Migration Governance Consultant

The Sustainable Research and Development Center is seeking a Lead Migration Governance Consultant for a remote consultancy role focused on Africa-Europe migration governance.

• Lead the overall substantive and analytical work of the assignment.
• Conduct a strategic analysis of the evolution, achievements, institutional milestones and added value of an intergovernmental migration dialogue.
• Review and analyse relevant policy documents, ministerial declarations, action plans, programme documents, institutional reports, academic research and other relevant literature.
• Analyse major developments in migration governance and Africa–Europe migration cooperation.
• Provide analytical insights across key thematic areas, including:
• migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings;
• return and reintegration;
• legal migration and mobility;
• international protection;
• diaspora engagement and development.
• Analyse geopolitical, demographic, economic, environmental and policy trends influencing migration governance.
• Develop the analytical framework and structure for the strategic publication.
• Prepare questions and analytical themes for consultations with selected partner countries and senior stakeholders.
• Lead or co-lead remote interviews and consultations with national authorities and other relevant stakeholders.
• Analyse and synthesise stakeholder perspectives and integrate them with findings from the desk review.
• Prepare analytical and forward-looking sections of the publication.
• Identify relevant good and promising practices and lessons learned.
• Develop strategic and forward-looking reflections while avoiding overly prescriptive recommendations.
• Ensure consistency and coherence across thematic sections and analytical contributions.
• Coordinate closely with other senior experts, researchers and reviewers.
• Integrate comments received during technical and peer-review processes.
• Review and validate the consolidated publication, ensuring analytical depth, factual accuracy, strategic relevance and clarity.
• Support preparation of key findings and analytical messages for a short presentation, if required.
• Ensure that all outputs meet high standards of professional policy writing and technical documentation.