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Your chance to join IOM - Join the Pathways Pool

Global call! Your chance to join IOM - Join

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COO and Co-founder of Impactpool

Since 2016, International Organization for Migration (IOM) is part of the UN

system. IOM is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of
migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental, and non-
governmental partners. Now you can join IOM’s Pathways Pool (PP). Two tracks
have been launched - the Chief of Missions (CoMs) and the Resource
Management Officers (RMOs).
 
After joining the UN System in 2016, new responsibilities have been added to the
IOM plate, Global Compact and the Migration Network are just some of the
major new assignments.
 
Chief of Mission (CoM) and Resource Management Officer (RMO) are two
professional roles that define country office success. And these roles will now
become even more central to IOM’s work.  The selection of qualified, diverse
candidates for CoM and RMO has been a challenge in the past years and IOM has
had problems in finding qualified candidates to meet its rapidly growing needs,
including working in non-family and hazardous duty stations.

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Photo from the Pathways page on IOM

Listen to this Impactpool Career Podcast with Jo Rispoli, the Global Staff
Association Committee Chairperson at the IOM as he discusses what it is like
working at IOM.

                          

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (HTTPS://WWW.IMPACTPOOL.ORG/ARTICLES/CAREER-PODCAST---IOM-

GLOBAL-STAFF-ASSOCIATION-COMMITTEE-CHAIRPERSON---JO-RISPOLI-FULL-INTERVIEW)

The selection of qualified, diverse candidates for Chief of Missions (CoMs) and Resource
Management Officers (RMOs) has been a challenge in the past years. Especially in finding
qualified candidates to meet its rapidly growing needs, including working in non-family and
hazardous duty stations.

Therefore IOM now opens up the Pathways pool (PP). These pool focus at professionals with 5
years of experience and more. Impactpool has published several articles about pools, learn more
here (https://www.impactpool.org/articles/what-is-a-un-roster). However, in the first round, the
target audience for the Pathways Pool is professionals at P4 level and D1 level, which translates
into professionals with advanced university degree + a minimum of 7 or 15 years of professional
experience.

Below is a list of the functions included in the pathways + links to the job descriptions:

Chief of Mission D-1 (https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/601097) - Multiple duty-stations

Chief of Mission P-5  (https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/601099)- Multiple duty-stations
Chief of Mission P-4 (https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/601098) - Multiple duty-stations

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Senior Resources Management Officer P-4 (https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/601101) -

Multiple duty-stations
Resources Management Officer P-3 (https://www.impactpool.org/jobs/601100) - Multiple
duty-stations

What is the role of a Resource Management Officer (RMO)?

This role is not to confuse with the Resource Mobilizations manager. Although the title looks
similar, the focus is different. In other UN agencies and NGO's, this role is also called Operations
Officer. In a company, it is comparable to an administrative function that handles budget, finance,
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audit, and HR, similar to a COO. An RMO at IOM is responsible and accountable for supervising
the administrative, budgetary, financial, and human resources, functions in the country office and
potentially to other offices in the region.

What is the role of a Chief of Mission (CoMs)?

When the RMO is responsible for the office operation, the Chief of Mission is the programmatic
lead. She/he is IOM's interlocutor with the local Government. In close coordination with relevant
missions and units in the field, he/she is responsible and accountable for the promotion of the full
range of IOM services, as well as for briefing the IOM central operation of relevant governmental
concerns and programmatic developments. The CoM is responsible and accountable for
developing and promoting IOM's strategy and programming at the local level.

Listen to this Impactpool Career Podcast with Jo Rispoli, the Global Staff
Association Committee Chairperson at the IOM as he discusses what it is like
working at IOM.

                          

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST (HTTPS://WWW.IMPACTPOOL.ORG/ARTICLES/CAREER-PODCAST---IOM-

GLOBAL-STAFF-ASSOCIATION-COMMITTEE-CHAIRPERSON---JO-RISPOLI-FULL-INTERVIEW)

Learn more about the Pathways pool (PP) (https://www.iom.int/ioms-pathways-pool?

utm_source=Impactpool)

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