Individual Consultant at IOM – September 2026

Consultancy Opportunity

Organization: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Position: Individual Consultant – Market Assessment
Location: Kigoma Region, Tanzania
Project: Regional Responses to Climate Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa (RE2CLID)
Duration: 6 Months
Department/Unit: Programme Coordination Unit
Application Type: Consultancy
Application Deadline: Not stated in the provided vacancy text

About IOM

Established in 1951, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a Related Organization of the United Nations and the leading UN agency in the field of migration.

IOM works with governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental partners to promote humane and orderly migration. Its work includes saving lives and protecting people on the move, addressing displacement, supporting solutions, and facilitating pathways for regular migration.

IOM is committed to providing a respectful, inclusive, and supportive workplace and encourages applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Project Context

Since 2004, IOM has implemented humanitarian and development programmes across Tanzania, including work related to migration, climate resilience, displacement, and community stabilization.

Under the Regional Responses to Climate Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa (RE2CLID) project, IOM is working in Kigoma Region to support:

• Climate resilience
• Sustainable natural resource management
• Livelihood development
• Displacement-affected communities
• Host communities

The project is funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with Enabel.

IOM seeks an Individual Consultant to conduct a comprehensive market assessment to identify viable green livelihood opportunities, assess market demand and skills needs, and provide practical recommendations to guide livelihood programming in Kigoma Region.

Organizational Unit

Programme Coordination Unit

The Consultant will work under the overall supervision of the Programme Coordinator and in close coordination with the RE2CLID Project Officer.

The Consultant will work with:

• IOM staff
• Government authorities
• Private-sector actors
• Financial service providers
• Training institutions
• Development partners
• Community stakeholders
• Other relevant actors

Objective of the Consultancy

The objective is to conduct a comprehensive market assessment in the target districts of Kigoma Region to identify and prioritize viable, climate-resilient, and market-driven livelihood and employment opportunities for displacement-affected and host communities.

The assessment should also identify opportunities contributing to:

• Climate resilience
• Disaster-risk reduction
• Social cohesion
• Durable solutions
• Economic inclusion

The findings will inform the design and implementation of livelihood interventions under the RE2CLID project, including:

• Labour-force readiness
• Skills development
• Entrepreneurship support
• Private-sector engagement
• Access to finance
• Waste-to-wealth initiatives

Scope of Work

The Consultant will:

Green Livelihood and Employment Opportunities

• Assess and prioritize viable green livelihood and employment opportunities in target districts of Kigoma Region.
• Focus on sectors including:
  • Renewable energy
  • Climate-smart agriculture
  • Nature-based agriculture
  • Eco-friendly businesses
  • Waste management
  • Recycling
  • Circular economy opportunities
• Identify market demand, business viability, employment potential, entry barriers, climate resilience benefits, and district-specific opportunities for:
  • Youth
  • Women
  • Displacement-affected populations
  • Host communities

Private-Sector and Financial Engagement

• Assess opportunities to engage private-sector actors, financial service providers, cooperatives, and business development actors.
• Identify opportunities for:
  • Market linkages
  • Access to finance
  • Enterprise development
  • Green business incubation
  • Mentorship
  • Technology transfer
• Map financial and business support mechanisms, including:
  • Microfinance institutions
  • Savings groups
  • Youth financing programmes
  • Government programmes
  • Potential private investors

Skills and Training Needs

• Assess the skills, training, and mentorship needs of target groups.
• Identify:
  • Existing capacities
  • Skills gaps
  • Preferred enterprise models
  • Opportunities for inclusive participation

Waste-to-Wealth Opportunities

• Assess the technical, commercial, and organizational feasibility of waste management and waste-to-wealth opportunities.
• Examine opportunities involving:
  • Plastic waste
  • Textile waste
  • Organic waste
• Assess opportunities for transforming waste into marketable products.
• Provide recommendations for establishing and sustaining planned recycling centres.

Stakeholder and Institution Mapping

Map:

• Vocational training institutions
• Business incubation actors
• Technical service providers
• Government authorities
• Private-sector actors
• Cooperatives
• Community-based organizations
• Humanitarian and development partners
• Potential implementing partners

Market Systems Approach

Apply a market systems approach incorporating:

• Livelihood profiling
• Labour-market analysis
• Value-chain assessment
• Market-demand analysis
• Stakeholder consultations
• Gender considerations
• Protection considerations
• Social inclusion considerations

The Consultant will develop evidence-based recommendations and operational guidance covering training programmes, incubation hubs, access-to-finance mechanisms, capital support initiatives, and waste-to-wealth interventions.

