International Consultant: Baseline Assessment on Ethical Recruitment and Employment Practices of Immigrants in Georgia

**Introduction**

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**Duty Station of the Consultancy:** Remote, with travel to Georgia for stakeholder meetings

**Duration of Consultancy:** 20 working days (over a 3-month period)

**Nature of the consultancy:** Conduct a comprehensive baseline assessment on ethical recruitment and employment practices of immigrants in Georgia

**Project Context and Scope**

The project *“Building Resilient Futures for Migration-Prone Populations in Georgia (REforM)”* is a comprehensive response to the complex migration challenges currently faced by Georgia. These challenges include protracted internal displacement, climate-induced migration, significant youth emigration, skill mismatches, human trafficking risks (including those linked to surrogacy), and vulnerabilities among returnees, IDPs, eco-migrants and immigrants. Recent data highlights dramatic increases in youth emigration, persistent high unemployment among young people (especially women), and the growing impact of climate change on rural livelihoods. These factors underscore the urgent need for targeted, multi-dimensional interventions that prioritize the needs of youth and women, who are disproportionately affected by migration pressures and related vulnerabilities.

The core objective of the project is to enhance migration governance in Georgia by leveraging private sector partnerships and innovative, migration-focused solutions. This includes upholding ethical recruitment and migrant protection, and supporting climate-resilient, sustainable livelihoods for all groups on the move.

A central pillar of the project is promotion of ethical recruitment practices and fair employment opportunities for immigrants in Georgia. The project will work with recruitment agencies, employers, human resources professionals, and other private sector stakeholders to develop and promote ethical recruitment standards, strengthen responsible recruitment practices, and improve awareness among immigrants regarding their recruitment rights and available remedies. As part of its activities, the Project will develop practical guidance and information resources for immigrants and organize targeted capacity-building workshops for recruitment agencies, HR departments, employers, and other relevant stakeholders.

To ensure that project interventions are evidence-based and responsive to existing needs and gaps, a baseline assessment will be conducted at the outset. The assessment will establish the current state of recruitment practices affecting immigrants in Georgia, identify challenges and good practices related to ethical recruitment, assess existing regulatory and institutional frameworks, and examine immigrants' access to information regarding recruitment rights and available remedies.

The assessment will establish the current state of recruitment and employment practices affecting immigrants in Georgia, identify challenges, vulnerabilities and good practices related to ethical recruitment and decent work, assess existing regulatory and institutional frameworks, examine immigrants’ access to information regarding recruitment rights and available remedies, and identify opportunities for strengthening labor market integration and migrant protection.

The findings of the assessment will serve as the foundation for the development of ethical recruitment standards, guidance materials, awareness-raising initiatives, and stakeholder engagement activities under the Project.

IOM Georgia is seeking to hire an international consultant to conduct a comprehensive baseline assessment on ethical recruitment and employment of immigrants in Georgia.

**Roles and Responsibilities:**

Under the overall supervision of the REforM project manager and the direct supervision of the project coordinator the consultant will lead the baseline assessment on the ethical recruitment is Georgia and will undertake the following tasks:

- Lead and coordinate the overall implement