# National Consultant: Lead Legal Expert to Review Documentation Procedures for Victims of TIP

**Company**: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
**Location**: Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
**Experience**: senior
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

IOM in the Republic of Moldova is seeking a National Consultant: Lead Legal Expert to Review Documentation Procedures for Victims of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).

The consultant will work on the 'Reducing community-level vulnerabilities to TIP in Moldova' project, which aims to strengthen the protection of and assistance to victims of crime, including victims of trafficking.

The overall objective of the assignment is to support the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MLSP) in identifying and addressing priority legal and practical barriers related to the documentation of victims of trafficking.

Key tasks include:

- Conducting a targeted review of relevant legislation, regulations, and procedures

- Analysing selected anonymised cases to identify recurring legal and procedural barriers

- Conducting interviews with relevant stakeholders

- Documenting priority gaps and proposing realistic next steps

- Contributing to concise, prioritised recommendations and a practical roadmap for MLSP

The consultant will work closely with the IOM Program Coordinator and a Supporting Legal Expert.

**Requirements:**

- University degree in law

- At least seven years of relevant professional legal experience

- Proven practical legal experience relevant to victims of trafficking

- Extensive knowledge of trafficking cases and legal and documentation-related barriers

- Strong legal research, analysis, interviewing, drafting, and communication skills

- Fluency in Romanian and English; knowledge of Russian is an asset

**Deliverables:**

- Joint inception note

- Preliminary gap analysis

- Validation materials

- Final report and MLSP roadmap

**Performance indicators:**

- Completion of tasks within the available working days

- Timely submission of coherent final deliverables

- Clear documentation of priority legal and practical bottlenecks

- Practical, prioritised, and concise recommendations and roadmap for MLSP

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## Skills

### Required
- law
- human rights
- criminal justice
- trafficking in human beings
- victims' rights
- legal research
- analysis
- interviewing
- drafting
- communication
- Romanian

### Nice to have
- Russian

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