National Consultant – Migration Preparedness Needs Assessment and Contingency Planning in Azerbaijan

The National Consultant will support the development of a Migration Emergency Preparedness Needs Assessment Report and a Contingency Plan for Azerbaijan. The role involves technical, contextual, and coordination support to ensure alignment with national priorities and operational context, including stakeholder engagement and validation of findings.

Responsibilities

• Support International Lead Consultants in developing a gender-responsive Migration Emergency Preparedness Needs Assessment Report and a gender-sensitive Contingency Plan
• Conduct desk review of relevant national legislation, policies, strategies, and institutional frameworks related to migration and emergency preparedness
• Provide contextual information on national systems, institutional mandates, coordination mechanisms, and local perspectives
• Support stakeholder mapping and facilitate engagement with government institutions, emergency response actors, local authorities, civil society organizations, and migrant communities
• Facilitate communication with stakeholders and provide interpretation/translation support during data collection activities as required
• Support synthesis and integration of stakeholder inputs and feedback ensuring local language perspectives are captured
• Provide technical inputs to drafting, facilitate stakeholder consultations and validation meetings
• Assist in revising and finalizing both products in line with stakeholder feedback and approval requirements of the State Migration Service and IOM

Requirements

• Higher university degree in social sciences, disaster management, migration studies, public administration, or related field
• 3 years of experience in emergency response or humanitarian programming in Azerbaijan
• Demonstrated experience in emergency preparedness, contingency planning, disaster risk management, emergency response planning, capacity-building initiatives, or the development of operational guidance and preparedness frameworks
• Strong knowledge of national institutional frameworks
• Excellent analytical, research, reporting, communication, documentation, presentation, and workshop conduction/facilitation skills
• Strong knowledge of protection, gender mainstreaming, and GBV risk mitigation
• Experienced in data collection and analysis (quantitative and qualitative) and stakeholder engagement
• Knowledge of migration governance, displacement, border management, or related fields is highly desirable
• Excellent command of Azerbaijani and English, both written and spoken

Skills

• Emergency Response
• Humanitarian Programming
• Emergency Preparedness
• Contingency Planning
• Disaster Risk Management
• Capacity Building
• Operational Guidance
• Preparedness Frameworks
• National Institutional Frameworks
• Analytical Research
• Reporting
• Documentation
• Presentation Skills
• Workshop Facilitation
• Protection
• Gender Mainstreaming
• GBV/SEAH Risk Mitigation
• Data Collection
• Quantitative Analysis
• Qualitative Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Migration Governance
• Displacement Management
• Border Management

Languages

Azerbaijani, English