Senior Migration Health Program Coordinator (P)

Since 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has been supporting migration health initiatives in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Within its Health Border and Mobility Management (HBMM) framework, IOM delivers and promotes comprehensive, immediate and long-term preventive and curative health programmes which are beneficial, accessible, and equitable for migrants, mobile population and other vulnerable and hard to reach populations. IOM works within existing health framework and with government authorities and Health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and Protection cluster coordination mechanisms to address the needs of persons in forced migration settings. IOM also provides comprehensive pre-migration health assessments, emergency life-saving assistance and health system strengthening which has been disrupted by long term conflict, distance and other accessibility issues in DRC.

In recent years, IOM DRC has intensified its support to the Ministry of Health to strengthen health service capacity at the border points to effectively prevent, detect and respond to the infectious diseases and other public health threats. IOM provides integrated surveillance and disease control training for the frontline health staff working in border areas, necessary medical and health commodities for the border posts, analyses and reports on population mobility trends in priority health zones to inform preparedness efforts, vaccination services, as well as risk communication assistance to sensitize cross border population and neighbouring communities.

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Mission, the Senior Migration Health Programme Coordinator will be responsible for the operational management, technical supervision, effective coordination, and strategic direction of IOM migration health programming in DRC, ensuring synergies are built with the rest of the IOM DRC portfolio of programming.

The Senior Migration Health Programme Coordinator will maintain close coordination with and be technically guided by the Regional Thematic Specialist - Migration Health for East, Horn and Southern Africa and the Regional Health Assessment Programme Coordinator for Africa, with support from the Migration Health Division at Headquarters (HQs) in Geneva.

**Responsibilities**

1. Develop, prepare, implement and manage migration health projects and programs, providing strategic and technical oversight to ensure that they are: consistent with IOM’s policies, thematic guidance notes and any relevant national policies and/or regional strategies; coherent, relevant, and feasible, and take into account good practices in the area of migration health; developed and implemented according to IOM’s project development procedures as established by the IOM Project Handbook and related Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
2. Facilitate the development of new migration health programmes including, but not limited to, Health Border and Mobility Management (HBMM), migration health promotion and assistance for different migration contexts, including emergencies, epidemic preparedness and response in line with the global health security and International Health Regulation (IHR 2005), Sexual and Reproductive health, and strengthening the collection and analysis of national migration health data, migration health governance, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), climate change, migration health by leading technical and programme and projects development initiatives in line with IOM’s Migration Health Division and IOM DRC’s strategic objectives.
3. Monitor and oversee the administration of multiple budgets and financial status of health projects and propose corrective measures in coordination with the Country Office’s (CO) Head of Resources Management and Chief of Mission.
4. Lead the liaison with the DRC Government’s Ministry of Health, including various National Programmes such as the National Border Health Programme (PNHF), Essential Programme on Immunization (PEV), Direction Surveillance Epidémiologique (Department of Epidemiology Surveillance), National Programme of Mental Health (PNSM) on IOM DRC CO’s role and support to Member States, and lead the development of policy guidance and relevant technical assistance to Government departments on migration health.
5. Develop, strengthen and expand partnerships with the Ministry of Health, as well as local health authorities, World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), other UN Agencies and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, and other relevant NGOs and parties, including local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs)/Congressional Budget Office (CBOs) in order to develop a migrant health agenda at the country level (including through the development of Memorandum of Understandings (MOUs). Further represent IOM in various forums and thematic groups at national level including Technical and Strateg