Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Consultant – National Expert - Regional Study on Remittances and their Potential Use in Migrant Remittance Receiving Households

Specific Objective of the Consultancy
• To assess the characteristics of remittances flows, usage patterns, transfer mechanisms and attitudes and preferences regarding savings and investment schemes and their impacts and use with remittances sent to migrant households in Rwanda and Kenya.
• To gather detailed information on use of remittances in migrant households receiving remittances as well as the level of interest and willingness of households to participate in savings and investment remittance schemes.
• To determine potential benefits or challenges associated with savings and investment schemes for remittances.
• To map existing frameworks, policies, and practices affecting remittance flows in the 2 targeted countries, identifying gaps and potential areas of opportunity for recommendations.
• Based on the identified practices and lessons learnt, to draw conclusions and prepare recommendations and guidance to inform the process of developing and implementing policies and regulatory frameworks to steer remittance flows toward savings and investment schemes.
• To contribute to evidence based and regional discussions at the Regional Ministerial Forum on Migration around remittance flows and potential areas of engagement and harmonization across the region.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
Under the overall supervison of the Senior Regional Policy and Programme Coordinator and the direct supervision of the Lead Consultant, and in close collaboration with Senior Regional Specialist on Labour Mobility and Social Inclusion, BRMM Regional Program Management Officer, BRMM Country Focal Persons in the selected countries, and HQ LMI focal persons, the consultant will have the responsibility for the following duties:
• Support the lead consultant in drafting the inception report of the study including research questions, guiding questions for desk review, stakeholder interviews, and the planning of the overall activities of the mapping.
• Support the lead consultant in conducting, desk review, data collection and collation and analysis of data collected in the countries where remittances are received -in this case Kenya and Rwanda
• Support the lead consultant in development of both country specific report and one regional report on POLICIES AND PRACTICES AROUND REMITTANCES & MIGRANT ATTITUDES TOWARD SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT SCHEMES AND THEIR POTENTIAL USE IN MIGRANT REMITTANCE RECEIVING HOUSEHOLDS IN RWANDA AND KENYA report.
• Support the lead consultant in developing preliminary recommendation/guidance per country and for the region to enhance knowledge around harnessing remittances for development of the targeted countries and avenues for increased government involvement in regulating remittances and identifying policies and practices for use.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
• Master’s degree in economics, or social sciences, international relations, or migration studies.
• Experience in conducting research related to remittances
• Experience in data collection, desk review and data analysis
• Excellent knowledge of labour migration issues in EHOA, Africa and at least 5-year experience in conducting research and mapping on migration related issues.
• Knowledge of contemporary developments in remittances and migration, and global processes such as GCM and SDGs.
• Experience conducting mapping using mixed approach.
• Good knowledge of the UN system and organizational mandates as well as interagency cooperation platforms on migration.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested candidates should submit CV and a cover letter indicating the Vacancy Number (CFA No.), Position Title and the Duty Station with three professional referees and their contacts (both email and telephone) to: ronairobihrdrec@iom.int 

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