Senior Assessment Officer At IMPACT Initiatives

We are currently looking for a Senior Assessment Officer in Sudan.

Position: Senior Assessment Officer

Contract duration: 12 months

Starting Date: ASAP

Location: Sudan (initially based in Nairobi, Kenya)

The Senior Assessment Officer will be responsible for overseeing some of the above mentioned programmatic activities (assessment and analysis coordination, rapid assessments in Sudan and in neighboring countries, cash and market research). The position will fall under the supervision of the IMPACT Country Coordinator, the Senior Research Manager, and IMPACT HQ in Geneva. The candidate should be comfortable representing IMPACT with external humanitarian partners.

This position requires an analytical mind, creativity, independence, and an interest in the Sudan context. Candidates should have strong writing and presentation skills and be able to clearly think through and articulate implications of research findings. The position will regularly require looking at data, pulling out relevant findings, writing engaging briefs and factsheets, presenting findings to external audiences with varying amounts of data literacy, and guiding colleagues in how to think more analytically about their own research.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Assessment Officer’s responsibilities include:

1. Program Cycle Management
   • Understanding key research cycles and how this research contributes to strategic response objectives.
   • Managing relevant research cycle, including oversight of research design, data collection, or analysis.
2. Contextual Understanding
   • Keeping up to date with the shifting Sudan context.
3. Technical Skills
   • Overseeing development and implementation of analytical workstreams, including use of existing REACH data in thematic briefs, reports, presentations, etc.
   • Lead on research cycle including research design, tool development, and data collection.
4. Staff Management and Training
   • Promotes capacity building across the IMPACT Sudan mission related to deepening analytical capacities using existing research (capacity building portfolio will depend on level of experience).
5. Internal Coordination
   • Interacts autonomously with HQ departments and may serve as mission focal point for particular themes or technical areas;
   • Coordinates with research units and teams to move forward or improve aspects of the research cycle;
   • Supports senior management with designing, planning, and implementing strategies, and objectives.
6. External Coordination
   • Leads on external engagement related to analytical research findings as necessary.

The Senior Assessment Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. He/she will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

REQUIREMENTS

• Excellent academic qualifications, including a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. international studies, development, humanitarian response, data science, political science, etc.);
• 3-4 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as assessments, monitoring and evaluation, research design and analysis, etc.;
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative research data analysis experience required;
• Excellent verbal and written communication and drafting skills for effective reporting required;
• Excellent ability to operate Microsoft Word and Excel required;
• Prior knowledge of the region required;
• Fluency in English required, spoken and written;
• Ability to operate Adobe suite an asset;
• Experience with quantitative analysis programs (R, SPSS, Stata, Python) an asset;
• Experience with qualitative analysis programs such as NVivo as asset;
• Prior experience with humanitarian coordination forums an asset;
• Prior experience in Sudan is an asset;
• Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment and willingness to travel.