Senior Assessment Officer – Food Security & Livelihood for Sudan, based in Nairobi 139 views0 applications

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. 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 with headquarters based in Paris and presence in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, which allows IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support in its fields of intervention.

COUNTRY PROFILE

Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 and spread quickly across the country. Civilians have fled areas affected by fighting in large numbers, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have skyrocketed skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Half of Sudan’s population are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the country is on the verge of a catastrophic hunger crisis. Humanitarian organizations are racing to respond to the most pressing needs wherever and whenever feasible, with access issues complicating the ability of actors to respond. In this fast-evolving context, IMPACT Initiatives is working to inform the emergency response to enable effective prioritization with scarce resources.

We are currently looking for an Senior Food Security and Livelihood Assessment Officer.

Department: Public Health FSLN (FSL and Nutrition) for development of risk analysis model for Sudan crisis.

Position: Senior Food Security and Livelihood Assessment Officer

Contract duration: 6 months

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

Opening date: 05/12/2025

Closing date: 31/12/2025

COUNTRY PROFILE

Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 and spread quickly across the country. Civilians have fled areas affected by fighting in large numbers, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have skyrocketed skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Half of Sudan’s population are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the country is on the verge of a catastrophic hunger crisis. Humanitarian organizations are racing to respond to the most pressing needs wherever and whenever feasible, with access issues complicating the ability of actors to respond. In this fast-evolving context, IMPACT Initiatives is working to inform the emergency response to enable effective prioritization with scarce resources.

FUNCTION

In collaborative with IMPACT Assessment Specialist and Senior data officer, the senior Assessment Officer (SAO FSL) will be responsible for supporting the development of Risk analytical framework for Food and Nutrition Security Crises for Sudan.

IMPACT Sudan, in partnership with Catholic Relief Services (CRS), is developing the Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) Risk Analysis model for the Sudan Food and Nutrition Security Crises preparedness plan. The aim of the FNS Risk Model is to strengthen early, coordinated, and effective responses to future food and nutrition emergencies. It is funded through the World Bank Group’s Enhancing Community Resilience Project and carried out in close collaboration with development, humanitarian, and donor partners working on food and nutrition security across Sudan.

The SAO will be responsible for critically understand the multi-dimensional public health data landscape of Sudan, with a focus on FSL, agriculture, health, WASH, nutrition, and other relevant contextual data. The role includes drafting Terms of Reference (ToRs) that clearly define research objectives and deliverable outputs, including the Joint Monitoring Report (JMR). The SAO will support the mapping of potential partners and data sources, data landscape mapping, data consolidation, development of the analytical framework, database updates, technical validation processes, and the identification of geographic and thematic data gaps. Working closely with the Assessment Specialist and Senior Data Officer, the SAO will contribute to strengthening data systems by drafting SOPs and guidance notes on data sharing processes to ensure transparency and accountability between IMPACT and its partners.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Assessment Officer will be responsible for:

RESEARCH CYCLE and TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Collaborate with the Assessment Specialist and Senior Data Officer to define objectives, methodology, and scope, ensuring alignment with IMPACT’s principles and global best practices.
• Assist in drafting the inception reports, workplans, and pilot report templates to facilitate the analytical activities efficiently.
• Assist the design and implement engagement plans, facilitating workshops that strengthen partner collaboration for actionable decision on data prioritization and appropriate indicators selection for the input for risk model.
• Analyze risk data, develop spatial frameworks, and identify data gaps to inform targeted interventions and strengthen evidence-based planning.
• Maintain and update databases, enforce data management SOPs, and ensure accessible, reliable information for reporting and decision-making.
• Capture stakeholder discussions, prepare meeting agendas and minutes, and ensure all outputs support accountability and transparency.

CONTEXUAL UNDERSTANDING

• Keeping up to date with the shifting context in Sudan both at national and sub-national levels.
• Maintaining an understanding of the contextual and humanitarian research landscape, particularly in relation to multi-dimensional public health data landscape of Sudan, with a focus on FSL, agriculture, health, WASH, nutrition, and other relevant contextual data.

COORDINATION (INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL)

• Coordinate and interact with national and international NGOs, promote the use of flexible, context-appropriate data collection methodologies.

COORDINATION & TECHNICAL SUPOPORT

• Work closely with CRS, government partners, and technical working groups to align methodologies and ensure data interoperability.
• Participate in technical consultations, validation exercises, and partner coordination meetings.
• Provide analytical and technical inputs to reporting products, briefs, and presentations.

ANY OTHER TASKS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THE ACTED SUDAN TEAM

The Assessment Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all the analytical process and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners or collected during their assignment with IMPACT.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Years of work experience: 3 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as assessments, monitoring and evaluation, research design and analysis, etc.
• Experience with food security. WASH, Health or nutrition assessments, and/or background in Public Health sectors is a strong asset.
• Strong skills in quantitative methods; experience with mixed methods desirable.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of statistical software (R, STATA, or SPSS) is an asset.
• Familiarity with aid system: An understanding of the aid system and the research community is an advantage. Prior experience with humanitarian coordination forums preferred.
• Communication/reporting skills Excellent verbal and written communication and drafting skills for effective reporting required.
• Academic qualifications Excellent academic qualifications, including a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. international studies, development, humanitarian response, data science, political science, etc.).
• 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 is an asset.
• Security environment: Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment.
• Experience in geographical region: Experience in the region is desirable.
• Experience in IPC analysis, humanitarian response plan (HNRP) and other high label analysis will be an asset.
• Language skills Fluency in English.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

• For this position, salary between 2’580 CHF and 2’640 CHF monthly (before income tax), etc as well as a monthly living allowance of 300 USD NB – IMPACT salaries are strictly determined by our salary grid depending on the grade of the position and the level of education of staff. A location-dependent security and/or isolation adjustment is then applied as a recognition that some staff are required to work in difficult places where living and working conditions are much more difficult than elsewhere.
• Accommodation and food provided in the guesthouse.
• Enrolment in Swiss private pension fund (Swisslife – approx. 9.975% of staff gross salary), health insurance, life insurance and repatriation assistance.
• Flight tickets every 6 months & visa fees covered (in-country travel costs and professional expenses are fully covered).
• Contribution to the luggage transportation: between 20 and 100 kgs, depending on the length of the contract (+ luggage and personal property insurance)
• Annual leave of 36 days per year. Public holidays of the country of assignment. Family/compassionate leave when applicable.
• Predeparture induction – 3 days at IMPACT Initiatives’s HQ in Geneva + one week pre-departure training in ACTED HQ in Paris, including a 4-days in situ security training.
• IMPACT prioritizes the psychological safety of its staff and the health insurance provided covers, among others, up to 1000 € per year of psychosocial counselling fees.

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