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Assistant Professor in Social Work, University of Southern Mississippi
Application Deadline: August 1, 2025
Location: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
The School of Social Work at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) invites applicants for two, full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor positions, beginning August 2025. Both positions will serve the Hattiesburg campus with teaching duties that may require travel to the Gulf Park campus. In addition to teaching in the BSW and MSW programs, faculty are expected to engage in an active research/scholarship agenda and pursue external funding to support their scholarship. Faculty are expected to participate in school, university, professional, and community service.
Humboldt Research Fellowship
Location: Germany
The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas: We support you with your research in Germany. Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors researchers with above-average qualifications from across the globe. As a fellow, you will benefit from individual support from the Humboldt Foundation and our diverse sponsorship portfolio.
National Project Officer, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission in Turkey and direct supervision of the Program Officer (Protection); and, in collaboration with National Program Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for the coordination of the assisted voluntary return and reintegration program (AVRR) in IOM Turkey.
Postdoctoral Fellow- Sex Trafficking, Women’s College Hospital
Location: Toronto, Canada
This position at Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, will provide a post-doctoral fellow with the opportunity to contribute to the under-researched, under-reported and frequently misunderstood issue that is sex trafficking. The position will be supervised by Drs. Janice Du Mont and Robin Mason, co-founders and current directors of the novel program of research, Addressing Sex Trafficking through Education and Research (ASTER). Sex trafficking is a growing concern in Canada–a billion-dollar industry that involves recruiting, harbouring, holding or transporting victims, usually girls or women, to exploit them for sexual purposes.
Project Officer, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Location: Vienna, Austria
The Project Officer works within the framework of the Khartoum Process Secretariat of the EU-funded project "Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMDIII)". The Support Programme to the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue (MMD) is part of the Joint Africa EU Strategy. Now in its third phase, the multi-faceted Programme continues to support ICMPD-facilitated migration dialogues (Rabat Process, Khartoum Process, and the AU-EU Continent-to-Continent Migration and Mobility Dialogue), to follow-up on the Joint Valletta Action Plan (JVAP), and to support the implementation of projects by local authorities and civil society organisations, through a grants component.
Senior Project Associate, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission (CoM) in Turkey and direct supervision of the National Program Officer (Compliance); and, in collaboration with National Program Officer, the successful candidate will be responsible and accountable for the operation coordination of AVRR case management.
Supervisor, Child Sex Trafficking Team (CSTT), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Location: Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Responsible for providing oversight of Child Sex Trafficking Team (CSTT) staff functions during rotating shift-work and for performing CSTT analyst duties as required. The position is directly responsible for coordinating the workload of CSTT analysts and managing the day-to-day operational functions of all CSTT staff. The CSTT workload consists of any and all reports received pertaining to child sex trafficking received through the CyberTipline, Call Center, NCMEC Case Managers, Recovery Services