FWC LOT 7 Nigeria: Formulation of the 10th EDF Migration Project

Job Description

As part of the FWC Lot 7 an assignment for Nigeria is announced: Global objective: The overall objective of this assignment is to support the Government of Nigeria (GON) in the formulation of the 10th EDF Migration project. Specific objective(s): The specific objective of this assignment is to produce a complete set of project formulation documents for the EC intervention within the scope of the 10th EDF National Indicative Programme for Nigeria. SPAN is looking for one Senior expert and one Junior expert for this assignment: SENIOR: Team Leader and expert in regular/irregular migration (Senior): 35 working days •Masters Degree in social sciences, humanities or related field, or at least 15 years equivalent professional experience in the relevant sector where the expert has no such academic qualification •Minimum 10 years of professional experience; •Experience in leading missions for project identification/formulation; •Knowledge and experience with EDF programming procedures; •Sound knowledge and experience in labour/regular and irregular migration issues (trafficking, smuggling) with specific expertise in designing technical assistance, capacity development and training migration programs; •Knowledge and experience of labour migration, circular migration and its development dimension (diaspora, remittances, and brain gain) will be an asset; •Knowledge and experience and data management on migration will be an asset; •Expertise in problem analysis, stakeholders’ analysis and preparation of Logframes; •Understanding of governance issues in Nigeria will be an asset; •Full working knowledge of English, as well as excellent report writing and communication skills. Minimum required skills •Knowledge and experience with EDF programming procedures; •Sound knowledge and experience in labour/regular and irregular migration issues (trafficking, smuggling) with specific expertise in designing technical assistance, capacity development and training migration programs; JUNIOR: Expert in institutional capacity and cross-cutting issues (Junior): 35 working days •Masters Degree in social sciences, humanities or related field •Minimum 3 years of professional experience; •Experience in project/program design in development projects •Expertise in problem analysis, stakeholders’ analysis and preparation of Logframes, •Sound knowledge and experience in preparation of institutional capacity assessments and preparation of ToRs for management/operational project structures. •Sound knowledge and experience in preparing cross-cutting analysis (gender, human rights and youth) and design of measures to integrate cross-cutting issues into projects formulation documents. •Experience in EC programme design and EDF procedures will be an asset •Experience in designing migration projects will be an asset •Working experience in Nigeria and understanding of Nigeria’s government environment will be an asset •Full working knowledge of English, as well as excellent report writing and communication skills Minimum required skills: •Sound knowledge and experience in preparation of institutional capacity assessments and preparation of ToRs for management/operational project structures. •Sound knowledge and experience in preparing cross-cutting analysis (gender, human rights and youth) and design of measures to integrate cross-cutting issues into projects formulation documents. Starting period: 1st March 2010 - Foreseen finishing period or duration: 23rd April 2010 Planning It is envisaged that the tasks of the consultants will be covered through a period of 35 working days for each expert. 30 working days will be needed in Nigeria, while the remaining will be in their home base. For further information and / or the TOR please contact Mrs. Janneke den Hertog at Please note that we expect to receive many resumes. We will only contact those candidates whose resumes we have selected.