Position: ACAPS Ukraine Analysis Hub Information/Research Analyst
Reports to: ACAPS Ukraine Analysis Hub Senior Analyst
Supervision of: None
Budget responsibility: None
Duty Station: Ukraine or Poland
Travel: Possible, limited
Duration & contract type: National contract, 100%, asap through end of Oct 2024 (with high likelihood to be extended)
Starting date: ASAP
Salary: NRC Grade 7. In Ukraine, this is 86,600 Ukrainian Hryvnia per month.
Only applications with Cover Letter and CV submitted in English will be considered.
About ACAPS
ACAPS is dedicated to helping humanitarians make better decisions. We want to put evidence at the heart of decision-making. To achieve this, we collaborate with a variety of partners across the humanitarian sector and beyond. We strive to be an evolving platform providing:
- Independent analysis to support evidence-based decision making for humanitarian operations.
- Deployment of experts to support assessments and analysis in crisis.
- Innovative approaches to collect more reliable and timely data and conduct rigorous analysis
- Capacity development of humanitarian actors to carry out better needs assessments and analysis.
Context
The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is complex. It is characterised by intense and protracted conflict in the east, a wide range of interconnected conflict, access, economic, protection, displacement, and socio-political drivers, and further complicated by global political dynamics. The humanitarian community is confronted with challenges related to managing a humanitarian crisis in a large country where the affected population is, in some areas, very difficult to access and, in others, very difficult to target given the limited availability of granular data and urban nature of the displacement. The context and the needs are not homogenous. Conditions differ substantially for people in need and depend on multiple factors, including, location, resources, the support they have access to, age, gender, health conditions, language, and capacity.
To increase the understanding of the different types of needs it is vital to produce an in-depth analysis which makes the best use of available information. A structured approach and analysis of available information to maximise its utility and leverage local information networks to fill knowledge gaps, especially in the hardest-to-reach and most affected areas, are key in the Ukraine crisis.
Ukraine Analysis Hub
ACAPS Ukraine Analysis Hub (UAH) has been monitoring the conflict in Ukraine and producing timely, independent, and high-quality analytical products on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and the region since March 2022. Since its inception, the UAH has delivered a comprehensive set of analytical products, including in-depth analytical reports and datasets.
Ukraine Analysis Hub provides impartial, independent, timely and high-quality analytical products, which strengthen the evidence base for decision making and response programming among humanitarian stakeholders related to the evolving crisis in Ukraine. The project also seeks to bolster analytical capacity and assessment capabilities in Ukraine, through mentoring and technical support to Ukrainian civil society.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities
Data analysis
- Review all assessments, reports and information products on the Ukraine crisis to understand the information landscape and current gaps
- Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of Analysis Hub information management systems and ensure that internal and external needs for information are processed in a structured and efficient manner
- Support the overall informational needs of the Response in Ukraine through the compilation, synthesis and analysis of relevant qualitative and quantitative information
- Contribute to the creation of tools to facilitate the ongoing analysis and sharing of data and information that support evidence-based decision making
Data collection
- Work with hub data collectors to ensure high quality data collection that meets analytical needs
- Work with civil society liaison officer to develop primary data questions to fill information gaps
- Carry out primary data collection where required.
Analytical products
- Contribute to the design and production of analytical products
- Act as product lead as required
- Actively disseminate products, through approved communication channels, presentations and webinars
- Contribute to analysis-related capacity building activities as requested
Any other tasks which are jointly agreed upon may be added to the job description, as per the project needs.
Required skills, knowledge and experience
- Relevant Master’s degree, preferably in humanitarian action, social sciences (anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, psychology, geography, etc.), area studies, international relations, public health, epidemiology or other relevant education.
- Previous experience (at least 2 years) in research, analysis, information management, advocacy, or other relevant experience in the humanitarian sector or related fields (development, international relations, social science, etc).
- Ability to work efficiently under pressure, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail.
- Ability to work autonomously and proactively.
- Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team.
- Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills, and results oriented approach.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative, manage own use of time and self-motivate.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel.
- Familiarity with R, Python, Tableau, PowerBI, or similar software.
- Flexible, including willingness to work overtime.
How to apply
*Only applications with Cover Letter and CV submitted in English will be considered.