Methodology

The Consultant will use a participatory and evidence-based market systems approach combining primary and secondary data collection and analysis.

The methodology should include:

• Market demand and supply analysis
• Customer analysis
• Competitor assessment
• Labour-market analysis
• Workforce-readiness assessment
• Value-chain analysis
• Pricing analysis
• Market-access assessment
• Financial viability analysis
• Environmental sustainability analysis
• Stakeholder capacity analysis
• Market systems analysis
• Identification of market constraints and opportunities

The assessment should involve:

• Review of existing documents and project materials
• Key informant interviews
• Focus group discussions
• Enterprise surveys
• Market observations
• Consultations with private-sector actors
• Consultations with financial institutions
• Consultations with vocational training providers
• Consultations with government authorities
• Consultations with community representatives

Findings should be triangulated with clearly stated assumptions and limitations.

Particular attention should be given to vulnerability, protection, gender, and social inclusion to ensure proposed livelihood interventions are accessible and relevant to displacement-affected and host communities.

Deliverables and Timeline

No.	Deliverable	Timeline	Payment
1	Inception Report – Methodology, detailed workplan, assessment framework, sampling strategy, data collection tools, stakeholder engagement plan, quality assurance measures, and livelihood prioritization criteria.	Within 10 working days of contract commencement	—
2	Desk Review and Preliminary Stakeholder Mapping Report – Review of project documents and secondary data, plus preliminary stakeholder mapping.	End of Month 1	20% upon approval of Deliverables 1 & 2
3	Completion of Field Data Collection and Preliminary Findings – Field consultations, interviews, FGDs, enterprise surveys, market observations, livelihood profiling, labour-market analysis, value-chain assessment, skills needs analysis, cleaned datasets, consultation records, and preliminary findings presentation.	End of Month 3	—
4	Draft Market Assessment Report – Executive summary, district-specific findings, prioritized green livelihood opportunities, market-demand and business-viability analysis, skills gaps, private-sector and financial-service opportunities, waste-to-wealth feasibility, stakeholder mapping, inclusion considerations, and operational recommendations.	End of Month 4	40% upon approval of Deliverables 3 & 4
5	Validation Workshop and Revised Report – Presentation of findings, stakeholder validation workshop, documentation of feedback, and revised report.	Month 5	—
6	Final Market Assessment Report and Supporting Materials – Final report, prioritized livelihood opportunity matrix, stakeholder directory, datasets, assessment tools, presentation slides, implementation roadmap, market-system maps, value-chain maps, opportunity ranking matrix, skills-gap matrix, investment-readiness matrix, climate-resilience scoring matrix, and other supporting materials.	End of Month 6	40% upon approval of Deliverables 5 & 6

Assignment Duration

The consultancy is expected to be completed within six months from the date of contract commencement.

The Consultant will work according to the approved inception report and workplan. Any changes to the agreed timeline must be discussed with and approved by IOM in writing.

Payment Schedule

Payments will be made in three instalments:

1. 20% – Upon submission and approval of the Inception Report and Desk Review and Preliminary Stakeholder Mapping Report.
2. 40% – Upon completion of field data collection and approval of the Draft Market Assessment Report.
3. 40% – Upon completion of the validation workshop and approval of the Final Market Assessment Report and supporting materials.

Expected Outputs

The assessment is expected to deliver:

• Prioritization of viable green livelihood and employment opportunities in target districts of Kigoma Region.
• District-specific findings and recommendations for displacement-affected and host communities.
• Analysis of market demand, business viability, employment potential, climate resilience benefits, and entry barriers.
• Analysis of finance and investment opportunities for youth, women, vulnerable groups, and green livelihood enterprises.
• Skills-gap analysis and recommendations for training, mentorship, and enterprise development.
• Assessment and recommendations on waste management and waste-to-wealth opportunities.
• Guidance on establishing and sustaining planned recycling centres.
• Mapping of vocational training institutions, business incubation actors, technical service providers, financial service providers, and other relevant organizations.
• Stakeholder mapping and identification of potential implementation partners.
• Recommendations for private-sector engagement, market linkages, business development support, and access to finance.
• Beneficiary-targeting considerations promoting inclusion, protection, gender responsiveness, and equitable access to livelihood opportunities.
• Identification of livelihood opportunities linked to RE2CLID-supported infrastructure in Kigoma, including market sheds and other relevant facilities.
• Short-, medium-, and long-term operational recommendations for implementing livelihood activities.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Education

Applicants should have either:

• An Advanced University Degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in:
  • Economics
  • Development Studies
  • Business Administration
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Environmental Management
  • Natural Resource Management
  • Labour Economics
  • Project Management
  • Or a related field

OR

• A first-level university degree in one of the above fields combined with additional relevant professional experience.

