Consultant for External Endline Evaluation of the Project “ENHANCING BORDER MANAGEMENT CAPACITY”New

IOM Pakistan seeks an independent consultant to conduct the endline evaluation of its border-management capacity project. The assignment will assess relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability; use mixed methods and triangulated evidence; examine protection and rights issues; and deliver actionable findings and recommendations for IOM, government and donor stakeholders.

• Assess planned outputs and outcomes against the Results Matrix and project monitoring information
• Examine project design, interventions and implementation strategies against government border-management needs and priorities
• Apply a mixed-methods, theory-based, utilization-focused and participatory evaluation approach
• Conduct document review, key informant interviews, case studies, field observations and quantitative analysis
• Triangulate documentary, quantitative, qualitative and observational evidence into findings, conclusions and recommendations
• Produce an inception report, data-collection briefing, draft evaluation report and final evaluation package
• Ensure informed consent, confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and conflict-sensitive evaluation practice

• Advanced university degree, preferably a master’s degree, in governance, development studies, public policy, international relations, migration studies, social sciences, public administration, statistics, economics, law, governance or another relevant field
• At least five years of progressively responsible professional experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, policy analysis or programme assessment
• Experience designing and conducting independent evaluations for UN agencies, international organisations, bilateral donors, government institutions or international NGOs
• Experience using OECD-DAC criteria and UNEG Norms and Standards for evaluations
• No prior involvement in the project’s design or implementation that could compromise actual or perceived independence
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Working knowledge of Urdu for stakeholder consultations and fieldwork

• Expertise in at least two areas including immigration and border governance, migration governance, migrant smuggling and trafficking, integrated border management, institutional capacity development, border control operations, governance or protection-sensitive migration management
• Knowledge of Pakistan’s migration-governance and border-management institutional landscape, including the Ministry of Interior and Narcotics Control and Federal Investigation Agency
• Working knowledge of Pashto
• Knowledge of Dari where engagement with Afghan communities is required

• Mixed-methods evaluation
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Stakeholder interviewing
• Evidence synthesis
• Evaluation report writing

• KoboToolbox
• SPSS
• Stata
• R
• Excel
• NVivo
• Atlas.ti

• IOM covers consultants for occupational accidents and illnesses during the consultancy; consultants must arrange their own non-occupational medical insurance
• Any offer is subject to funding confirmation and appointment requires medical fitness, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements and security clearances