IMPACT Initiatives Senior Assessment Officer Jobs in South Sudan

IMPACT Initiatives Senior Assessment Officer Jobs in South Sudan

Background on Impact and Reach

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts.

REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries.

The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

Responsibilities

Internal learning and capacity building

Working closely with REACH specialists – both in country and globally - to maintain and update the ERRM tracking framework and support the specialist in refining based on lessons learned.

Support HSM AOs in the implementation of ERRM assessments, including training on following the assessment SOP and data collection

Build the capacity of the ERRM AO to lead assessments through the whole research cycle

Able and available to engage with Global Units and global learning processes, such as methodology notes, lessons learn, Communities of Practice, etc.

External engagement and coordination within the
ERRM consortium

Support the ERRM AO in providing stakeholders within the humanitarian coordination system with reliable and accurate technical advice and support;

Support country management in representing IMPACT among external actors for technical/thematic discussions, including with stakeholders in the humanitarian coordination system, such as OCHA representatives, clusters, as well as technical working groups and various NGO fora and information management groups;

Enhance the position of REACH within the ERRM consortium (including NRC, DRC, Medair, and ACTED).

Support the ERRM AO in delivering inter-agency, multi-stakeholders knowledge sharing / lessons learned exercises and provides technical feedback to improve ERRM consortium triggers/thresholds and assessment tools.

Share REACH triggers and assessment tools with consortium partners, and conduct trainings with partners on how to use these tools.

Provide regular overviews on areas that have been flagged in the REACH internal ERRM, including presenting REACH assessment findings, and ensuring that information collected by ERRM partners feeds into the internal tracking framework.

Use REACH field presence and ERRM data to support ERRM partners to rapidly gather information on an area when a trigger is met**.**

Explore opportunities to create standardised outputs and creating quarterly factsheets to consolidate ERRM achievements and gaps in the response to as to improve coordination within the overall response.

Conduct rapid assessments with ERRM partners in high priority areas.

More generally, contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation, notably through the application of IMPACT’’s mandate, ethics, values and stand- point with regard to other actors and by contributing to creating a culture of rigourous use of evidence and learning among humanitarian responders

Conduct and facilitate rapid assessments

Regularly conduct rapid assessments in high priority deep field locations to understand emergency needs. The assessment specialist will spend around 50% of their time in the field.

Ensure the safety of the field team while leading rapid assessments.

Ensure all assessments adhere to do-no-harm and conflict sensitivity principles. Increase the inclusiveness of assessments to include vulnerable or under-represented groups where possible.

Design assessment methodologies based on information gaps and engagement with internal and external stakeholders, and, in coordination with REACH South Sudan and Global Specialists, develop new and innovative assessment tools or methods when relevant.

Build the capacity of field teams to conduct rapid assessments (as above).

Work within the ERRM consortium to coordinate rapid assessments with consortium partners.

Establish and

improve relationships with key NGO and UN partners, outside of the consortium, to conduct rapid assessments.

Ensure that assessment outputs are drafted to a very high quality, requiring minimal internal and HQ review, in a timely manner.

Ensure that assessment findings are disseminated quickly and effectively through key forums (such as the NAWG, FSLC, ICCG etc), and to key partners, to ensure that there is a clear link between REACH information products, and to humanitarian interventions.

Research Planning and implementation

Support the Senior Management team in identifying and materializing opportunities, in line with strategic directions of the mission;

Support in accurately estimating research cycle timelines and resources needed for research cycle implementation;

Ensure that research design, data collection and analysis and product drafting for all relevant research cycles comply to IMPACT’s requirements, guidelines and strategic direction;

Monitor implementation of research cycles, identifying any major risks or issues, support team to resolve these challenges in line with IMPACT research standards and in close coordination with IMPACT HQ as relevant.

Ensure that the applied methodology, analysis and products maximize the impact of the research cycles in line with the intended objectives;

Review of information products to ensure accuracy;

Line-Management

Directly line-manage the ERRM Assessment Officer

For staff under his/her functional responsibility, support to line managers by contributing to conduct of appraisals, provision of regular feedback, and participation in career management;

For staff under direct line management, prepare and follow up work plans; conduct of appraisals, provision of regular feedback, and career management;

For staff under direct line management, conduct regular team meetings to assess progress in relevant research cycles and to review work plan; ensure that all are comprehensively briefed on their objectives and expected outputs;

Strategy, program and project development

Contribute to unit strategy development with relevant technical and thematic contents;

Ensure that assessment strategies are implemented in a structured and coherent manner in line with project and strategic objectives;

Support the development/revision of assessment/programme strategies, reports, or new proposals.

Requirements

Specialist

Academic Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Master degree in relevant discipline;

Research skills Excellent research and analytical skills required, including a sound understanding of sampling frameworks and their application, an ability to analyse qualitative and quantitative data, as well as conduct temporal or spatial trend analysis.

Experience coordinating assessments: Experience conducting multisectoral assessments in deep field locations is required

Software skills Proven knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint..

Experience with InDesign an asset.

Familiarity with the aid system Familiarity with the aid system and with the research community;

Years of work experience At least 2-3 years of relevant working experience

Experience in key lifesaving sectors Experience working in FSL, health, nutrition and WASH an asset;

Training skills Ability to conduct trainings and mentor IMPACT teams and partners on assessment skills;

Communication/reporting skills Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;

Multi-tasking skills Ability to multitask with tight deadlines, on numerous research cycles;

Level of independence Strong existing ability to work independently in support of colleagues and partners;

Cross-cultural work environment Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;

Experience in geographical region Past experience in South Sudan is desirable;

Language skills Fluency in English is required, competency in Arabic an asset;

Security environment Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; IMPACT Initiatives Senior Assessment Officer Jobs in South Sudan


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