The Consultant’s duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

• Conduct an inception meeting with IDLO to discuss the TORs, the scope of the assignment, methodology, expectations and outcomes, and present the assignment strategy.
• Conduct extensive desk and field research on the scope, nature, prevalence, types, actors of cybercrimes in East Africa, as well as existing legal frameworks, institutions and practices in handling cybercrime in East Africa.
• Develop a draft Baseline Survey Report on cybercrime in East Africa.
• Present the draft to a stakeholders’ forum organized by IDLO and consider the feedback from the stakeholders to improve the draft.
• Consider the feedback from the stakeholders’ forum and develop and present a Final Baseline Survey Report on cybercrime in East Africa.

DELIVERABLE

• An Inception Report detailing the approach, milestones and timelines for the assignment.
• Initial Draft of the Final Baseline Survey Report on Cybercrime in East Africa.
• Final Baseline Survey Report on cybercrime in East Africa.

Job Requirements

Education

• A master’s degree in a relevant field from a recognized university.

Work Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in legal research, analysis, and drafting.
• Understanding of the Cybercrime landscape in Africa
• Experience in the fields of Transnational Organized Crime
• Demonstrated experience in undertaking baseline survey and report writing
• At least one publication in a related field of study