RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Assessment Officer’s responsibilities include:

RESEARCH CYCLE MANAGEMENT AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Understanding the research cycle and how this research contributes to strategic response objectives.

• Managing the research cycle, including oversight of research design, data collection, or analysis.

• Leading the research cycle including research design, tool development, and analysis.

EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT

• Leading on external engagement within the MSNA Task Force (IOM and OCHA), and the Monitoring Task Force related to development and implementation of the research cycles and analytical research findings.

• Engage with the clusters, in collaboration with IOM, to align on key indicators for the MSNA

• In coordination with the Research Manager, represent REACH with donors, partners, and the wider response community in Sudan.

INTERNAL COORDINATION

• Interacting autonomously with HQ departments; may serve as mission focal point for particular themes or technical areas.

• Coordinating with research units and teams to move forward or improve aspects of the research cycle.

• Supporting senior management with designing, planning, and implementing strategies, and objectives.

CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING

• Keeping up to date with the shifting Sudanese context.

STAFF MANAGEMENT AND TRAINING

• Promoting capacity building across the IMPACT Sudan mission related to deepening analytical capacities using existing research (capacity building portfolio will depend on level of experience).

The Senior Assessment Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They 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

• Years of work experience 3 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as assessments, monitoring and evaluation, research design and analysis, etc.

• Research skills Excellent quantitative and qualitative research data analysis experience required.

• Familiarity with aid system Good understanding of the aid system and the research community. Knowledge of the humanitarian program cycle (HPC) and the humanitarian coordination structure is an asset.

• Thematic experience Prior experience coordinating interagency assessments or monitoring activities, as well as experience working on an MSNA is an asset.

• Communication/reporting skills Excellent verbal and written communication and drafting skills for effective reporting required.

• Academic qualifications 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.).

• Software skills Proven knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with R, SPSS and/or STATA or other statistical analysis software an asset

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

• Experience in geographical region Past experience in the region/supporting is desirable

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

CONDITIONS

• For this position, salary between 2’520 CHF and 2’640 CHF monthly (before income tax), etc as well as a monthly living allowance of 300 USD NB - IMPACT salaries are strictly determined by our salary grid depending on the grade of the position and the level of education of staff. A location-dependent security and/or isolation adjustment is then applied as a recognition that some staff are required to work in difficult places where living and working conditions are much more difficult than elsewhere.

• Accommodation and food provided in the guesthouse.

• Enrolment in Swiss private pension fund (Swisslife – approx. 9.975% of staff gross salary), health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance.

• Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered (in-country travel costs and professional expenses are fully covered).

• Contribution to the luggage transportation: between 20 and 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract (+ luggage and personal property insurance)

• Annual leave of 36 days per year. Public holidays of the country of assignment. Family/compassionate leave when applicable.

• Predeparture induction - 3 days at IMPACT Initiatives’s HQ in Geneva + one week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ in Paris, including a 4-days in situ security training.

• IMPACT prioritizes the psychological safety of its staff and the health insurance provided covers, among others, up to 1000 € per year of psychosocial counselling fees.