About this role
IOM Ethiopia’s Migration Management and Government Unit (MMGU) work closely with the Government of Ethiopia and various stakeholders to contribute to addressing the needs, as well as to promote and uphold the rights of individuals and their communities. The Unit has three main areas of intervention: Immigration and border governance (IBG), Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion (LMI), Coordination and Capacity Development support (CCD).
Among other capacity development initiatives within its IBG portfolio, IOM Ethiopia supports government stakeholders in fraud detection and document verification and provides document verification services to various embassies in Addis Ababa. IOM liaises with relevant authorities that issue documents such as academic transcripts, professional certifications, employment references, and vital events certificates to provide an opinion on the authenticity of these documents to support Embassies in their visa adjudication process.
Under the overall supervision of the IBG Programme Officer and the direct supervision of the IBG National Programme Officer, and coordination of the Document verification (Team Leader), the successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking document verification services provided by IOM Ethiopia through its IBG programming.
Other facts
About IOM
Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
IOM works with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration and uphold the well-being and human rights of migrants.
More people are on the move today than at any other time in recorded history: 1 billion people – comprising a seventh of humanity. A variety of elements – not least the information and communications revolutions – contribute to the movement of people on such a large scale. The forces driving migration as a priority issue are: climate change, natural and manmade catastrophes, conflict, the demographic trends of an ageing industrialized population, an exponentially expanding jobless youth population in the developing world and widening North–South social and economic disparities.
What you'll do
- The successful candidate will be responsible for undertaking document verification services provided by IOM Ethiopia through its IBG programming. This includes liaising with relevant authorities to provide opinions on the authenticity of various documents.
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