National Consultant - Migration Education Module Development
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN-related agency established in 1951, promotes humane and orderly migration. IOM Iraq is implementing a project to strengthen migration governance and informed migration choices by integrating structured migration education modules into universities and vocational institutions. This initiative supports national efforts for safe, orderly, and regular migration, addressing irregular migration risks through education.
Job Purpose
This National Consultant role supports IOM Iraq's project to develop and integrate migration education modules within higher education and vocational training systems. The purpose is to enhance institutional capacity to provide students and youth with balanced, practical, and rights-based knowledge on migration, covering regular pathways, labour mobility, migrant rights, irregular migration risks, and reintegration. The consultant will provide technical support for curriculum development, stakeholder engagement, and capacity building, working closely with Iraqi institutions to ensure the curriculum is contextually relevant and suitable for integration. The assignment aims to strengthen national capacities for migration education and mainstream migration governance into educational frameworks.
Responsibilities
The consultant will be responsible for developing a comprehensive migration education curriculum package. Key tasks include conducting initial consultations with education authorities and institutions, submitting an inception report and curriculum module framework, and developing draft curriculum modules and facilitator guides. These modules will cover migration governance, labour rights, ethical recruitment, regular migration pathways, and referral mechanisms. The consultant will also organize a validation workshop to gather feedback from stakeholders and IOM, revise the curriculum package based on input, and deliver a finalized, implementation-ready curriculum package in English, including manuals, workbooks, and facilitator guides.
Work Experience
A minimum of 7 years of professional experience is required in curriculum design and development, adult learning, vocational training, higher education, migration, or capacity-building programs. Demonstrated experience in developing educational content, engaging with Iraqi institutions, and understanding the local context is crucial. Experience with UN agencies or international organizations is advantageous.
Skills
Curriculum design and development, adult learning principles, vocational training, higher education integration, migration governance knowledge, labour migration expertise, migrant rights understanding, reintegration strategies, stakeholder consultation, needs assessment, report writing, training material development, knowledge of Iraqi context, UN/international organization experience.