RESEARCH MANAGER INTER-SECTORAL UNIT (ISU) SOMALIA 66 views0 applications

Position: RESEARCH MANAGER INTER-SECTORAL UNIT (ISU) SOMALIA

Department: REACH

Location: MOGADISHU with travel to Hargeisa

Direct Hierarchy: Deputy Country Coordinator

Starting date: July 2022

Background on ACTED

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.

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two INGOs (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.

COUNTRY PROFILE

REACH has been operating in Somalia since 2012 and has multiple research cycles including two large-scale national assessments (Joint Multi-Cluster Needs Assessment and Detailed Site Assessment) as well as a number of other smaller assessments all aimed at providing intersectoral analysis of the response. In addition, there is a cash and markets team, which provide third party monitoring to the largest cash consortium in Somalia and Joint Market monitoring for the Shelter, NFI and WASH clusters.

Position Profile:

Under the management of the Deputy Country Coordinator, the Research Manager oversees the programs and staff within the SOM Inter-Sectoral unit. The Research Manager leads the ISU team to achieve program excellence and ensure the highest level of impact and accountability while ensuring compliance to IMPACT’s guidelines and standards. As part of the country’s Senior Management team, she/he contributes to the development and implementation of IMPACT’s country strategy and promotes organizational vision and core values across the mission. In his/her mission, the Research Manager will be hosted by ACTED and will fall under the direct responsibility and management of ACTED’s Country Director and his/her delegates for all Administrative, Security, Logistics, and Finance issues. S/he will therefore fully abide by ACTED’s Security, HR, Administration, and Logistics rules and regulations, and, in coordination with ACTED, will ensure IMPACT staff in his/her unit abide by them. The Inter-Sectoral Unit currently implements the following Research Cycles (funded by ECHO and BHA): – Detailed Site Assessment (DSA) – Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA) – Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (HSM) – AGORA (actor mapping, needs assessments, and solution identification as part of an Area Based Approach pilot in Hargeisa) Previously, the Unit has also provided Information Management Support to the WASH Cluster (through UNICEF) and the Unit is engaging with the OCHA and the clusters in order to support the Drought Response.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategy development and implementation

1. Ensure the Unit’s activities are relevant and have a measurable impact on the aid/humanitarian response
2. Identify new programs and approaches in which the Unit can add value to the aid/humanitarian response
3. In coordination with DCC, identify funding opportunities to consolidate, strengthen and/or expand the Unit’s programs;

Research Planning

1. Ensure that all research complies with IMPACT’s HQ Research Department and other relevant guidelines
2. Keep track of progress and delays of all assigned assessment throughout the research cycle. Ensure that delays or identified challenges for specific assessments are reported to the DCC and HQ research department in a timely manner
3. Ensure relevant stakeholders and partners are engaged in assessment design and planning

Research implementation

1. Autonomous overview of multiple research/project cycles including grants management, finance management, Asset and IT management etc
2. Ensure regular situation updates on data collection have been produced and circulated to relevant IMPACT, ACTED, and external counterparts. Provide support and follow up on identified challenges during the data collection process;

Team management and leadership

1. Provide leadership within their unit as well as within the country Senior Management Team
2. Ensure that staff within his/her unit understand and are able to perform their roles and responsibilities;

Qualifications/Skills Required

TECHNICAL SKILLS

1. Academic Excellent academic qualifications including a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (International Relations, Political Sciences, Social Research, Economics, Development Studies, or similar)
2. Management experience:
   • Previous experience in a management role in an INGO at field level.
   • Proven track record in successful management of international and national teams in humanitarian contexts
3. Familiarity aid system
   • Familiarity with the aid system, and the research community;
4. Communication/reporting skills
   • Excellent communication (Oral and written English) and drafting skills for effective reporting,
   • Proven experience in contributing to high level presentations/briefings.
5. Years of work experience
   • At least 3 years of relevant working experience
   • Or proven progression within IMPACT
6. Research skills:
   • Excellent research and analytical skills an asset.
   • Experience in assessments.
   • M&E, field research, evaluations an asset.
7. 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
8. Multi-tasking skills
   • Ability to multitask with tight deadlines, on numerous research cycles in complex environment;
9. Level of independence
   • A self-starter with a proven ability to work independently;
10. Cross-cultural work environment
    • Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
11. Experience in geographical region
    • Past experience in the Horn of Africa or Eastern Africa is desirable;
12. Security environment:
    • Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment

Essential knowledge and skills:

1. Excellent interpersonal and team-playing skills.
2. Highly flexible, with the ability to use initiative.
3. Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.
4. Understanding of gender, protection and human rights.
5. Commitment to promoting gender equality.

Preferred experience:

1. Managerial experience, including leading/supervising subordinate staff, organizing activities and report writing.
2. Experience in training and capacity building of the staff.