Migration Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement Consultant

Position Title : Migration Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement Consultant Duty Station : IOM Philippines Country Office (Cotabato) Classification: Consultant Type of Appointment: Consultancy Estimated Start Date: ASAP Closing Date : 22 September 2026 Project Context and Scope The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s health program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) aims at strengthening the resilience and responsiveness of the region’s health system and improving access to healthcare, as part of the organization’s strategy to alleviate the driver of unwanted migration and to reduce health-related risks during displacements and migration cycle. IOM has implemented various health-related projects that contributed to better health outcomes in the BARMM. ## Formation / Diplômes IOM’s project “Building Resilience through Inclusive Governance and Healthcare Transformation in BARMM (BRIGHT-BARMM), funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), aims to enhance the local capacity of Ministry of Health (MOH), the local provinces and cities/municipalities, to pursue key and cross cutting reforms in health systems. It will strengthen Health Systems (HS), particularly in areas of health governance and leadership, financing, and data and information, to provide a more conducive setting for implementing Safe Motherhood (SM), Adolescent Reproductive Health (ARH), and Global Health Security (GHS) programs. Within the GHS component, IOM seeks to strengthen the capacity of the government, health workers, and frontline workers to promote inclusive, preventive, and culturally and gender appropriate health programs for returning migrants and mobile populations. This includes improving access to health information, strengthening referral pathways, and reducing the potential spread of infectious diseases through Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) materials, capacity-building of health workers at Points of Entry (PoEs), and the establishment of referral pathways to strengthen access to screening, counselling, and treatment for returnees and migrants. To support these efforts, IOM will engage a consultant to provide advisory and technical assistance with Focus on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) for Returning Migrants and Mobile Populations. Under the overall guidance of the Head of S...