External Consultant (Category B) – Endline Evaluation for Displaced Afghans Regional Programme
International Organization for Migration · Afghanistan · Apply by October 25, 2026
About this role
Position Title: External Consultant (Category B) for the Endline Evaluation of the Project "Support to Displaced Afghans in Pakistan, Iran, Central Asia, and Afghanistan (EU/DG INTPA-funded)" Duty Station: Kabul, Afghanistan Expected Start Date of Deployment: 01 November 2026 Deployment Duration: 5 months Background: The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and its neighboring countries Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Tajikistan – together constitute one of the world’s most complex and protracted displacement contexts. Sustained conflict, economic collapse, climate shocks, and large-scale cross-border return have combined to produce acute and overlapping humanitarian, protection, and reintegration needs that extend well beyond Afghanistan’s borders. Since 2021, the region has absorbed sustained, high-volume returns of undocumented and documented Afghans from Iran and Pakistan, while smaller but significant caseloads of Afghans on the move and at risk of displacement remain present in Tajikistan and the wider Central Asia sub-region. It is this regional character of the crisis – and not Afghanistan alone – that defines the programme under evaluation. IOM’s…