profile is enhanced with different public, policy and professional audiences through a variety of communications, platforms and networks. The VIC team's strategic priorities and portfolio will benefit from your analyses, your ideas
and your experiences.

**Your qualifications**:

- Master’s degree in e.g., development studies, political science, anthropology, sociology, international relations or any other area relevant to the position, or Bachelor degree with an additional 2 years of relevant experience.
- 3-5 years of experience in international development cooperation with assignments that are thematically relevant, including long-term placements of 2-3 years in the Global South/East
- Preferably 1-2 years of experience with short-term consultancy assignments providing technical and strategic advisory services in the context of development cooperation.
- Proven experience working on at least one or a combination of types and dimensions of migration mentioned above especially emerging forms like youth & child migration, etc.
- Solid experience in mainstreaming gender and social equity in migration-oriented development programmes and projects.
- Experience with thematically relevant proposal development, project design and project cycle management.
- Knowledge on thematically relevant legal & other frameworks, for capacity development of local organizations and coalition building for national policy influencing would be a plus.
- Excellent listening and advisory skills, intercultural, gender and conflict sensitivity, and ability to establish and maintain a good team, advisor-client, interpersonal relationships.
- Good oral and written communication and facilitation skills, including online.
- Excellent spoken and written English. French or Spanish is an added advantage.
- Are happy to work independently and in coordination with others.
- Readiness to travel sev