Job Description

Applications are welcome from internal and external candidates. 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, internal candidates are considered first-tier candidates.

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) and direct supervision of the Senior Project Associate (and, in collaboration with State Secretariat for Migration – SEM - and other partners in the Federal Asylum Centres, FACs), the Return Counsellor is responsible for undertaking return counselling in the Federal Asylum Center in Alststätten (80%) and possibly other centers in the region East Switzerland or Zurich for replacements. The selected candidate will collaborate with the existing team of 9 return counsellors, while supporting the project manager with the implementation and coordination of r...