Under its Better Migration Management (BMM) programme which is a regional, multi-year, multi-partner project co-funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), IOM has been supporting the government of South Sudan to develop legal frameworks, strengthening capacity of the government officials and raising awareness on countertrafficking in South Sudan. This has been achieved through collaboration and partnerships with government departments and other key stakeholders such as the civil society and private sector. Under this consultancy, IOM seeks to support the development of the National Referral Mechanism for the Victims of Trafficking, which is a recommendation from the Study on Trafficking in Persons that conducted by government of South Sudan in 2020 with support from IOM.  The development of the guidelines for the National Referral Mechanism to assist victims of trafficking in persons is further echoed by the legal gaps analysis which recommended the continuous need to amend some of the Acts especially the Penal Code to reflect the many aspects of trafficking in persons and the anti-trafficking law which has just been drafted.  The mission of the NRM for Victims of Trafficking is to provide rights-based and victim-centered approaches to the provision of protection services to Victims of Trafficking. The NRM main objective is provide Standard Operation Procedures, Screening Forms, Guidelines for referral and map possible service providers in the States and the National levels. The NRM is a government led mechanism that will provide guidelines to all national, state, Civil Society Organizations entrusted with the role of protection and any other institution which will be coopted by the Government under the auspices of the National Taskforce on Counter Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants.

The Consultant will equip multi-disciplinary teams to deliver strategies that ensure empower trafficking survivors and service providers to toward empowerment and sufficiency. The Consultant will advise on standards and training/material and project partners, including civil society and government actors. This consultancy will involve benchmark visit to Kenya and assessment/mapping of services and contacts at selected hot spot areas of human trafficking and smuggling, including engaging with high- and low-profile stakeholders at the national and sub-national levels

International organization for migration (IOM, Juba, South Sudan, Migration Management Unit (MMU. Under this assignment, the Consultant will directly report to the Program Coordinator MMU with overall supervision by the Chief of Mission.

Category B Consultants: Tangible and measurable outputs of the work assignment

The overarching purpose of the consultancy is to develop the guidelines for the National Referral Mechanism to assist victims of trafficking in persons for the Government of South Sudan. he primary objective of the consultancy is to Draft the Guidelines for National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Trafficking, draft National Referral process, Map the protection service providers by states, draft standard Operation Procedures for, Identification and Referral of Votes, Protection and Assistance, Return, Readmission, and Reintegration of Votes in South Sudan with the support of the relevant stakeholders. The International consultant will provide expertise to conduct training as part of awareness raising on the referral pathways based on the 5 Ps for government, and key stakeholders involve in response to Vote. The rights-based approach as the basis for the provision of services to Votes should fit into the existing legal frameworks to harness collaborate with different institutions, key among which are agencies of government, NGOs and Civil Society Organizations. In addition, the international consultant will work in close collaboration with National Taskforce on Counter Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants, the National Ministry of Interior and the MMU project team. The national task force will review, validate and submit the developed guidelines to the minister of interior for tabling by the Cabinet.

1. Present the Terms of Reference to the National TIP Taskforce and Ministry of Interior for their congruence and agree on workplan and the members of the Technical Working Group for Drafting of NRM.
2. Identify/map the protection service providers for Votes in all states of South Sudan and establish a database for referral of cases.
3. Draft guidelines for the National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Trafficking in South Sudan in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders. The guidelines will, inter alia, include the following:
4. Standard Operation Procedures (SOPs) for the identification, referral, protection and assistance of Votes as well as the re-integration process both at the national and sub-national levels.
5. Mapping of services to VOTs and a database of contacts of respective service providers in the hot spot areas.
6. strategies for tracking, reporting and managing of Votes for support by government and other stakeholders, including screening and case management tools for Votes that are aligned with the draft National Anti-trafficking law.
7. Present the draft guidelines for validation by the National Task Force on Counter Trafficking and onward submission to the Ministry of Interior and other stakeholders for approval into a policy.
8. Develop a training manual on the mechanism for cascading of training to service providers in the hot spot areas. The manual will aim to increase the level of knowledge of all the structures dealing with adults and children who are presumed or potential victims of human trafficking.
9. Conduct a training of trainers (TOT) for selected focal persons of counter trafficking in respective government departments and other service organizations to cascade the training in hot spots among service providers across the States.

Key Deliverables

1. Inception report
2. Mapping of protection services at the hotspots and database of contacts (referral directory).
3. Benchmark visit report with lessons and key recommendations
4. Draft guidelines on assistance for Votes.
5. Training manual for TOT and a training report

Category B Consultant hired to deliver a report on a third-instalment payment basis:

1. First installment: 40% of the total consultancy fee shall be due within fifteen (15) calendar days after signature of this Agreement and upon IOM’s receipt of the Inception Report that articulates the technical and methodological approach to the assignment, workplan (with timelines for each activity) and draft tools for mapping of services for victims of trafficking in South Sudan.
2. Second instalment: 40% of the total consultancy fee shall be due within fifteen (15) calendar days after signature of this Agreement and upon IOM’s receipt of the validated draft guidelines, the database (referral directory), benchmark visit report and a draft training manual.
3. Third Instalment: 20% of the total consultancy fee subject to IOM’s receipt and approval of the final deliverables – final drafts of the guidelines, training manual & TOT report, referral directory and validated tools for reporting and management) and upon National task force’s verification of successful completion of all consultancy activities.