Protection Officer

Job Identification (Reference Number): 17626
Position Title: Protection Officer
Duty Station City: Algiers
Duty Station Country: Algeria
Grade: P-3
Contract Type: One Year Fixed Term (12 Months with possibility of extension)
Recruiting Type: Professional
Vacancy Type: Vacancy Notice
Initial duration: 12 months with Possibility of Extension
Closing date: 27 November 2025

Introduction

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- and second-tier candidates, particularly qualified female candidates as well as applications from the non-represented member countries of IOM. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process. For the purpose of this vacancy, the following are considered first-tier candidates: 

1. Internal candidates
2. Candidates from the following non-represented member states:

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Second tier candidates include:
All external candidates, except candidates from nonrepresented member states of IOM.

Context

Under the overall supervision of the Thematic Specialist in the Regional Office and direct supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM), and in close cooperation with relevant departments at Headquarters (HQs) and Regional Office (RO), the Protection Officer will be responsible and accountable for managing, coordinating and overseeing  the Country Office's (CO) Protection Programme activities and strategies, including child protection, counter-trafficking and smuggling of migrants, violence against women and girls, men and boys, Disability Inclusion, assistance to vulnerable migrants, and overall specialized protection programming in the CO.