International Organization for Migration National Migration Health Policy Officer Jobs in South Africa

International Organization for Migration National Migration Health Policy Officer Jobs in South Africa


The International Organization for Migration (IOM), United Nations Migration Agency, is a dynamic and growing inter-governmental organization, with 175 Member States.

IOM is committed to the principle that “humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society”.

Established in 1951 and now active in over 440 field locations worldwide, IOM works with partners, government, and civil society to promote international cooperation to address operational challenges of migration and mobility, assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems, and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

IOM addresses the migratory phenomenon from an integral and holistic perspective, including links to development, in order to maximize its benefits and minimize its negative effects.

Migration Health programme: IOM’s Migration Health programme in the Southern African region address the health needs of individual migrants as well as the public health needs of transit and host communities by assisting governmental and non-governmental partners in the development and implementation of relevant policies and programmes.

The programme addresses the health needs of individual migrants as well as the public health needs of host communities by assisting governmental and non-governmental partners in the development and implementation of relevant policies and programmes.

IOM Regional Office is seeking to employ a National Migration Health Policy Officer to provide support to the implementation of the SRHR and HIV Knows No Borders (KNB) Phase.

The program seeks to improve sexual and reproductive health and HIV (SRH-HIV) outcomes and quality of life among young vulnerable people (YVP) aged 10 to 29 years, migrants and sex workers living in migration-impacted communities in Southern African region covering six countries, namely: Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia.

The programme will be implemented by the IOM in partnership with Save the Children, ministries of health and local governments, and local NGOs in the respective countries.

The programme coordinates with other relevant SRHR and HIV programmes in the region. The programme is aligned with relevant global and regional policy and regulatory frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) 3 (ensure healthy lives are promote wellbeing for all ) and 5 (gender equity), national SRHR/HIV strategies and youth policies, the Strategy for SRHR in the SADC Region 2019-2030, IOM’s Regional Strategy for Southern Africa 2019-2023, the 2019 Migration Dialogues for Southern Africa (MIDSA) recommendations.

Capacity building, sensitization and embedding the programme in existing regional, national and sub-national (health) structures will be central to promoting local ownership and sustainability of the programme’s results.

Under the overall supervision of the Regional Director for Southern Africa and direct administrative supervision of the Regional Migration Health Programme Coordinator as well as in coordination with the Regional Thematic Specialists (MH, Labor, Social protection) and the Regional Policy Liaison officer, the incumbent will lead on the implementation and M&E of the communication and advocacy strategy for the SRHR-HIV Knows No Borders (KNB) as it relates to changing social norms and policy reforms and implementation as wel as integration of HIV-SRHR and migration into regional, national and sub-national policies and plans. This position is based in Pretoria and involves travels to the project countries.

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