Consultant - Programme Officer Artificial Intelligence (AI) (C), Geneva

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Project Context and Scope This consultancy provides senior advisory and programme management support to the Deputy Director Digital and Business Enablement, with a focus on organizational intelligence, strategic analysis, and workstream coordination. The assignment operates in a non‑representational capacity, ensuring the Director has timely insight into governance, stakeholder dynamics, and emerging priorities to support effective decision‑making and anticipatory action.

IOM’s AI programme is at a critical stage of implementation, with a growing portfolio of initiatives, expanding institutional commitments, and increasing demand from Member States and partners. To ensure the programme delivers its objectives effectively and within agreed timelines, the Deputy Director Digital and Business Enablement, requires dedicated senior capacity to strengthen programme management, strategic judgment, and organizational intelligence.

The purpose of this assignment is to embed a senior adviser with strong IOM institutional knowledge to extend the Deputy Director’s reach and effectiveness. The Program Officer operates primarily in a non‑representational capacity, providing analysis, intelligence, and strategic context to support informed leadership decision‑making.

A core element of the assignment is anticipatory support: ensuring that emerging issues, strategic choices, and engagement opportunities are identified early and that the Deputy Director is equipped with timely, well‑grounded context and intelligence to remain ahead of evolving priorities.

Under the overall supervision of the Deputy Director Digital and Business Enablement, the program officer will provide senior‑level programme management and strategic advisory services. This includes tracking and coordinating multiple workstreams, researching internal governance processes and inter‑agency dynamics, and proactively identifying risks, opportunities, and visibility considerations relevant to the AI programme.

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing Information Communications and Technology Department Digital and Business Enablement Division

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