Assessment of Ethiopia’s Document Fraud Legal and Operational Framework

The consultant assesses Ethiopia’s laws, institutions and airport procedures for detecting, investigating and prosecuting travel-document fraud, mapping agency roles and coordination gaps and delivering validated, prioritized reforms, operating procedures and capacity measures that strengthen border and criminal-justice systems.

Department: Immigration and Border Governance / Regional Counter Smuggling Programme

• Develop the assessment methodology, stakeholder map and data-collection tools
• Review laws governing document fraud, border control and criminal procedure
• Map agency mandates, capacities and operational relationships
• Assess airport verification, referral, investigation and prosecution practices
• Evaluate inter-agency information sharing and case coordination
• Develop prioritized legal, procedural and institutional recommendations
• Facilitate a validation workshop and document stakeholder feedback
• Deliver inception, component, consolidated and final assessment reports

• Advanced degree in law, criminal justice, criminology, public policy, governance, security studies, border management, migration studies or a related field with seven years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree with ten years
• Experience in legal analysis, criminal justice, migration governance, border management or law enforcement
• Track record in document verification, fraud detection, investigation or prosecution
• Experience working with government, law-enforcement or judicial institutions
• Excellent written and spoken English and fluency in Amharic

• National consultancy with possible travel to federal operational sites
• Technical and financial proposals are evaluated separately
• Consultant must maintain non-occupational medical insurance