[Hiring] Individual Consultant - Baseline Assessment for Safe Roads, Safe Lives Regional Programme @IOM

Role Description

The consultant will conduct a Baseline Assessment for the Safe Roads, Safe Lives Regional Programme (SRHR and Labour Mobility) with the following objectives:

• Establish baseline data on women’s participation in the transport and logistics sector across Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, and Namibia, focusing on professional driving roles and related occupations.
• Assess the availability, accessibility, and implementation of gender-sensitive workplace policies and practices within transport and logistics companies, including recruitment, retention, workplace safety, anti-harassment, grievance/reporting systems, and equal opportunity measures.
• Identify structural, institutional, workplace, and sociocultural factors that influence women’s entry, retention, and advancement in the transport sector, including employer attitudes, peer and male driver attitudes, and community perceptions.
• Assess the level of knowledge, awareness, and service utilization related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV, and mental health among mobile and vulnerable populations, including truck drivers, sex workers, migrants, and cross-border traders.
• Map the availability and functionality of SRHR-HIV service delivery points, including the presence and use of e-lockers and other innovative service modalities along key transport corridors and within a 20km radius from the border.
• Generate baseline data and analysis disaggregated by sex, age, country, and target group to inform programme design, target setting, implementation planning, and future monitoring.

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting assessments or evaluations in the field of migration, health, or gender.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to generate data-driven insights.
• Knowledge of gender-sensitive policies and practices in the transport and logistics sector.
• Familiarity with SRHR and HIV-related issues among mobile and vulnerable populations.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in social sciences, public health, gender studies, or a related field.
• Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Willingness to travel within the region as required.

Benefits

• Competitive consultancy fee.
• Opportunity to contribute to a significant regional initiative promoting gender equality.
• Flexible working conditions, including home-based work.