Professional Experience

Applicants should have:

• At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in:
  • Market assessments
  • Labour-market analysis
  • Value-chain development
  • Livelihoods programming
  • Private-sector development
  • Enterprise development
  • Related areas
• Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive market assessments using qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Experience in market systems development (MSD), Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMA), Participatory Market Chain Approach (PMCA), Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P), value-chain, labour-market, or green-economy assessments.
• Experience in humanitarian, resilience, or displacement contexts.
• Experience identifying climate-resilient and market-driven livelihood opportunities, including:
  • Green businesses
  • Climate-smart agriculture
  • Renewable energy
  • Waste management
  • Recycling
  • Circular economy initiatives
• Experience in market-demand analysis, business-viability assessment, employment-potential analysis, value-chain assessment, and identifying barriers to market entry.
• Experience assessing skills gaps, vocational training needs, mentorship requirements, and enterprise-development opportunities for vulnerable populations.
• Experience working with:
  • Private-sector actors
  • Financial service providers
  • Cooperatives
  • Vocational training institutions
  • Business incubation actors
  • Government authorities
  • Development partners
• Experience mapping financial and business-support mechanisms such as microfinance institutions, savings groups, government financing programmes, and private investment opportunities.
• Experience assessing waste management or waste-to-wealth initiatives is highly desirable.
• Experience applying gender, protection, disability inclusion, and social inclusion considerations.
• Experience working with displacement-affected populations, host communities, youth, and women is highly desirable.
• Experience working in Tanzania, particularly Kigoma Region, or in a comparable humanitarian and development context is an advantage.
• Previous experience with IOM, UN agencies, international organizations, or donor-funded programmes is desirable.

Skills

• Strong knowledge of market systems development.
• Strong livelihood analysis and labour-market assessment skills.
• Strong value-chain analysis and private-sector engagement skills.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative research capabilities.
• Strong data analysis and report-writing skills.
• Ability to design and use:
  • Key informant interview guides
  • Focus group discussion guides
  • Household questionnaires
  • Enterprise questionnaires
  • Market observation tools
• Ability to assess and prioritize livelihood opportunities using criteria such as:
  • Market demand
  • Profitability
  • Employment potential
  • Climate resilience
  • Inclusiveness
  • Scalability
  • Sustainability
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, consultation, and coordination skills.
• Ability to translate research findings into practical and evidence-based operational recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Ability to deliver high-quality outputs within agreed timelines.
• Proficiency in standard computer applications and relevant quantitative or qualitative data-analysis tools.

Languages

English and Swahili are required, both written and spoken.

Competencies

Values

IOM expects staff and consultants to demonstrate:

• Inclusion and respect for diversity – Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences.
• Integrity and transparency – Maintaining high ethical standards and acting consistently with organizational principles and standards.
• Professionalism – Working in a composed, competent, and committed manner while exercising sound judgment.
• Courage – Demonstrating willingness to take a stand on important issues.
• Empathy – Showing compassion and ensuring people feel safe, respected, and fairly treated.

Core Competencies

• Teamwork: Promotes effective collaboration within and across units.
• Delivering Results: Produces quality results in a timely and service-oriented manner.
• Managing and Sharing Knowledge: Continuously learns, shares knowledge, and innovates.
• Accountability: Takes ownership of organizational priorities and responsibilities.
• Communication: Promotes clear and open communication and explains complex matters effectively.

Important Notes

• IOM covers consultants against occupational accidents and illnesses under its Compensation Plan (CP) for the duration of the consultancy.
• IOM does not provide evacuation or medical insurance for non-occupational accidents and illnesses.
• Consultants are responsible for obtaining their own medical insurance for non-occupational accidents or illnesses and must provide written proof of coverage before commencing work.
• Any offer is subject to funding confirmation.
• Appointment is subject to medical fitness certification, accreditation, residency or visa requirements where applicable, and security clearances.
• IOM has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and IOM.
• IOM does not charge any fee at any stage of its recruitment process.
• IOM does not request applicants’ bank-account information.
• Only duly completed applications submitted through the IOM e-Recruitment system will be accepted.
• Late applications will not be accepted.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their application through the IOM e-Recruitment system.

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