The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is recruiting a Consultant, Regional Administrative Data for Counter Trafficking for its Regional Data Hub in Nairobi. The consultant will help governments in the East and Horn of Africa turn the records they already keep on trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling into reliable national statistics. It suits a data or statistics specialist with long experience in migration.
At a glance
- Duty station: Home-based, with travel in the East and Horn of Africa; candidates within three hours of East Africa Time preferred, and availability in Nairobi or Addis Ababa preferred
- Reports to: IOM Regional Data Hub for East, Horn and Southern Africa, Nairobi
- Type: Consultancy (category B), five months with possible extension, paid in three instalments against deliverables
- Reference: 23768
- Deadline: Thursday 12 November 2026, 11:59 PM (EAT)
About the role
The consultancy sits within IOM’s Regional Counter Smuggling Programme, a three-year programme funded by the United Kingdom’s Home Office that works on border management, document fraud and migrant smuggling at the region’s main airports. Government agencies already hold administrative records on trafficking, smuggling and irregular migration, but rarely in a form that produces consistent national figures. The consultant will assess how these records are collected and managed in selected countries, design improved data processes in line with the International Classification for Administrative Data on Trafficking in Persons (IC-TIP), and build the skills of the officials who keep them.
Key responsibilities
- Review existing assessments of government data management on migration, trafficking and smuggling, and collect primary data to fill the gaps
- Draft country-level data processes for trafficking, smuggling and irregular migration records in line with IC-TIP, and have government officials validate them
- Adapt data collection tools for each country, adding content on smuggling and irregular migration
- Produce training materials for each country and run at least one workshop and one training in each, with IOM country offices and national consultants
- Evaluate how well the capacity building has been taken up
- Write a pathway report on bringing administrative data into national statistical systems and using it for policy, and propose ways to monitor that it keeps being used
- Present the updated processes at a validation workshop with IOM Kenya, and build gender, child protection and victim-centred approaches into every deliverable
Qualifications and experience
- Master’s degree in statistics, information management, development studies, migration studies or a related field
- At least seven years in migration, international development and data or information management; experience in developing countries is highly desirable
- A strong grasp of migration in the East and Horn of Africa, and experience in border governance or migrant protection, are highly desirable
- Excellent writing and communication, close attention to quality, and the ability to work in a dispersed, multicultural team
- Fluent English, spoken and written; UN or international development experience is an asset
How to apply
Apply through IOM’s e-Recruitment system, attaching your CV and a one-page costed work plan for the deliverables. The deadline is Thursday 12 November 2026, 11:59 PM (EAT); the advert gives the date only, so apply in good time. Late applications are not accepted, and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. IOM charges no fee at any stage of recruitment and never asks for bank details.
IOM welcomes candidates from diverse backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodation during recruitment when needed.
Source: IOM careers page. IOM, the UN Migration agency, was founded in 1951 and works with governments and partners on humane and orderly migration.