IOM are hiring a Legal Research Consultant

The consultant will 

First Deliverable: Inception report either in English or French. Deliverable by email by 28 May.

Second Deliverables:

• Revised nine (9) research papers in their respective languages,
• Draft the (i) Executive Summary of the publication in English and French languages, capturing key findings and recommendations from the research papers in both French and English versions and (ii) a brief (1 pager) comparative analysis of the 9 contexts papers. – Deliverable by email by 30 June 2024.

Third Deliverables:

• Final revised studies papers (of their respective languages) and govt summary (in English and French), incorporating remarks and remarks obtained from IOM and the NoLEM.
• Deliverable via way of means of e mail via way of means of 15 July 2024.
• Performance signs for the assessment of results
• Timeliness: The representative have to supply the primary complete inception record via way of means of the required cut-off date of via way of means of 28 May 2024.
• Approval manner and adoptability: The representative have to post the revised studies papers via way of means of the agreed cut-off date.
• However, the representative have to be to be had have to any of the papers now no longer observe the reviewing and wanted rectifying manner.
• This demonstrates the representative`s capacity to conform to selections and timelines set via way of means of the stakeholders.
• Regular engagement and development conferences with IOM;
• Timeliness of responses, attendance to conferences and maintaining appointments as scheduled,
• Ability to satisfy deadlines.

Education, Experience and/or skills required

Education

• Advanced university degree (Bachelor or Master) in law with specialization in international immigration law or human rights law with five years of relevant professional experience, or
• University degree in the above field with seven years of relevant professional experience.

Experience

• Proven revel in in carrying out felony research, evaluation and tests in English and French specifically withinside the vicinity of worldwide immigration regulation and/or human rights regulation.
• Strong information of worldwide felony frameworks governing migration and detention, which includes applicable treaties, conventions, and case regulation.
• Previous revel in presenting felony consultancy offerings to businesses or authorities agencies, specifically withinside the area of migration, human rights, or worldwide development.
• Strong analytical and writing skills, with the cappotential to provide complicated felony standards in a clean and concise manner.
• Work revel in in worldwide/multi-cultural and/or UN system, is an advantage. As nicely as know-how of cooperation with the African Union.
• Work revel in withinside the area of migration an asset.
• Demonstrated cappotential to speak sincerely and effectively.
• High degree of laptop literacy utilization of workplace MS Office applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Fluency in English and French.

Skills

• appoint proactive, strategic, and detail-orientated method at the same time as keeping quality, efficiency, and usual effectiveness.
  interest to detail.
• behavior history studies and records evaluation to assist presentations, proposals, and reports.
• fantastic communique competencies in each French and English, with the capacity to efficiently speak complicated
• felony principles to various audiences, together with non-felony stakeholders.
• sturdy analytical and problem-fixing competencies, with the capacity to behavior thorough felony studies, analyze
  complicated felony issues, and offer realistic recommendations.
• capacity to control initiatives independently, meet deadlines, and supply first rate paintings below pressure.
• cultural sensitivity and focus of the socio-political context in Senegal and the West and Central African region, with the capacity to paintings collaboratively with various stakeholders.
• Travel required: No tour required.

Competencies

Values

• Inclusion and admire for variety: respects and promotes man or woman and cultural differences. Encourages variety and inclusion.
• Integrity and transparency: keeps excessive moral requirements and acts in a way regular with organizational principles/regulations and requirements of conduct.
• Professionalism: demonstrates capacity to paintings in a composed, able and dedicated way and sporting activities cautious judgment in assembly everyday challenges.
• Courage: demonstrates willingness to take a stand on problems of importance.
• Empathy: indicates compassion for others, makes humans sense safe, reputable and pretty treated.

Core Competencies – behavioural indicators

• Teamwork: develops and promotes powerful collaboration inside and throughout devices to reap shared dreams and optimize consequences.
• Delivering consequences: produces and promises high-satisfactory consequences in a service-orientated and well timed way. Is motion orientated and dedicated to accomplishing agreed outcomes.
• Managing and sharing understanding: constantly seeks to learn, proportion understanding and innovate.
• Accountability: takes possession for accomplishing the Organization`s priorities and assumes obligation for personal movements and delegated paintings.
• Communication: encourages and contributes to clean and open communication. Explains complicated subjects in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.

How to apply

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications via email to recrutementdkr@iom.int indicating “ROWCA-HR-24-006-CFA” on the subject line, by 27 May 2024.

IOM only accepts applications with a cover letter not more than one page specifying the motivation for the application as well as a detailed resume/CV.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.