About this role
Nature of the consultancy: Consultant (conflict and fragility analysis, and report development)
Project Context and Scope: The Highlands Region of Papua New Guinea continues to face interlinked challenges including recurring communal violence and political tensions, dispute over land and resources, and the growing impact of climate-related shocks and natural hazards. These issues have weakened social cohesion, displaced families, and strained the relationship between communities and government institutions.
Under the United Nations Highlands Joint Programme Phase 2 (HJP2), IOM and the UN Agencies collaborate to strengthen conflict prevention, community stabilization, build resilience to climate shocks, and natural hazards risks, and improve data and knowledge management for informed decision-making. IOM’s intervention will contribute on the data management and knowledge sharing, development of conflict and fragility analysis, facilitating inclusive dialogue, and strengthening local capacities to sustain peace and stability in the Highlands Regions.
To support this, IOM seeks a Stabilization, Conflict, and Fragility Analyst to lead ongoing analysis of social, political, climate-related, and security dynamics across the Highlands region of PNG, with a specific programmatic focus on Enga, Hela, Southern Highlands, and Western Highlands Provinces. The role will ensure evidence-based insights guide programme design and adaptation and will contribute to establishing the Highlands Peace Institute as a regional platform for research, dialogue, and knowledge generation.
Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant contributes: Emergency and Disaster Management Unit
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About IOM
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.
What you'll do
- Lead ongoing analysis of social, political, climate-related, and security dynamics across the Highlands region of PNG. Ensure evidence-based insights guide programme design and contribute to establishing the Highlands Peace Institute.
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