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The BRMM Remittances Phase III Project, financed by the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and implemented by IOM, builds on previous phases of IOM’s remittance programming and adopts a whole-of-corridor approach, linking interventions in countries of origin and destination. The project seeks to strengthen migrant and household financial capabilities, improve access to safe and affordable remittance channels, generate evidence to inform programming and policy, and leverage diaspora financing for productive community investments.
In Qatar, the project will focus on three complementary areas: remittance corridor research, mapping and knowledge products; digital financial literacy for Kenyan and Somali migrant workers; and diaspora outreach for clean investment. The consultant will design and conduct the evidence collection component through focus group discussion (FGDs) with the targeted migrant communities, analyze and prepare its findings, and subsequently design and facilitate the digital financial literacy training sessions for migrant workers. This integrated role will help ensure continuity between evidence generation and capacity building, with findings from the research directly informing the content, examples and areas of emphasis used in the workshop.
Project name: BRMM Remittance Phase III Project.
PRIMA project code GB10P0650/TK0122
The consultant will work under the IOM Country Office in Doha, Qatar.
Develop and submit the survey questionnaire for IOM review and approval before data collection.
By 10 Dec 2026
Submit a report summarizing the focus group discussions, key findings, identified needs, challenges, and recommendations to inform the training design.
By 31 Dec 2026
Conduct two tailored training sessions for 40 Kenyan and 40 Somali migrant workers, respectively.
By 20 Jan 2027
Submit a report documenting the training sessions, including attendance, topics covered, outcomes, participant feedback, and relevant supporting documentation.
By 25 Jan 2027
For this consultancy, Fluency in English (both oral and written) is required.
Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.
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PLEASE NOTE, engagement under this consultancy does not establish an employer-employee relationship between the consultant and IOM. It is the sole responsibility of the consultant to ensure their legal eligibility to undertake paid consultancy work in Qatar and to obtain and maintain any permits, authorizations, approvals, or other documentation required by the competent authorities.
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Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration is the leading intergovernmental organization in the field of migration and is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society.
IOM works with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the growing operational challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration issues, encourage social and economic development through migration and uphold the well-being and human rights of migrants.
More people are on the move today than at any other time in recorded history: 1 billion people – comprising a seventh of humanity. A variety of elements – not least the information and communications revolutions – contribute to the movement of people on such a large scale. The forces driving migration as a priority issue are: climate change, natural and manmade catastrophes, conflict, the demographic trends of an ageing industrialized population, an exponentially expanding jobless youth population in the developing world and widening North–South social and economic disparities.
