Description
IOM is seeking a consultant to design and implement a comprehensive protection research study that maps protection risks, psychosocial wellbeing, access to services, protection barriers, coping mechanisms, community support systems, social cohesion dynamics, documentation and legal challenges, and protection priorities among Afghan nationals and other migrants with protection concerns in Pakistan.
The study will examine the experiences of Afghan nationals and other migrants with protection concerns through a protection lens, exploring individual, family and community, institutional, and cross-border spheres.
The consultant will generate evidence to support protection programming, policy engagement, advocacy, protection mainstreaming, community-based protection initiatives, legal assistance interventions, MHPSS programming, durable solutions planning, and future strategic investments by IOM and partners.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement a comprehensive protection research study
- Conduct desk research, participatory qualitative research, and stakeholder validation
- Collect and analyze data through focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and in-depth interviews
- Develop visual analytical mapping of protection pathways, migratory grief trajectories, and institutional barriers
- Submit an inception report, data collection completion package, draft research report, validation workshop and policy brief, and final research report
Requirements:
- Master's degree in Social Sciences, Anthropology, Sociology, International Relations, Development Studies, Psychology, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Protection-related disciplines
- Minimum seven years of relevant professional experience
- Demonstrated experience conducting complex qualitative research
- Experience with migration, displacement, and protection programming
- Experience working with Afghan populations
- Strong analytical and report-writing skills
- Proficiency in English, knowledge of Dari or Pashto is an advantage