Community Resilience and Reintegration Officer

IOM supports the Government of Rwanda in fostering social cohesion and strengthening community resilience, while addressing, minimizing, and averting the impacts of climate change on human mobility through evidence generation, capacity building, and community level resilience programming. This work advances IOM’s Global Strategic Objectives by safeguarding lives and protecting people on the move—reducing vulnerability to climate related hazards, enhancing preparedness, and reinforcing community based disaster risk reduction mechanisms.

In close collaboration with national and local authorities, IOM implements disaster risk reduction initiatives in high risk communities across the country, including early warning systems, adaptive capacity strengthening, and a range of resilience building activities. These efforts contribute to driving solutions to displacement by reducing the need for forced climate related movements and supporting safer, more dignified mobility pathways when displacement cannot be avoided.

Moreover, by integrating human mobility considerations into national climate adaptation and disaster preparedness frameworks, IOM strengthens migration governance and supports Rwanda in building systems that are better equipped to anticipate and manage climate induced mobility.

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Programmes (HoP), the direct supervision of the Project Manager (national Japanese staff), and in close coordination with the Programme Support Unit (PSU), the successful candidate will support the implementation of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change (MECC) portfolio, including activities related to disaster risk reduction and climate resilience.

Under the direct supervision of Project Manager, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
• Support the coordination and implementation of reintegration and climate resilience projects, including emergency preparedness and response, in line with IOM policies, donor requirements, and national priorities.
• Support data collection, information gathering, and analysis related to migration, reintegration, climate resilience, and community needs, and contribute to reports and knowledge products.
• Support activities aimed at strengthening the well-being, resilience, and inclusion of returnees and vulnerable communities.
• Provide operational oversight, technical guidance, and supervisory support to project staff and Implementing Partners (IPs) to ensure effective and timely delivery.
• Support project monitoring activities, maintain activity records, and contribute to progress reporting.
• Support community engagement activities, awareness-raising initiatives, and capacity-building efforts related to climate resilience, disaster preparedness, and reintegration.
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• Draft and contribute to high-quality narrative, financial, and other project reports.
• Liaise with government counterparts, implementing partners, UN agencies, and other stakeholders, and represent IOM in coordination forums, technical working groups, and relevant meetings.
• Support the identification of funding opportunities and contribute to the development of new project proposals through contextual analysis and background research.
• Plan and support the delivery of capacity-building activities for IOM staff, government counterparts, partners, and humanitarian actors.
• Support project information management and visibility, including preparation of up-dates and communication materials, in coordination with donors and relevant IOM units.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Special Notice: This assignment is reserved for Japan Nationals only.