Description
IOM is seeking a Local Consultant Technical Expert for UASC Center Operationalization to support the establishment and operationalization of a dedicated center for Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC) in Albania.
The consultant will develop a practical model for the operationalization of the Center, covering legislative, financial, professional, and operational aspects. The model will include options for the Center's management, staffing, guardianship arrangements, and inter-institutional coordination.
Key responsibilities:
- Review legal, policy, and procedural documents related to child protection, social care services, migration, and asylum governance
- Conduct consultations with relevant institutions and stakeholders
- Map institutional roles and responsibilities
- Identify legal and administrative steps needed for the UASC Center to become operational
- Develop practical options for the UASC Center's management model, staffing structure, and professional profiles
- Assess guardianship options for UASC
- Prepare a realistic financial model for the UASC Center's functioning
- Consult relevant institutions and stakeholders to test the proposed options
- Prepare a document with technical options and a presentation package
Deliverables:
- Inception note, methodology, and workplan
- Legal and institutional mapping notes
- Draft operational model
- Guardianship options note
- Financial model and sustainability note
- Final technical options paper and presentation package
Requirements:
- Advanced university degree in a relevant field
- At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in child protection, social care services, migration/asylum governance, public administration, institutional reform, service modeling, public finance, or related areas
- Experience in developing operational models, policy or legal analysis, institutional arrangements, costing, or sustainability options for public or social services
- Excellent analytical, drafting, facilitation, coordination, and communication skills in Albanian and English