Country: Costa Rica
Closing date: 14 Jun 2019
Since 2010, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been implementing the Regional Program on Migration (known as the Mesoamerica Program), whose main objective is to contribute to the development and implementation of strategies in the region to promote regular, orderly and safe migration, seeking adequate protection for the most vulnerable migrants.
One of its main pillars of implementation is the management of migratory flows in crisis and emergency contexts. This implies the adequate collection and management of data and information, the inclusion and participation of migrants in such situations and the adequate management of extraordinary migration flows.
The current crises represent a growing challenge for States and the international community. The human mobility dimension of humanitarian crises is increasingly relevant, as crises produce more complex and large-scale migration flows and mobility patterns, which normally expose affected populations to significant vulnerabilities and generate serious and long-term challenges in migration management. Very often, however, the migratory dimensions of a crisis are overlooked during its response.
In response to this need and at the request of IOM Member States, the Migration Crisis Operational Framework (MCOF) was developed in 2012. The MCOF is a practical, operational and institutional tool to improve and systematize the IOM support to its Member States and partners to better prepare for and respond to migration crises.
The Regional Migration Program has proposed to develop a simulation software, which purpose is to simulate migration crises in a fictitious context and country, in order to have a tool that allows States to prepare for the eventuality of a migration crisis. This software will facilitate the application of the guidelines proposed in the MCOF in a fictitious situation, thus improving the capacity of States to respond to real situations. For the present phase of the Program, the goal is the elaboration of a proof of concept.
For the optimal development of the software it is necessary to identify the specific variables and actions that the user will be able to implement. Although the general actions have
already been identified, it is necessary to hire a specialist in the management of migration flows, who can identify the variables and actions to be implemented for this first pilot version (proof of concept) in detail, in a simple way and jointly with the software development company.
How to apply:
Please respond only to the following email address COSanJoseVacancies2@iom.int, attaching your resume and letter of interest (maximum one page).
IMPORTANT:
Indicate in the subject of the mail, the name of the call and the city to which it applies:
Please keep in mind:
• Only applications that meet the required profile will be considered.
• Applications received later or that do not specify the name of the call will not be considered.
• This call is open only to national or foreign citizens legally authorized to work in the country.
Check out full terms of reference at: http://www.programamesoamerica.iom.int/en/consultancy-specialist-management-migration-flows-regional-migration-program