Project Clerk (Cultural Mediation) - VN 2025 07

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  • Added Date: Friday, 28 March 2025
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Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager โ€“ Immigration Border Governance (IBG) and the direct supervision of the Project Area Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for providing cultural mediation assistance to the Italian Ministry of Interior โ€“ Public Security Department in different emergency operations for the fast and precise application of first-entry procedures in the framework of the MED.E.A. project.

  1. Provide clerical operational support to the Ministry of Interior โ€“ Public Security Department at the target duty station within the assigned Immigration Office;
  2. Support the above Office in the identification procedures of beneficiaries, including in receiving and compiling the asylum-seekersโ€™ claims, accelerated procedures, translating from Italian into the migrantsโ€™ mother tongue and vice versa;
  3. Support the Immigration Office in registering the asylum applications, also through filing and archiving activities; 
  4. Assist the Office in informing migrants and asylum-seekers about identification procedures, including within the Hotspots and other border areas, as applicable;
  5. Keep the Project Area Coordinator informed of the activities performed, in particular in relation to vulnerable groups in need of specific protection and referral;
  6. Provide clerical assistance in the mediation activity in an objective and impartial way;
  7. Provide general counselling on national laws and administrative procedures, in particular those related to asylum;
  8. Prepare all relevant financial documentation related to the project (payment/ reimbursement/travel) and provide regular reporting to the project team on the activities performed in the assigned duty station;
  9. Provide a detailed report at the end of service in line with the standard template provided by the project manager; 
  10. Perform any other duties as may be assigned. Education

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