Introduction
Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration. Working closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners, IOM promotes humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all. It saves lives and protects people on the move, drives solutions to displacement, and facilitates pathways for regular migration, while providing services and advice to governments and migrants.
IOM is committed to fostering a respectful, inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees can thrive professionally and feel valued. By creating such an environment, IOM aims to better harness the full potential of migration and strengthen its support to people on the move.
IOM invites candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and provides reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process when required. Learn more about IOM’s workplace culture at IOM workplace culture | International Organization for Migration
Applications are welcome from first- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process.
For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates:
- External female candidates
Candidates from the following IOM Member States that are not represented among staff members in the Professional and higher categories: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
Second tier candidates include:
All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM.
Organizational Context and Scope
International Organization for Migration (IOM) is the pre-eminent source of migration and displacement data for action, which help save lives and deliver solutions; data for insight, which help facilitate regular migration pathways; and data for foresight, which help drive anticipatory action. IOM has the systems and data fluency to collect, safely store, analyse, share and apply disaggregated data and evidence across the mobility spectrum. Our extensive data and research repositories underpin evidence-based policies and practices. Data is central to the internal decision-making and management of the Organization.
IOM’s Department of Data, Insight and Policy spearheads institutional efforts on migration and displacement data analytics, strategic research and foresight, and shapes IOM’s work on evidence- and rights-based migration policy and law and knowledge management. The Department supports delivery of IOM’s strategic objectives and related enablers, ensuring that artificial intelligence, data, policy, migration law, knowledge management, research and analysis efforts and seed funding are directly aligned with operational needs. The Department comprises the Migration and Displacement Data and Research Analytics Division, including the Global Data Institute, the Migration Policy Division and the IOM Development Fund Secretariat.
The Migration and Displacement Data and Research Analytics Division (MDDRAD) delivers on enhanced and refined analysis of migration and displacement dynamics at the global level, leveraging high-quality IOM assets, such as the World Migration Report (WMR), displacement data analysis, strategic foresight and anticipatory action modelling, utilising internal IOM expertise as well as key partnerships with external experts from across sectors.
Under the overall supervision of Deputy Director general for Operations, the direct supervision of the Director of DDIP and secondary supervision of the Chief of Mission in Germany, the Chief, Migration and Displacement Data and Research Analytics Division, also concurrently serves as the Head of the Global Data Institute (GDI), is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the Division and the Institute, leading institutional efforts on migration and displacement data analytics, strategic research and foresight, and ensuring that artificial intelligence, data, knowledge management and research and analysis efforts are directly aligned with IOM's operational needs and strategic objectives.
