Senior Analyst ACAPS at Norwegian Refugee Council

Purpose of the position 

• The Senior Analyst supervises the planning, production, and quality of the ACAPS analytical reports produced by the analysts. S/he also contributes to this production by writing and delivering analysis and contribute to the development and improvement of ACAPS methodologies. The Post holder leads on-the-job training for the analysts of the project and supports the Team Leader with networking, partnerships, and fundraising efforts.

About ACAPS

ACAPS, a project hosted by NRC, is dedicated to helping humanitarians make better decisions. We want to put evidence at the heart of decision-making. To achieve this, we collaborate with a variety of partners across the humanitarian sector and beyond. We strive to be an evolving platform providing:  

• Independent analysis to support evidence-based decision making for humanitarian operations. 
• Deployment of experts to support assessments and analysis in crisis.  
• Innovative approaches to collect more reliable and timely data and conduct rigorous analysis
• Capacity development of humanitarian actors to carry out better needs assessments and analysis. 

RESPONSIBILITIES
Analysis management and quality assurance

• Ensure effective processes of planning, production, and timely delivery of analytical reports, including coordination of resources (analysts, ACAPS and external experts, editors etc) and collaboration between different part of the team.
• Provide training and feedback to the analysts on design, content, structure and quality of the analysis.

Secondary review and analysis production

• Review assessments, reports and information products on the specific project/country to understand the information landscape and current gaps.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of the project information management systems and ensure that internal and external needs for information are processed in a structured and efficient manner.
• Support the overall informational needs of the humanitarian response in the project through the compilation, synthesis and analysis of relevant qualitative and quantitative information.
• Contribute to the creation of tools to facilitate the ongoing analysis and sharing of data and information that support evidence-based decision making.
• Design, develop, and produce analytical reports.

Methodology

• Ensure high methodological standards and high quality of analysis.
• Support the review process and development of methodology documents and analysis products. 
• Ensure mechanisms to gather and analyse feedback on the impact of produced analysis.

Networking, partnerships, and fundraising

• Develop and maintain a list/informal network of key interlocutors for information. 
• Represent ACAPS at key cluster and working group meetings to provide input and promote ACAPS products. 
• Support the Team Leader in liaising and coordinating joint analysis with key humanitarian stakeholders.
• Provide technical analytical support to local and international humanitarian actors, for instance on scenario building exercises or data analysis.
• Support the Team Leader in fundraising efforts and donor engagement for the continuation of the project, e.g., input to concept notes and presentations to donors.
• Perform other duties in the organisation as appropriate, including but not limited to
• On occasion be available to review reports outside of regular working hours. 

QUALIFICATIONS
Only Kenyan nationals will be considered

Professional competencies

• Relevant Master’s degree preferably in humanitarian action, social sciences, international relations, public health, epidemiology or similar.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector, including minimum 2 years in research, analysis, information management, advocacy, or other relevant experience.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and written clarity, including ability to analyse complex concepts and synthetize information. 
• Demonstrated experience in designing and conducing analysis in humanitarian contexts.
• Training and proven understanding/application of quantitative and qualitative research and analysis methods (mixed and multi)
• Proven experience working with civil society and local partners.
• Fluent written and oral communication skills in English
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel.  

Highly desired skills, knowledge, and experience

• Excellent knowledge of Sudan politics, economics and history
• Large professional networks in the humanitarian sector in Kenya/Nairobi and/or Sudan
• Ability to facilitate joint analysis
• Arabic language skills
• Familiarity with data analysis and processing software
• Management experience

Behavioural competencies

• Planning and delivering results: Ability to work efficiently under pressure, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines, while maintaining attention to detail. Ability to work autonomously and proactively. 
• Working with people: Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team. Networking skills and proven ability to form successful partnerships.
• Communicating with impact and respect 
• Active listening 
• Adapting and responding to change: Flexible, including willingness to work overtime.