Vacancy title:
REACH Assessment Officer
Jobs at:
REACH InitiativeDeadline of this Job:
19 June 2020
Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) 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, supporting and working within the framework of the humanitarian reform process. 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.
IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote-sensing. 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, which allows particularly IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach which is both global and local, and adapted to each context. Their 3,300 staff is committed in to responding to emergencies worldwide, to supporting recovery and rehabilitation, towards sustainable development.
We are looking for experienced self-driven and self-oriented professionals to fill the position of an Assessment Officer based in Nairobi- Kenya. .
Duties and Responsibilities
• Independently designing and implementing REACH assessment strategy and methodology and corresponding analytical frameworks;
• Ensuring the writing of timely and accurate assessment reports, briefs and factsheets with integration of cluster and/or partner feedback;
• Provide information management support through in-depth data analysis, technical training development, macro development, IM platform management, and/or geo-referencing, when possible.
• Manage project timeframes and assessment schedules and work with field staff to design and implement REACH assessment procedures;
• Supporting the development/revision of assessment/programme strategies, reports or new proposals;
• Liaising with programme staff of other ACTED departments to ensure close coordination is maintained;
• Under the supervision of REACH Country Coordinator, external representation of REACH with Donors, Partners and the wider Aid Community through clusters and sectoral working groups;
• Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to REACH Country Coordinator
• Managing of REACH assessment field staff to ensure a smooth and timely implementation of activities;
• Ensuring that assessment strategies are implemented in a structured and coherent manner in line with project and strategic objectives;
• Coordinating and ensuring timely data collection, analysis and, in partnership with GIS/DB team, mapping of datasets and ensuring that all collected data are geo-reference
• Any other duties as may be assigned.
Job Skills: Not Specified
Qualifications/Skills Required
• Degree in relevant discipline: development studies, economics, social science, political sciences, international relations or equivalent;
• At least 3 years of relevant working experience humanitarian settings;
• At least 2 years of leading assessments and research cycles independently
• Significant previous experience in monitoring and evaluation, research or information management;
• Proficiency of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint;
• Experience with mobile data collection (ODK, ONA, KOBO);
• Proven excellent analytical skills;
• Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting in English;
• Ability to operate SPSS, STATA, R or related statistical software is an asset;
• Knowledge of the Adobe Suite, particularly Illustrator and InDesign is an asset;
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;
• Familiarity with the aid system.
Job Education Requirements: Not Specified
Job Education Experience: Not Specified
Work Hours: 8
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Job application procedure
Qualified candidates are invited to submit their detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to kenya.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 19th June 2020 with the subject line as; APPLICATION FOR ASSESSMENT OFFICER. Note that applications sent without this exact subject line will not be considered.
Please note:
• Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Selection will be on rolling basis and ACTED reserves the right to hire before the deadline.
ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment.
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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