The Horn of Africa is an important departure point for people in mixed migration flows.

Each year thousands of people leave or pass through Somalia and neighboring countries including Yemen in the hope of finding a safer or brighter future elsewhere.

The Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat (RMMS) has been established to provide better coordination and support to agencies, institutions and forums in the Horn of Africa and Yemen sub-region to improve the
management of protection and assistance response to people in mixed migration flows in the Horn of Africa and across the Gulf of Aden or Red Sea in Yemen.

The RMMS is hosted and managed by the Danish Refugee Council regional office in Nairobi, and is seeking qualified candidates for the following position:

Project AssistantThe Project Assistant will offer support in sourcing, synthesizing and processing information and data.

Assist in gathering and dissemination of data and information related to mixed migration.
Assist in establishment of a virtual resource centre and assist with the management of a web portal in order to make information and analysis available to various stakeholders.
Assist with the backup and support of the coordination of research initiatives in areas of interest related to mixed migration.

University degree and minimum of 2-3 year’ experience in similar role involving information management, research and communications.

Some human rights/protection knowledge and track record in the humanitarian agenda.

Good IT command and knowledge of maintaining template-style website.

Strong analytical and writing skills and knowledge of one of the following languages is an added advantage: French, Arabic, Somalia or Amharic.