Information Analyst Crisis InSight at Norwegian Refugee Council

Specific responsibilities 

Research and Analysis

CrisisInSight Global Severity Index 

• Analyse quantitative and qualitative data for indicators of the INFORM Severity Index. 
• Conduct the analysis and review of baseline and historical event data. 
• Through regular monitoring of crises, proactively propose the activation of new crises in line with the methodology. 
• Leverage trend analysis to identify key analytical areas and produce qualitative or quantitative product reports that highlight specific insights or situations. 
• Guarantee the quality of data collected by supporting data quality control processes. 

  CrisisInSight other products 

• Gather and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to feed the Humanitarian Access Index and Global Risk Analysis, and in general to ACAPS portfolio. 
• Work in collaboration with the entire analysis team to ensure timely production and dissemination of ACAPS original products. 
• Produce thematic ad hoc reports and analysis. 
• Update the country pages of ACAPS website using analysis and data collected for ACAPS products. 
• Support the communications team to disseminate analysis reports by providing summary text and tag lines for use on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, and on occasion, carrying out dissemination activity via social media. 

Methodology and quality assurance 

• Contribute to the improvement of ACAPS analysis methodologies. Participate in internal evaluation to improve the quality of analysis activity. 
• Provide technical support to ACAPS data collectors on data collection in accordance with ACAPS methodologies and information needs, as well as through sharing of context knowledge. 
• Contribute to the joint reflection of the team regarding the evolution of ACAPS analysis products (product design and development). 
• Support the review process of methodology documents and analysis products and provide support to ACAPS methodology development notably in doing research for developing technical briefs. 

Collaboration: Internal/external and networking 

• May represent ACAPS and provide visibility to CrisisInSight work by delivering presentations on CrisisInSight products and crises monitored to key stakeholders. 
• Establish a network of key informants at a field level and conduct regular interviews to integrate and support analysis and research. 
• Lead joint analysis with key stakeholders by organising Analytical Coffee Meetings for the region monitored. 
• Support the CrisisInSight Team Leader and Senior Analyst in maintaining any new collaboration assigned to CrisisInSight. 

Perform other duties in the organization as appropriate, including but not limited to: 

• Provide support to other analysts and ACAPS colleagues on products, monitoring, and briefing notes. 
• Participate in, support, or lead specific ad hoc projects, as requested. 
• On occasion be available to research and draft Briefing Notes outside of regular working hours 

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

Required skills, knowledge and experience

• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research and mixed analysis methods and ease with handling large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data. 
• Written clarity, including ability to analyse complex concepts and synthetize information. 
• Previous experience (3 years) in research, analysis, information management, advocacy, or other relevant experience in the humanitarian sector or related fields (development, international relations, social science, etc). 
• Ability and confidence to make judgment calls when interpreting ambiguous data.
• Demonstrated understanding of the principles of emergency preparedness, response, and early recovery. 
• Demonstrated understanding of needs assessments in humanitarian crisis. 
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining professional networks.
• Fluent written and oral communication skills in English. Any other language is an asset, especially Spanish, French or Arabic.