Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Senior Expert and Risk Assessment Team Leader

About the role

SHELADIA Associates, a multi-disciplinary international consulting firm, is seeking an experienced professional for a proposed team on an MCC-funded roads assignment in Zambia. The consultancy covers feasibility studies, outline designs, environmental and social impact assessment, and Employer's Engineer services for improvements to the T5 and D274/R185a Roads under Zambia Compact II. The TIP Senior Expert and Risk Assessment Team Leader leads the project-specific Trafficking in Persons risk assessment and coordinates mitigation recommendations. This is a proposal-stage opportunity, subject to contract award and client approval, and involves fieldwork and stakeholder engagement in Zambia.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the assessment workplan, literature review, research methodology and data collection instruments.
• Coordinate qualitative research, stakeholder interviews and community consultations.
• Establish informed consent, confidentiality and safety procedures for researchers and participants.
• Analyse project-related TIP risks and prepare the assessment report and presentation.
• Develop recommendations for integration into environmental and social management documents.
• Lead preparation of a TIP Risk Management Plan if the project is classified as high risk.
• Coordinate with the environmental and social team, the client and relevant stakeholders.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in social science or another relevant discipline.
• At least 10 years of post-qualification experience in human rights and law, social and political analysis, and/or community development.
• At least 5 years of experience addressing or monitoring Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP).
• At least 5 years of applied experience in qualitative data collection, human subjects research and community consultations.
• At least three analytical report writing samples, including two analysing primary data collected by the candidate.
• Experience with TIP risk assessment in Zambia, particularly Northwestern and/or Copperbelt Province, is preferred.