Back Call for Application - Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Risk Assessment Consultant

Project Context and Scope  

The protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), including the prevention of and response to SEA, continues to gain momentum not only within the United Nations (UN) and Interagency Standing Committee (IASC) common systems but also amongst governments, institutional partners, media and the general public.  

Over the past decade, IOM has increasingly been seen as a strong player supporting the prevention and response to SEA and Sexual Harassment within the UN, IASC, and amongst the humanitarian community. While significant progress has been made to prevent and respond to SEA within the Organization such as through the development of innovative PSEA trainings, the development of a misconduct platform to report SEA, and extensive interagency collaboration on PSEA, more needs to be done within country and at the programmatic level and the PSEAH Risk Assessment Consultant will support these efforts. 

IOM Pakistan is implementing a Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Sexual Harassment (SEAH) Risk Assessment across the IOM Pakistan mission, using a specially designed tool – the IARA SEA, as a framework. This initiative is a deliverable of the mission-level PSEAH Action Plan, led by the PSEA Project Coordinator with support from the Chief of Mission of IOM Pakistan. The aim of the IOM Pakistan SEAH risk assessment is to identify risk and adequate mitigation measures based on gaps identified, informing resource allocation and prioritization at the mission level.  

The consultant is expected to use existing IOM SEAH risk assessment tools, primarily the IARA toolkit to compile and analyse existing secondary data sources (e.g. HRP, GBV Risk Audits, Protection Needs Assessments) and plan and collect primary data at the community, IOM staff and with other stakeholders as necessary, which may include focus group discussions (FGDs), Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), and small-scale surveys. A concluding risk register report and validation workshop, analysing the compiled data, and recommendations will be required. 

The consultant must work closely with the PSEAH Unit in country, and across other departments and units at IOM Pakistan as needed to support the implementation of the data collection strategy and to ensure quality assurance. PSEAH staff will be available to support the process and M&E staff in the field will be made available as necessary to support the consultant on primary data collection. 

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing   The consultant will be working with the PSEAH Unit based in Islamabad, Pakistan, and may need to travel (as required) for data collection and training of data collection staff. 

Confidentiality 

All information and data collected during the SEAH Risk Assessment must be treated with the utmost confidentiality and used solely for the purpose of this assessment.

Tasks to be performed under this contract
First deliverable – A review and presentation of the IOM IARA toolkit and methodology/ data collection plan will be delivered to the IOM Pakistan PSEAH Risk Assessment Working Group. (14 days) Deliverable in person or email.  

Second deliverable – Draft secondary data review. Identify and compile secondary data sources and draft the secondary data review.  (14 days) Deliverable by email.

Third deliverable – Training report from training the field-based data collectors / enumerators using adapted and translated primary data collection tools e.g. Kobo (14 days). Deliverable by email.

Fourth deliverable – Draft summary reports from primary data systematization and analysis of FGDs and KIIs of: up to 20 (or as agreed) FGDs/KIIs with community members receiving assistance from IOM, up to 20 (or as agreed) FGDs/KIIs with staff across IOM, including frontline staff, Protection colleagues, PSEAH focal points, HR, program managers (60 days) Deliverable by email. 

Fifth deliverable – draft SEAH risk register and IARA methodology tool on key findings and analysis of SEAH Risks based on primary and secondary data is sent to the PSEA project Coordinator (14 days) Deliverable by email.

Final deliverable – Validation workshop and finalization of the risk register with the IOM Pakistan PSEAH Risk Assessment Working Group (7 days) Deliverable by live in person workshop and over email.   Performance indicators for the evaluation of results   The data collection methodology/ plan is agreed to by the PSEA Project Coordinator and the internal PSEAH Risk Assessment Working Group and all relevant feedback is incorporated. 

The secondary data is reviewed by the PSEA Project Coordinator and Internal SEAH RIsk Assessment Working Group and all relevant feedback is incorporated. 

# of data collectors trained and prepared for data collection using the agreed upon tools. 

# of summary reports completed from primary data collection. 

The draft risk register is completed, and feedback incorporated. 

A Validation Workshop Report is produced from the PSEAH Unit and the draft risk register is updated accordingly. 

​​Master’s degree in law, International Relations, Psychology, Social Sciences, Development Studies and Planning or a related field from an accredited academic institution with five years of relevant professional experience; or, 

​University degree in the above fields with eight years of relevant professional experience.​ 

​​Professional experience in the fields of sexual exploitation and abuse, protection, child protection, gender-based violence, accountability to affected populations (AAP), monitoring and evaluation (M&E), gender mainstreaming and/or humanitarian affairs; 

​Knowledge and understanding of the UN system/ IOM’s institutional approach on PSEAH/AAP and related strategies, policies, rules and regulations; 

​Experience undertaking PSEAH/GBV risk assessments, in coordination with communities, partners, and UN and other key stakeholders;  

​Ability to conduct ethical research and primary data collection methods with at-risk populations. 

​Ability to work with and maintain strict confidentiality. 

​Experience in developing and facilitating trainings;  

​Demonstrated ability to work across a wide variety of sectors/teams on cross-cutting themes;  

​Good report writing and oral communication skills;  

​Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; 

​Experience in the development and roll out of data collection tools; and, 

​Ability to organize work, work independently and prioritize work under pressure, coordinate multiple tasks, maintain attention to detail, and coordination with a variety of stakeholders.

For all applicants, fluency in ​English​ and Urdu is required (oral and written). Other local languages/dialects are desirable. 

The consultant is expected to work remotely and be available to join meetings and workshops in person in Islamabad. Travel may be required to different provinces as needed, to give training and/or monitor data collection.