[Hiring] Route Based Assessment and Analysis Consultant @IOM

Role Description

IOM is implementing the AECID-funded project, covering Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and regional-level coordination. The project seeks to contribute to improved safety, protection and sustainable reintegration for migrants returning south along the Central American-Andean corridor.

• Ensure that migrants returning south in transit have improved access to protection services and reliable information along key points of the route.
• Implement protection-centred assessments at key sites along the route to generate up-to-date evidence on route characteristics, migrant experiences, protection needs and risks.
• Pay specific attention to indications of trafficking in persons, gender-based violence, and other protection concerns affecting migrants in transit and return movements.
• Support the full assessment cycle, including methodology development, field organization, coordination of data collection in the four countries, data quality assurance, analysis, validation and preparation of a route-based analysis report targeting decision-makers in policy, protection and humanitarian response.

Qualifications

• Master's degree from an accredited academic institution in:
  • Migration Studies
  • International Development
  • Social Sciences
  • International Relations
  • Human Rights
  • Statistics
  • Demography
  • Public Policy
  • or related field.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing mixed-methods assessments.
• Proven experience conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Experience working on protection-related topics including GBV, trafficking in persons, child protection and mixed migration.
• Experience producing high-quality analytical reports for humanitarian or policy audiences.
• Experience working with UN agencies, international organizations or NGOs.
• Previous experience with IOM DTM methodologies (desirable).
• Experience working in Latin America and the Caribbean (desirable).
• Familiarity with route-based approaches to migration programming (desirable).
• Strong analytical and writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders across countries and time zones.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.

Requirements

• English and Spanish proficiency is required.
• Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Benefits

• IOM covers Consultants against occupational accidents and illnesses under the Compensation Plan (CP), free of charge, for the duration of the consultancy.
• IOM does not provide evacuation or medical insurance for reasons related to non-occupational accidents and illnesses.
• Consultants are responsible for their own medical insurance for non-occupational accident or illness and will be required to provide written proof of such coverage before commencing work.

Performance Indicators for the Evaluation of Results

• Deliverable 1: Inception Report and Workplan - 15% by 2nd month of consultancy.
• Deliverable 2: Assessment Methodology and Tools Package - Final harmonized methodology, KII and FGD guides, consent procedures, fieldwork tracker, enumerator guidance, and data protection protocols.
• Deliverable 3: Country Fieldwork Plans and Training Completion - 20% by 4th month of consultancy.
• Deliverable 4: Data Collection Progress Report #1 - Evidence of field coordination and completion of planned data collection activities.
• Deliverable 5: Data Collection Progress Report #2 - 20% by 6th month of consultancy.
• Deliverable 6: Consolidated Data Quality and Cleaning Package - Consolidated dataset, data cleaning log, quality assurance documentation, completed transcripts/notes, and finalized analysis database.
• Deliverable 7: Preliminary Findings Report - 20% by 8th month of consultancy.
• Deliverable 8: Validation Workshop and Revised Findings Package - Facilitation of validation workshop(s) with IOM country and regional teams.
• Deliverable 9: Draft Route-Based Protection Assessment Report - 25% by 10th month of consultancy.
• Deliverable 10: Final Report and Dissemination Package - Final route-based protection assessment report, executive summary, presentation deck, key messages, and all supporting materials incorporating IOM feedback.