Description du poste
SRD Center is seeking a highly qualified Lead Migration Governance Expert / Lead Author for an anticipated international consultancy assignment focused on migration governance, Africa–Europe cooperation, policy dialogue, and preparation of a high-level strategic knowledge product. The assignment will examine the evolution of a major intergovernmental migration dialogue over approximately twenty years, including its institutional development, thematic contributions, achievements, lessons learned, added value, and future strategic relevance. The Lead Expert will be responsible for directing the analytical work, conducting and synthesising desk research, contributing to senior-level stakeholder consultations, and leading the drafting, review and finalisation of a flagship strategic publication. The assignment will address key migration-governance themes including migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, return and reintegration, legal migration and mobility, international protection, diaspora engagement and development, and wider geopolitical, demographic, economic, environmental and policy trends affecting migration cooperation. The position is fully remote and will require close coordination with other senior experts, researchers and institutional stakeholders in Europe and Africa. The Lead Expert / Lead Author will: Lead the overall substantive and analytical work of the assignment. Conduct a strategic analysis of the evolution, achievements, institutional milestones and added value of an intergovernmental migration dialogue. Review and analyse relevant policy documents, ministerial declarations, action plans, programme documents, institutional reports, academic research and other relevant literature. Analyse major developments in migration governance and Africa–Europe migration cooperation. Provide analytical insights across key thematic areas, including: migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; return and reintegration; legal migration and mobility; international protection; diaspora engagement and development. Analyse geopolitical, demographic, economic, environmental and policy trends influencing migration governance. Develop the analytical framework and structure for the strategic publication. Prepare questions and analytical themes for consultations with selected partner countries and senior stakeholders. Lead or co-lead remote inte...