International Consultant, Community-Based Planning, Durable Solutions and RRR Integration

About this role

IOM Iraq's Peace, Recovery and Solutions Unit seeks an International Consultant to provide strategic, technical, and facilitation support for integrating its Durable Solutions and Rehabilitation, Reconciliation & Reintegration portfolios. The consultant will develop a unified Community-Based Planning (CBP) methodology, integrated territorial planning frameworks, and standardized monitoring tools over approximately 66 working days. The position is based in Erbil, Iraq and is open to international consultants only.

Responsibilities

• Review and map existing CBP methodologies, RRR and DS objectives, targeting criteria, assessment frameworks, tools, guidelines, referral mechanisms, and reporting systems.
• Facilitate consultations with programme, RRR, CE/CBP and field teams to establish common planning principles, territorial prioritization approaches, and sequencing of assessments.
• Develop a practical integrated CBP–RRR planning model, including key planning steps, decision points, and roles.
• Adapt, consolidate or develop tools to support integration of individual, household, community, and infrastructure interventions within a common territorial planning framework.
• Pilot the integrated CBP–RRR approach in selected locations, including community consultation, mapping, and territorial prioritization.
• Capture feedback, document lessons learned and good practices from the pilot, and revise methodology and tools accordingly.
• Finalize the integrated CBP–RRR methodology and framework/guidance, develop implementation SOPs, and define roles and responsibilities.
• Develop training materials and conduct orientation/training for relevant staff to support consistent application of the approach.
• Facilitate technical workshops, working groups, validation sessions, and bilateral consultations across PRSD and programme units.
• Provide strategic recommendations for institutionalizing the proposed architecture within future programme design, monitoring, reporting, and learning processes.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in International Development, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Development Planning, Peace and Conflict Studies, Humanitarian Affairs, Information Management, or a related field. A Bachelor's degree in one of the above fields combined with an additional 8 years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience

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