Psea Officer

Position Title**: PSEA Officer**
Duty Station**: Doha, Qatar**

Classification**: Professional Staff, Grade P2**
Type of Appointment**: Fixed term, one year with possibility of extension**
Estimated Start Date**: As soon as possible**

Closing Date**: 07 October 2024**
- Established in 1951, IOM is a Related Organization of the United Nations, and as the leading_
- UN agency in the field of migration, works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and_
- non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the_
- benefit of all. It does so by providing services and advice to governments and migrants._

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Applications are welcome from first
- Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Comoros; Congo (the); Cook Islands;_
- Guinea-Bissau; Holy See; Iceland; Kiribati; Lao People's Democratic_
- Republic (the); Madagascar; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated_
- States of); Namibia; Nauru; Palau; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia;_
- Samoa; Sao Tome and Principe; Solomon Islands; Suriname; The Bahamas;_
- Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu_

**_ Context:_**

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) by aid workers is a violation of human rights and IOM is
committed to combat any kind of SEA by its staff related personnel and partners.

IOM’s zero tolerance policy not only applies to IOM staff but also extends to IOM third party
contracted staff, suppliers, service providers and implementing partners. With over 16,000 staff
and over 6,000 related personnel, operating in 450 Offices, and 165 countries throughout the
world, the impact of SEA on victims and within IOM’s operating environments, and the
reputational risk it poses for the Organization needs to be addressed and remains a key priority.

The Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), including the prevention of and
response to SEA, continues to gain momentum not only within the United Nations (UN) and
Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) common systems but also amongst governments,
institutional partners, media and the general public.

Over the past decade, IOM has increasingly been seen as a strong player supporting the
prevention and response to SEA and Sexual Harassment within the UN, IASC, and amongst the
humanitarian community. While significant progress has been made to prevent and respond to
SEA within the Organization such as through the development of innovative PSEA trainings, the
development of a misconduct platform to report SEA, and extensive interagency collaboration
on PSEA, more needs to be done within country and at the programmatic level and the PSEA
Officer will support these efforts.

In 2021, IOM developed its strategic approach toward the prevention of and response to SEA
and sexual harassment focusing on five priority areas: 1) Leadership and Organizational
Culture; 2) Institutional Accountability and Transparency; 3) Capacity-Development, Training,
and Communication; 4) Quality and Accessible Victim Assistance; 5) Partnership and
Coordination.

Under the overall and direct supervision of the Head of Office (CAS), and technical support from
the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment (PSEAH)Unit and
other experts, the PSEA Officer will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the technical
oversight and day-to-day management of IOM’s prevention of and response to sexual
exploitation and abuse (PSEA) activities in country. As the technical PSEA expert in-country, the
PSEA Officer will need to support implementation of PSEA activities within IOM and as an
active member of the interagency PSEA Network. While they will support the PSEA agenda
within country and will contribute technical inputs to PSEA within programming, the
accountability for PSEA remains with the Head of Office (CAS).

**_ Core Functions / Responsibilities:_**

**PSEA COORDINATION**:

- Facilitate the development of an operational PSEA Work Plan, in line with IOM’s PSEA

Strategy, the IASC’s PSEA Minimum Operating Standards (MOS), and the United Nations
Country Team (UNCT)country level framework and work plan, through strategic workshops with
IOM Heads of Units and other senior management at the country and programmatic levels;
ensure the resulting work plan is detailed and operational with clear actions, roles and
responsibilities to deliver on the actions, timeframes, technical and resource requirements, and
internal reporting requirements;
- Facilitate the inclusion of PSEA within IOM Country Office Strategy, programming, risk

mitigation and management, planning, reporting, monitoring and evaluation and budgeting;
develop PSEA programming and liaise with relevant donors as required;
- Actively contribute to the in-country interagency PSEA Network (support in the development of

the collective PSEA workplan, risk management plan, PSEA Strategies, Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) for an inter-agency