Senior External Relations Associate

The Senior External Relations Associate supports engagement activities with governmental and parliamentary stakeholders, international financial institutions, think tanks, and other key counterparts to build understanding and support for IOM's work on migration. The role involves coordination, information gathering, preparation of materials, logistical arrangements, and follow-up to maintain IOM's profile and stakeholder relationships in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support the development and implementation of a wide range of stakeholder engagement activities with UK Government departments, multilateral development actors (notably the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)), think tanks, and other relevant institutions.
• Review and coordinate stakeholder information, prepare documentation, support meeting preparation, event follow up, handle logistical arrangements and assist senior colleagues at events to support maintenance of IOM’s profile as well as stakeholder and network relationships.
• Monitor, analyse and summarise funding decisions, political positions and policy developments on current and emerging issues.
• Draft and update guidance documents and other resources for use by IOM colleagues in IOM UK, HQ, Regional and Country Offices.
• Coordinate the collection and validation of IOM programme information and draft talking points, briefings, and other policy support materials, facilitating informed IOM UK’s policy engagement.
• Support the preparation of visits involving UK government stakeholders to IOM’s overseas operations and offices, as well as with IOM staff visiting the UK for effective stakeholder engagement and institutional visibility.
• Research donors, funding mechanisms and fundraising tools, and analyse emerging funding opportunities to support the organisation’s resource mobilisation efforts.
• Liaise with relevant IOM country and regional units, offering information on UK funding opportunities and decision-making processes to support their UK-focused resource mobilisation efforts.
• Perform such other relevant duties as maybe assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Development Studies or related field from an accredited institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or, High school diploma with seven years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in providing administrative, coordination or substantive support in internal relations, public affairs, communications, or related areas.
• Experience in supporting meetings or engagement with parliamentarians, government bodies and/or multilateral development banks.
• Experience in organising and supporting events, including handling logistics and documentation.
• Experience in drafting, formatting, and editing institutional documents and documentation.
• Experience working on migration, humanitarian or development issues is an advantage.
• Prior experience working in the UN, NGOs or similar international organisations is desirable.
• Lived experience of migration or displacement an advantage.
• Strong drafting and communication skills with attention to accuracy and clarity.
• Good knowledge of UK political and parliamentary processes is an advantage.
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and external stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• High level of professionalism with the ability to work independently and prioritise work to meet deadlines in a complex and fast changing environment.
• Demonstrated awareness of gender, diversity and inclusion principles.
• Fluency in English (written and oral) is required.

Skills

• Administrative Support
• Coordination Support
• Public Affairs
• Communications Support
• Meeting Support
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Event Organization
• Logistics Management
• Document Drafting
• Content Editing
• Migration Issues Understanding
• Humanitarian Issues
• Development Issues
• UN System Knowledge
• NGO Experience
• Political Process Knowledge
• Parliamentary Process Knowledge
• Drafting Skills
• Communications Skills
• Gender Diversity Inclusion Awareness

Languages

English