Local Consultant CC-2026-19

The Local Consultant will develop a comprehensive training curriculum on State Population Register (SPR) legislation for the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Armenia. The role involves reviewing legislation, consulting stakeholders, developing training materials, delivering training of trainers, and monitoring training delivery to enhance migration governance capacities.

Responsibilities

• Review the most recent legislative amendments related to the State Population Register (SPR).
• Consult with IOM and relevant Government counterparts to identify expectations, training needs and priority topics.
• Submit a brief inception report presenting the findings, consultation outcomes and detailed work plan.
• Develop a draft SPR training curriculum and accompanying materials.
• Develop a testing component by formulating a question pool with multiple choice questions aligned with the training curriculum of the Educational Complex of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and in line with standards of the MiA Moodle system to ensure integration.
• Cover the SPR-related legislative amendments and practical application of the new SPR system.
• Present and validate the draft curriculum with IOM and relevant Government counterparts.
• Incorporate feedback received during the validation process.
• Prepare and deliver a training of trainers based on the validated SPR curriculum.
• Assess participants’ understanding and readiness to deliver the staff trainings.
• Submit a brief report presenting the ToT results and recommendations.
• Monitor the delivery of SPR-related ToT to Government personnel.
• Provide methodological support and guidance to the trainers.
• Revise and finalize the curriculum and accompanying materials based on feedback and lessons learned.
• Submit a concise final report presenting monitoring findings, challenges and recommendations.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in law, public administration, migration studies, education, social sciences or another related field, with at least five years of relevant professional experience; or a first-level university degree in one of the above fields, with at least seven years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience in developing training curricula and materials for public-sector institutions.
• Sound knowledge of population register, and migration governance or related legislative and administrative frameworks.
• Experience in conducting training needs assessments and applying adult-learning and interactive training methodologies.
• Experience working with Armenian government institutions, particularly the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is an advantage.
• Excellent analytical, research and drafting skills, including the ability to translate complex legal and technical information into clear and practical training content.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering training-of-trainers (ToT) programmes, preferably for public-sector institutions.
• Excellent command of Armenian and working knowledge of English.
• Fluency in Armenian and English is required (oral and written).
• Working knowledge of Russian is an advantage.

Skills

• Training Curriculum Development
• Training Material Development
• Population Register Knowledge
• Migration Governance
• Legislative Frameworks Development
• Administrative frameworks
• Training Needs Assessment
• Adult Learning Methodologies
• Interactive Training Methodologies
• Train-the-trainer delivery
• Legal Research
• Policy Analysis
• Drafting Skills
• Multi-Stakeholder Consultation
• Public Sector Training
• Armenian Language
• English Language

Languages

Armenian, English, Russian