OPEN TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CANDIDATES

Vacancy Notice No. : 2008/09 (E)

Duty Station : Cagliari, Italy

Position Title : Cultural Mediator

Classification : Special all-inclusive, part-time

Type of appointment : Fixed-term, six months, with possibility of extension

Starting date : 1 August 2008

General functions:

Under the overall supervision of the Director, Regional Office for the Mediterranean and Chief of Mission in Italy and Malta and in coordination with the Head of the Migration Management Unit and the direct supervision of the Field Officer, the incumbent will be responsible for assisting the IOM Field Officer in the daily implementation of the GOI/EC project “Consolidating reception capacities of migratory flows in Lampedusa and other strategic border points of Southern Italy – Preasidium ”.

In particular the incumbent will:

1) Participate in all the information and counselling sessions envisaged for the migrants hosted in the reception camp facilities in Sardinia and provide interpretation from the native language of the migrants into Italian and/or English;

2) Secure mutual understanding between the IOM Field officer/staff and the migrants, ensuring that main diversities as regards culture, traditions and/or religion are given adequate attention and consideration in order to build necessary confidence with the migrants and maximize effect of the counselling/information activity;

3) Translate from Italian/English into the native language of the migrants the IOM standard information package prepared for dissemination and migrants counselling, as well as any other information material necessary for the duly information given to migrants on their rights and duties on the Italian territory;

4) Ensure that the overall cultural mediation activity is always carried out in close cooperation with the IOM Field Officer/staff and the camp authorities, in an objective and impartial way;

5) Support the IOM Field Officer/staff and the camp authorities in identifying vulnerable groups and migrants in need of special treatment;

6) Be available to interchange with the other cultural mediators and interpreters assigned to the other organisations within the when specific language skills are required by a given situation, in a team spirit approach and for the ultimate interest of the migrants hosted in Sardinia.

7) Assist the IOM Field Officer/staff in planning and organizing information sessions (individual and in groups) for interested in-coming irregular migrants, in coordination with local authorities, and the other organisations.

8) Perform other related service, as required.

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Desirable Qualifications

Education and Experience: a) University degree in Social Sciences, specific education/specialization in cultural mediation or interpretation or concrete experience of at least 3 years.

Competencies: a) Excellent communication and negotiation skills b) personal commitment, efficiency

c) ability to work under pressure and in a difficult setting d) team spirit approach e) Italian or international valid driving license required.

Languages: Arabic mother tongue, fluent Italian and English and/or French, both spoken and written;

NOTE:

* The tenure of contract of staff members holding a regular contract will remain unchanged.

Method of application: External candidates with the required qualifications should submit a completed IOM Personal History Form available upon written request to: sdiblasi@iom.int . Candidates holding an IOM contract should submit the internal application form. All applications should be addressed to the Regional Resource Management Officer, IOM Rome, via Nomentana 62 – 00161 Rome - quoting the above vacancy notice number.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing date: 22 July 2008