Senior Project Associate – Regularization

The associate leads operational delivery of a Costa Rica migration-regularization project, coordinating beneficiary intake, documentation and biometric processes, budgets, government counterparts, capacity building, reporting and data protection so migrants can access lawful long-term status.

Department: Immigration and Border Governance Unit

• Lead implementation and monitoring of migration-regularization activities
• Support beneficiary intake, documentation screening and registration procedures
• Coordinate biometric and data-collection processes with protection-sensitive safeguards
• Monitor budgets, procurement actions and administrative requirements
• Coordinate government authorities, consular actors and service providers
• Plan and deliver capacity-building workshops on regularization processes
• Prepare correspondence, briefings and narrative and financial reports
• Supervise staff and document procedures, lessons and operational improvements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with five years of professional experience, or high school diploma with seven years of professional experience
• Experience supporting migration governance, regularization, civil documentation, protection or assistance to vulnerable migrants
• Knowledge of regularization procedures, registration requirements and protection-sensitive referral pathways
• Ability to manage sensitive beneficiary information securely
• Fluency in English
• Fluency in Spanish

• Special Short Term appointment at grade G-7
• Gross salary is CRC 1,857,384
• Local recruitment requires valid residence and work authorisation in Costa Rica
• Application requires a CV, one-page letter of interest and diplomas