Data Analyst Consultant

Job Description

Project Context and Scope

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one of the most dynamic migration corridors globally, serving as a point of origin, transit, and destination for millions of migrants. Despite the significance of migration in the region, challenges persist in the availability, quality, comparability, and use of migration data. This assessment, proposed by IOM MENA through its Regional Data Hub (RDH), aims to strengthen national and regional migration data systems by identifying gaps, assessing capacities, and informing a roadmap for improved data availability, harmonization, and use. The assessment will adopt a mixed-methods approach combining desk reviews, key informant interviews, surveys, and stakeholder consultations and will be conducted in coordination with IOM Country Offices, national statistical offices, and relevant ministries. Thematic areas include labor migration, forced displacement, diaspora, remittances, return migration, border management, human trafficking and smuggling, and migrant protection. The assessment will result in country-level data profiles, a regional synthesis report, a migration data roadmap, and policy briefs to support evidence-based policymaking and regional cooperation.

Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing

Regional Data Hub (RDH), IOM MENA Regional Office, Project: (CCMD, RMGP), Strategic alignment: IOM Strategic Vision 2019–2023, Migration Data Strategy 2020–2025, and MENA Regional Strategy.