REACH Assessment Assistant

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 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 organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO headquartered in Paris and 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 field intervention.

We are currently looking for a REACH Assessment Officer to support our REACH team in Ethiopia.

Department:               REACH

Position:                      REACH Assessment Assistant

Supervisor:                 REACH Assessment Officer

Contract duration:     6 months

Location:                     Addis Ababa

Starting Date:             ASAP

 Position profile

Under the direct supervision of the Assessment Officer, and in close coordination with, the Research Manager, the Assessment Assistant will support the implementation of REACH Cash and market assessments. S/he will be responsible for supporting the design, implementation, monitoring, internal & external coordination and reporting of the Cash and market research cycles.

Functions

1.1   Research Design and Implementation

Under the direct line management of the Assessment Officer, the Assessment Assistant will support the implementation of operational stages, including methodology, TORs and indicators design, adaptation to evolving information needs, maintenance and revision of KoBo tool and other technical tools, training and coordination of data collection with field teams, and support to data cleaning process.

In coordination with the Data/GIS team, s/he will monitor the data quality and will ensure that the data analysis is reflective of the assessment objectives.

In coordination with the Field Manager, s/he will ensure that all field teams are comprehensively briefed on the objective, expected outputs and that the overall implementation strategy of any given activity is clearly understood.

1.2   Output production and reporting

The Assessment Assistant will support the production of all relevant outputs related to Cash research cycles. S/he will be responsible for supporting the consolidation of all analyses and conclusions from each activity into REACH products such as factsheets, profiles, reports and briefs using standard formats. S/he will liaise with the REACH Data and GIS team in order to ensure data representation as relevant.

1.3   Dissemination and representation

The Assessment Assistant will store and organize assessment products as well as supporting dissemination activities, including the preparation of presentation to external partners and stakeholders.

1.4   Ad-Hoc Analysis and Information Requests

The Assessment Assistant will support the Assessment Officer on ad-hoc data analysis to address possible partners’ requests and/or internal analytical discussions needs. This may include more targeted or thematic data analysis, or supporting in targeted or trends analysis of data from other related projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (social science, development studies, research, statistics, monitoring and evaluation) required;
• At least 1 year of relevant working experience in applied social research, data analysis and interpretation, report writing and more generally, familiar with all steps of the research cycle;
• Excellent experience using ODK or KoBo tools (questionnaire creation, coding etc.) or ability to rapidly master the process;
• Excellent experience managing Microsoft Office Suite;
• Established quantitative and qualitative analytical skills;
• Proven communication, coordination and external relations skills;
• Excellent organizational and drafting skills for effective reporting;
• Written and spoken fluency in English required;
• Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment;
• Ability to work independently and with flexibility.

Desirable

• University degree, preferably in fields related to Sociology, Development Studies, International Relations, Applied Research and Economics, etc.
• Previous experience in InDesign;
• Knowledge in Excel as well as other statistical programming desirable;
• Knowledge of the humanitarian coordination structure;
• Knowledge of the local and national Ethiopian socio-political context.