JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Reintegration Assistant – Climate-Sensitive Reintegration (UG) - IOM International Organization for Migration

Apply Before : 12/08/2025, 11:00 AM

Call for Application: Reintegration Assistant – Climate-Sensitive Reintegration (UG)
Yaounde, Cameroon
Job Info
Job Identification
17911

Apply Before
12/08/2025, 11:00 AM
Contract Type
Special Short term ungraded (Up to 9 months)
Vacancy Type
Call for Applications
Recruiting Type
General Service
Grade
UG
Job Description
CONTEXT

 

Cameroon faces complex and interlinked drivers of migration: insecurity, unemployment, social pressures, environmental degradation, and climate change. The RRR Action Document highlights that climate-related vulnerabilities—such as droughts, soil degradation, deforestation, floods, and reduced agricultural productivity—are increasingly shaping livelihood instability and contributing to migration decisions, particularly in the Far North, North, East and some parts of the West regions. 

Environmental pressures act as risk multipliers: they intensify poverty, food insecurity, and competition over resources, further pushing individuals—especially youth—toward irregular migration routes, including dangerous Mediterranean crossings and the Latin America–US corridor. The Migration Governance Indicators also stress the importance of integrating mobility dimensions of crises and climate disruptions into national migration systems, underpinning the need for evidence-based policies linking climate change and migration drivers. 

At the same time, returnees often reintegrate into communities that are themselves heavily climate-affected. The RRR Action Document therefore emphasises green reintegration as a cross-cutting pillar:

Promoting sustainable and climate-resilient livelihoods;
Supporting eco-friendly income-generating activities (renewable energy, waste management, nature-based solutions);
Strengthening host community resilience (climate-resilient agriculture, watershed restoration, improved land management);
Ensuring reintegration does not exacerbate environmental stress.
Furthermore, Cameroon hosts various climate and environment initiatives supported by partners such as GiZ, UNDP, AfDB, MINEPDED and MINADER. There is significant opportunity to link reintegration with green job creation, climate action, environmental rehabilitation, and national adaptation strategies.

Despite this potential, no consolidated model currently exists within the RRR Programme to operationalise climate-sensitive reintegration, assess environmental drivers of migration, or systematically insert returnees into green and climate-resilient livelihood opportunities.

This ToR responds to that gap.

 

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The Reintegration Assistant – Climate-Sensitive Reintegration will lead the development of a policy, tools, and operational approaches necessary to integrate climate and environmental considerations into the national reintegration system.

The assignment will:

Produce a Policy Note on Migration, Climate & Reintegration in Cameroon, documenting how environmental and climate-related factors act as drivers of migration and influence return dynamics.
Design a Green Jobs Catalogue tailored for returnees and communities, aligning with labour market needs, existing national programmes and partner initiatives (e.g., GiZ environment/green economy programmes).
Identify opportunities to embed reintegration beneficiaries into climate, environment, disaster risk reduction (DRR), and green growth programmes implemented by government, private sector, NGOs, and international partners.
Propose a Climate-Sensitive Reintegration Model for RRR, including tools, workflows, and recommended green pathways for reintegration.
Contribute to the project’s climate-related mainstreaming efforts, leveraging green approaches outlined in the RRR Action Document’s green reintegration model.
The assignment is system-building, not field-implementation, and aims to equip the RRR programme with the foundational tools to mainstream climate and environmental resilience across reintegration activities.

 

NATURE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

This is a system-development assignment requiring strong analytical, technical, and coordination skills. The selected staff member will create the foundational tools and frameworks to mainstream climate change and environmental sustainability across reintegration programming under the RRR project. The assignment requires close collaboration with government partners, private sector actors, international development agencies, and internal IOM teams.

Responsibilities
A. Policy & Evidence: Migration–Climate Nexus

Develop a Policy Note on Migration & Climate Change in Cameroon, including:
Analysis of climate and environmental stressors as push factors for migration;
Documentation of how climate influences return decisions;
Specific focus on climate-vulnerable regions (Far North, North, East, West) as described in the RRR Action Document 
Data gaps and recommendations aligned with Migration Governance Indicators priorities (evidence-based policy, crisis mobility dimension) 
Review national policy frameworks (SND30, NDCs, National Adaptation Plan, MINADER/MINEPDED policies) and integrate them into the analysis.
Produce easy-to-use infographics and a short executive summary.
B. Development of a Green Jobs Catalogue for Returnees

Identify climate-resilient livelihood and green economy opportunities relevant to returnees:
Solar energy installation & maintenance
Waste recycling & plastic recovery
Agroecology & regenerative agriculture
Water management and drip irrigation
Green construction
Reforestation & landscape restoration
Bio-gas, composting, circular economy models
Climate-smart livestock practices
Conduct consultations with vocational training centres, private sector actors, and eco-enterprises.
Produce the Green Jobs Catalogue, including:
Job profiles
Required skills/training
Market demand
Entry costs
Potential partnerships
Environmental impact
Gender and youth considerations.
C. Integration into Partner Initiatives (GiZ, NGOs, Government, Private Sector)

Map environment, climate, agribusiness, DRR and green growth programmes in Cameroon (GiZ, UNDP, AfDB, MINADER, MINEPDED, private sector).
Identify entry points for returnees into:
climate resilience programmes,
job creation schemes,
green TVET tracks,
eco-entrepreneurship incubators,
rural green infrastructure projects.
Propose partnership templates for referral of returnees.
Coordinate with GiZ’s green employment and climate programmes to explore co-funded approaches.
D. Climate-Sensitive Reintegration Model Development

Design a reintegration model integrating climate and environment dimensions:
Green livelihoods pathways
Environmental assessments at case intake
Climate vulnerability scoring
Recommendations for eco-friendly IGA support
Community-level climate resilience activities
Align model with the Green Reintegration principles in the RRR Action Document (sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, waste management, climate-resilient infrastructure, community resilience) 
Produce operational tools:
checklists,
referral templates,
eco-IGA guidance,
caseworker decision-support tools.
E. Knowledge Products & Capacity Development

Deliver a short training module for reintegration staff on:
climate-sensitive reintegration;
green livelihood opportunities;
mainstreaming environment and climate across reintegration.
Develop communication briefs for awareness raising.
Present findings to internal teams and external stakeholders.
F. Reporting

Submit monthly progress reports.
Deliver a final compendium of tools, policy note, green job catalogue, and partnership recommendations.
Qualifications
EDUCATION

School diploma with seven years of relevant experience; or
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Migration Studies, Development Studies, Economics, Geography, or related fields with five years of relevant professional experience.
Master’s degree is an asset.
EXPERIENCE

Minimum five years (05) of work experience in climate change, environment, migration programming, resilience-building, or reintegration.
Experience in green job creation, environmental livelihoods, or climate adaptation projects.
Experience developing policy notes, analytical papers, or operational tools.
Knowledge of Cameroon’s climate vulnerabilities and green economy landscape.
SKILLS

Strong analytical and policy writing skills.
Knowledge of climate change adaptation and green economy approaches.
Ability to develop operational tools and practical guidance.
Strong stakeholder engagement (government, donors, private sector, NGOs).
Ability to work under tight timelines.
LANGUAGE

For this position, fluency in English and French is required (oral and written).

HOW TO APPLY ?

All applications must be submitted ONLINE at  : https://fa-evlj-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/jobs?location=Cameroon&locationId=300000000471571&locationLevel=country&mode=location