Duration: 9 months renewable
Start date: July 1, 2023
Country: West Africa/Sahel
WHAT DO WE DO …
Humanitarian actors intervene in increasingly complex crises with multifactorial causes (conflicts, climatic events, epidemics, failing states) whose dynamics and fluidity constitute a challenge to the effectiveness of the response. Added to this challenge are often degraded security conditions associated with high protection risks for humanitarian personnel and particularly severe access constraints.
In hard-to-reach areas, conventional approaches to needs assessment conditioned by physical access of teams to the field are defeated. Due to a lack of reliable information and usable humanitarian analysis on these difficult-to-access localities, the humanitarian response remains insufficient. The remobilization of assistance in these areas nevertheless constitutes a major challenge in terms of humanitarian imperative, impartiality and protection of affected populations.
HAACT is an initiative that has developed innovative, effective and efficient methodologies capable of producing reliable and actionable information on hard-to-reach areas. Complementary to existing mechanisms (REACH, ACAPS, etc.), HAACT notably optimizes new technologies (satellite imagery) and new modes of communication (social networks) to produce analyzes with unique usability in the most difficult contexts.
HAACT is a service recognized and requested by operational actors, humanitarian coordination (OCHA, Cluster), and decision-makers. Its analyzes warn of forgotten/invisible humanitarian crises; inform the go/no-go decision towards the most difficult to access areas; and help prioritize areas and needs. Since 2022, HAACT has benefited from institutional support from ECHO, BHA and Swiss Cooperation.
In 2023, HAACT placed itself at the service of emergency response mechanisms (RRM) and front-line actors to enable humanitarian interventions in areas that are very difficult to access. Through rigorous and in-depth analytical work and close collaboration with frontliner NGOs; HAACT enabled humanitarian responses that would not otherwise have occurred. In 2023 HAACT demonstrated a direct contribution to humanitarian operations which will be further amplified in 2024.
The year 2024 will mark the geographic expansion of HAACT beyond the Central Sahel (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger). A global initiative, HAACT will be deployed during 2024, notably in Sudan, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Yemen. In this phase of geographical expansion, HAACT is recruiting new employees including a humanitarian analysis manager.
THE MISSION
In 2024, HAACT will be restructured around an expanded team made up of a Program Director, a Consultant, a Deputy Director, Humanitarian Analysis Managers, and a Program Manager.
Under the management and with the technical support of the HAACT Director, the Humanitarian Analysis Manager will be in charge of producing humanitarian analyzes in difficult-to-access areas.
He/she will be responsible for collecting and processing secondary and primary information (interviews and monitoring photos/videos with local sources) until writing reports, according to the methodologies and processes defined by HAACT.
He/she will also contribute – upon delegation – to the external representation of HAACT, before the analyzes (presentation of the HAACT and coordination with partners for the identification of priority areas), and at the end of the analyzes (restitution and monitoring of recommendations) .
Finally, he/she will contribute to the structuring and formalization of HAACT methodologies in support of scaling up the mechanism. Based on his/her skills and appetite, he/she may be associated with the identification or development of new methodological axes.
DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFER
Roles and responsibilities
- Coordination with humanitarian actors [contributes]
- On delegation from the HAACT Director, presentation of the HAACT mechanism to humanitarian partners (NGOs, Clusters, Rapid Response Mechanisms, etc.)
- On delegation of the HAACT Director, coordination with humanitarian NGOs, Clusters, rapid response mechanisms for the identification of priority areas for analysis
- Production of humanitarian analyzes on difficult-to-access areas [manager]
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- Review, consolidation and analysis of secondary humanitarian information and data to support the production of analyzes on hard-to-reach areas
- Identification and reliability of local sources according to HAACT methodologies. Animation and continued expansion of the HAACT network of local sources in the country.
- Interviews with local sources for the collection and reliability of information and humanitarian photos/videos according to the methodologies and processes defined by HAACT
- Structuring and reliability of information collected from secondary and primary sources according to the methodologies and processes defined by HAACT
- Writing analysis reports according to the format and standards defined by HAACT, with the technical support of the Director or Deputy Director
- Review, consolidation and analysis of secondary humanitarian information and data to support the production of analyzes on hard-to-reach areas
- Restitution and monitoring of analyzes with the humanitarian community [contributes]
- Depending on the humanitarian issues identified and on delegation from the HAACT Director, restitution of analyzes at the level of Clusters/NGOs and monitoring of recommendations with partners
- Formalization/structuring and methodological development [contributes]
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- Contribution to the structuring/formalization of HAACT methodologies and the continuous improvement of methodologies or the identification of new areas of work
Specific issues and challenges
HAACT is an innovative initiative launched in 2021 by a team of experienced humanitarians looking for solutions to bring humanitarian assistance to the most difficult areas, wherever it is needed. If the “proof of concept” has already been carried out; HAACT is part of an iterative approach to co-construction with its operational, technical and financial partners and will continue for the year 2023/2024 to work to improve its methodologies and develop/test new ones.
YOUR PROFILE
Technical skills :
- Advanced writing skills
- Analysis and synthesis skills
- Technical knowledge of one/several emergency aid sectors an asset
- Autonomy and spirit of initiative
- Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
Experience :
HAACT is recruiting a profile with a minimum of 2 years of experience in the humanitarian sector for the positions of Program Manager, Grant Manager, or even MEAL Manager. Prior experience in the countries where HAACT is operational is an asset.
LANGUAGES :
- Fluent oral and written French
- Fluent oral and written English
- Knowledge/proficiency in Arabic an asset
IF WILL OFFER YOU THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS
Status: Fixed-term contract, executive status
Salary/allowances: €2100 to €4100 gross/month, depending on experience and IS seniority. Paid vacation paid monthly at 10% of gross salary.
Monthly per diem: depending on place of assignment
Medical coverage: 100% coverage of medical expenses, repatriation insurance.
Leave: 7 working days every 3 months of mission, with payment of compensation of 850 USD. Granting of one additional day of rest per month worked.
Accommodation: Accommodation in collective GH
Transport: Travel costs covered between the contractual place of residence and the mission location.
HOW TO APPLY
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