Return Counsellor

IOM - UN Migration
📍 bern, bern, Switzerland 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 19, 2026

Job Description

Job Description

Applications are welcome from internal and external candidates. For all IOM vacancies, applications from qualified and eligible first-tier candidates are considered before those of qualified and eligible second-tier candidates in the selection process. For the purpose of this vacancy, internal candidates are considered first-tier candidates.

Responsibilities

  • Provide specific return counselling services and extensive information on Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) to all asylum seekers residing in those centers.
  • Organize and facilitate a well prepared and safe journey home in cooperation with relevant Swiss governmental authorities (State Secretariat for Migration, SwissREPAT) while screening and giving special support to vulnerable cases;
  • Organize travel documents in coordination with SEM for migrants who do not have them;
  • Regularly liaise with IOM Bern when using its various AVRR su...

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Job Details

  • Location bern, bern
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Other-General
  • Posted Date June 19, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 29, 2026