Job Summary

In the framework of the project, the baseline assessment of the local government capacities on migration and diaspora governance, and inter-institutional cooperation, will be built upon to define the legal and institutional framework and capacities to promote employment opportunities for internal migrants, the reintegration of returned migrants, and the facilitation of diaspora investments in Albania. More specifically the baseline assessment will serve the following purposes under specific themes such as: Legal and institutional framework, inter-institutional cooperation; Internal Migration – Inter-municipal Pacts for Employment (IMPEs); Capacity building needs; Stakeholder analysis and mapping of public authorities at a central and local level and Diaspora and Migration Structures (DMS) services and pilot municipalities.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Evaluate the baseline assessment conducted on promoting employment for internal migrants, reintegrating returned migrants, and encouraging diaspora investments, at municipal level and inter-institutional cooperation between the local and central level institutions. Through this evaluation, identify the gaps and needs to propose the most feasible approaches to achieve the above project objectives.
• Take stock of the current legal and institutional frame on promoting employment for internal migrants, reintegrating returned migrants, and encouraging diaspora investments, identifying each actor’s roles and responsibilities, resources and capacities, and main gaps, to inform the design of the new legal and institutional frameworks for regular emigration and to provide suggestions for reviewing the current legislation related to migration and labour migration governance.
• Provide suggestions for a coordination mechanism at both horizontal and vertical level, taking into consideration the existing mechanisms, adding more responsibilities and actors and/or proposing new ones.
• Explore the cooperation opportunities, mechanisms and best practices between Albanian municipalities and fields of cooperation; between municipalities, business community representatives, local communities, and other stakeholders to facilitate internal migration for employment opportunities.
• Identify mechanisms and any existing forum like the Inter-municipal Pacts for Employment (IMPEs) between Albanian Municipalities and other actors. Additionally, identify municipalities in need of increased labour force and the skills needed to match labour market gaps as well as the municipalities with high level of unemployment and the skills available. Propose the IMPE between the municipality whose unemployment’ skills match the labour market needs of the other municipality.
• Explore municipalities willingness to enter into the Inter-municipal Pacts for Employment (IMPEs) relationships with other Municipalities and other relevant actors as well as cooperation mechanisms and tools in operational level.

Qualification, Skill And Experience

Level of Education:Postgraduate Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:60