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 IOM Member States that are not represented among staff members in the Professional and higher categories: Bahamas, Barbados, Comoros, Congo (the), Cook Islands, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Holy See, Iceland, Israel, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
    

Second tier candidates include:
All external candidates, except candidates from non-represented member states of IOM.

Organizational Context and Scope

Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Regional Director for Operations and direct supervision of the RE2CLID Regional Programme Specialist, with technical supervision of the Regional Thematic Specialist (Data & Research), working in close coordination with the Humanitarian Response and Recovery and Climate Action regional units and IOM’s Climate Mobility Innovation Lab, the Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Officer (Data) will support the design and delivery of data-driven initiatives to identify multi-hazard displacement risks, strengthen resilience, inform early warning systems, and enable anticipatory action in the region, while also contributing to programmatic approaches that translate this evidence into concrete interventions for disaster risk reduction and preparedness.

The Regional Office for East, Horn, and Southern Africa provides strategic and technical support to country offices across the region, spanning migration governance, humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Within this framework, the Regional Data Hub (RDH) serves as the central hub for data innovation, supporting evidence-based decision-making and providing actionable insights to inform programming, partnerships, and policy dialogue.

In May 2023, representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission began discussions on an action to be implemented under the Regional Multi-Annual Indicative Plan for Sub-Saharan Africa (RMIP SSA) for 2024 which resulted in the development of the “Regional Responses to Climate Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa” programme (RE2CLID) outlining a regional response to climate displacement. 

The RE2CLID programme seeks to enhance the resilience, self-reliance, and protection of Displacement-Affected Communities (DACs) living in areas at risk of disasters, environmental degradation, and the adverse effects of climate change. The programme operates across two highly vulnerable sub-regional clusters, inclusive of Cluster 1 – the Lake Tanganyika Basin, encompassing Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania, and Cluster 2 – the Southern Africa and South-West Indian Ocean region, including Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros. The objective of the programme is to improve overall capacity to respond to and increase overall resilience to disaster displacement at the regional level through strategic interventions regionally, nationally and locally. 

The Climate Change and Migration Data (CCMD) Programme, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark under the Danish Organisational Strategy for IOM (2024–2026), focuses on strengthening evidence-based migration management in North, East, and West Africa. By addressing data and knowledge gaps on human mobility linked to climate change, environmental degradation, and other migration drivers, CCMD supports countries of origin, transit, and destination along key migration corridors to anticipate risks, reduce irregular migration and displacement, and inform more resilient policy and programmatic responses.

Given the region’s growing exposure to climate change impacts, environmental degradation, and disaster-related displacement, the Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Officer (Data analysis and information management) will support IOM country offices to work with partners at the national, regional, and global levels to identify risks of displacement triggers. This will include developing cooperation and data science techniques to model relationships between hazard, vulnerability, and exposure data relating to displacement, as well as contributing to capacity development activities at national and regional levels to ensure the sustainability of interventions. The role will provide strategic support to multiple country offices, develop regional analyses on climate-related mobility and displacement, and ensure programmatic alignment across diverse initiatives.

The Disaster Risk Reduction and Early Warning Officer (Data analysis and information management) will be provided with regular feedback on his/her performance and progress, with special attention granted to goal setting and overcoming challenges.