Overview
The Thematic Lead, Migration and Displacement is responsible for leading the regional strategy of migration and displacement and coordinating its implementation across all Federation-wide programmes and operations in the Asia Pacific region. This position will oversee the design and execution of all related deliverables and coordinate delivery in this important area of work.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the formulation of the regional strategy of Migration and Displacement and coordinate its implementation across all Federation-wide programmes and operations in the Asia Pacific region.
- Lead the development and application of methodologies and approaches to support migration and displacement activities across the Asia Pacific region.
- Provide leadership on issues related to Migration and Displacement Programming and ensure coherence and clearly articulated integration between relevant policies, strategies, frameworks, and tools.
- Provide strategic direction to Asia Pacific National Societies, for delivery against key regional results in a high quality and accountable manner.
- Operationalise the Migration and Displacement regional strategy in Asia Pacific as part of strengthening National Society capacities and enable them to fulfil their humanitarian mandates.
- Provide strategic and technical advice to other APRD teams, CDs, CCDs, and National Societies in the region and collaborate with Geneva on issues related to Migration and Displacement.
- Ensure continuous mapping of needs and practices of National Societies in the domains of Migration and Displacement; and close internal collaboration with the global team, the country and cluster delegations and relevant teams in jointly assessing trends and developing guidance and programmes to support National Societies.
- Oversee and give technical support for the integration of Migration and Displacement across all programmes, operations and advocacy, and support capacity strengthening of respective human resources in Asia Pacific, in collaboration with relevant technical and thematic teams.
- Promote the mandate and responsibility of the IFRC network – and Movement at large – to address the humanitarian needs of migrants, refugees, and displaced communities.
- Support National Societies in leveraging their auxiliary role and influencing legal and policy development, application and change on issues relating to migrants, refugees, and displaced communities.
- Lead the migration and displacement situational analysis with the support of the IFRC network.
- Select, mentor, and manage team members under the programmatic functional area, including ensuring that they have well-defined results-based priority plans and capacity to provide technical support to response operations at any time.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning, individual and team accountability in the programmatic functional area by setting individual and team objectives, monitoring team performance and conducting timely performance reviews.
- Ensure that timely monthly operational and programme highlights and annual updates on operations and programmes are prepared as well as deliver inputs for standard reports.
- Oversee regionally implemented Migration and Displacement projects/programmes, and the timely and quality delivery of all project outputs.
- Identify risks and challenges to the ongoing projects/programmes, raise with regional and country-level counterparts, and provide advice as relevant to the HDCC and APRO Senior Management Team on mitigation strategies.
- Lead the IFRC strategic coordination role in the migration and displacement file with NS and PNS.
- Identify and encourage opportunities for national, cross-border and regional Movement coordination on migration and displacement, including collaboration, peer-to peer mechanisms and other, as required.
- Coordinate support to enhance the Migration and Displacement capacity of National Societies and IFRC delegations, including ensuing that National Societies are well supported in developing, implementing, and managing programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable migrants, refugees, and displaced communities.
- Oversee coordination and partnerships related to Migration and Displacement with relevant regional stakeholders with and outside the RCRC Movement with a clear objective and goal.
- Ensures high quality preparation, sensitization, and participation of IFRC network in inter-agency and inter-governmental and global processes, such as those related to the Global Compact for Migration, Global Compact for Refugees etc…
- In collaboration with Geneva counterparts, pursue opportunities and explore partnerships for research as a base for evidence aimed at supporting advocacy on expanding investment in Migration and Displacement.
- At the request of the HDCC and APRO Senior Management Team, represent IFRC – in regional inter-agency events on Migration and Displacement – as a key actor, influencing regional policies, advocacy, and agenda.
- Responsible and accountable for ensuring that IFRC is represented in relevant inter-agency initiatives and events focusing on Migration and Displacement.
Required Experience
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in migration, displacement, human rights and protection issues; with a grasp of migration issues and trends in the Asia Pacific region
- Demonstrated experience in programme design and implementation related to migration
- Experience in the provision of high-quality technical and policy advice to stakeholders at all levels of organizational hierarchy on migration and displacement issues
- Experience in humanitarian diplomacy in negotiating support and involvement of affected people, partner organizations, donors and government on migration matters
- Experience working within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, or a humanitarian aid organization, in a developing country and/or working with migrants and refugees
- Experience of successful fundraising and managing donor relations
- Experience in narrative and financial reporting
- Experience in a developing country
Qualifications
- Advanced degree in International Law, Human Rights Law, International Relations, Refugee Law or related field.
- Preferred Basic Delegates Training Course (BTC), WORC, IMPACT or equivalent knowledge.
