Consultant, Regional Administrative Data for Counter Trafficking

About the role

IOM's Regional Data Hub (RDH) in Nairobi is hiring a consultant for a five-month, home-based consultancy with travel, based in the East and Horn of Africa time zone. The work assesses how countries in the East and Horn of Africa can use operational administrative data for national statistics on migration, trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, and builds the evidence base on these issues within a regional, protection-sensitive response to irregular migration. The consultancy is paid in three installments.

Key responsibilities

• Assess government data management processes and fill gaps through primary data collection to understand current data practices in selected countries.
• Draft country-level data processes for TIP, smuggling of migrants and irregular migration data, aligned with the International Classification for Administrative Data on Trafficking in Persons (IC-TIP), and obtain government validation.
• Adapt existing data collection tools and TIP materials to each national context, adding content on smuggling of migrants and irregular migration, and validate them with government stakeholders.
• Create bespoke capacity development materials and lead at least one workshop and one training per country, in coordination with IOM Country Offices and national consultants.
• Evaluate the success of capacity-building measures and produce a pathway report on integrating administrative data into national statistical frameworks.
• Develop ways to monitor sustained use of administrative data for counter-trafficking and counter-smuggling, including reporting frameworks and inter-agency collaboration.
• Ensure gender responsiveness, child protection, victim-centred and trauma-informed approaches, and present draft documents at a validation workshop with IOM Kenya.