Job Opening Details

Functional Setting: 

The Project Officer is expected to work under a project that deals with improving migration management and migrant protection in select Central Asian countries. The specific objectives of the project are to enhance a gender-sensitive and rights-based comprehensive migration governance in Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan; and to support informed decision-making and resilience of migrants at the personal, family and community level in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan covering the full migration cycle and in respect of gender and human rights considerations.

In particular, the Project Officer will support activities that deal with migration governance, community education and awareness raising, in particular, working with government counterparts and working closely with the Migrant Resource Centre teams based in Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar. S/he will work under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager based in Vienna, Austria and Project Manager based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The Project Officer will be based in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Position - Specific Expertise: 

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the migration situation in the country
• Experience in project implementation, capacity building, information campaign and awareness raising.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Position - Specific Qualification and Langugae skills:
  
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the migration situation in the country
  
• Experience in project implementation, capacity building, information campaign and awareness raising.​