National Consultant on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

Introduction

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Background

The United Kingdom’s Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) enables foreign nationals to undertake temporary employment in the UK agricultural sector for up to six months within any 12-month period. Since 2024, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the Government of Kazakhstan in strengthening the awareness, preparedness, and informed participation of prospective seasonal workers through a range of information, outreach, and capacity-building activities. To assess the effectiveness, relevance, and impact of project interventions, IOM seeks to engage an external consultant to monitor project implementation within Kazakhstan, assess progress against planned objectives and results, document lessons learned, and provide recommendations to inform future programming.

Objective of the Consultancy

To design, implement, and manage a highly detailed, adaptive Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) framework for the project implemented in Kazakhstan. The consultant will actively participate in and continuously monitor selected field events and capacity-building activities, and produce 2 (two) analytical programmatic reports as well as the final comprehensive report. All processes must strictly adhere to the IOM House Style, IOM Monitoring Policy, IOM monitoring and Evaluation Guidelines, and institutional RBM standards.