Job Description

Company Description

SHELADIA Associates is a multi-disciplinary international professional consulting firm with demonstrated experience in the successful management and implementation of development projects worldwide. SHELADIA believes practicality and sustainability in development projects require flexible resource management, active participation of all stakeholders, and a shared goal of strengthening institutions and operational systems to optimize available resources.

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Job Description

Sheladia Associates, Inc. is seeking experienced professionals to join its proposed team for an MCC-funded roads assignment in Zambia. The consultancy covers feasibility studies, outline designs, environmental and social impact assessment, and Employer’s Engineer services for improvements to the T5 and D274/R185a Roads under Zambia Compact II.

Job Description

The TIP Senior Expert and Risk Assessment Team Leader will lead the project-specific Trafficking in Persons risk assessment and coordinate the development of mitigation recommendations.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the assessment workplan, literature review, research methodology, and data collection instruments.
• Coordinate qualitative research, stakeholder interviews, and community consultations.
• Establish appropriate informed consent, confidentiality, and researcher and participant safety procedures.
• Analyze project-related TIP risks and prepare the assessment report and presentation.
• Develop recommendations for integration into environmental and social management documents.
• Lead preparation of a TIP Risk Management Plan if the project is classified as high risk.
• Coordinate with the environmental and social team, Client, and relevant stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social science or another relevant discipline.
• At least 10 years of post-qualification experience in human rights and law, social and political analysis, and/or community development.
• At least 5 years of experience addressing or monitoring Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP).
• At least 5 years of applied experience in qualitative data collection, human subjects research, and community consultations.
• At least three analytical report writing samples, including two that analyze primary data collected by the candidate.

This is a proposal-stage opportunity, subject to contract award and Client approval. The role will require fieldwork and stakeholder engagement in Zambia. Experience with TIP risk assessment in Zambia, particularly Northwestern and/or Copperbelt Province, is preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Sheladia Associates, Inc. does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters/recruitment agencies or utilize any such agency or firm for our recruitment/talent acquisition needs. Please do not solicit candidates or services to any Sheladia employees.