Position: REACH Assessment Assistant, ACTED

Department: REACH

Direct Hierarchy: REACH Assessment Officer

Duration: 6 Months

Start date: April 2022

BACKGROUND

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.

Context / Country

REACH, has been working in Kenya and regionally supporting inter-agency information management and assessment capacity since 2012. In 2012-2016 REACH supported the development of an early warning monitoring system through training of monitors and support to county analysts for the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA). Since 2017, REACH has been supporting the collection of information in Dadaab refugee camp and in border areas through technical support and assessment coordination services to NRC. In 2020, REACH has implemented vulnerability assessments in Samburu County including needs assessment, infrastructure mapping and capacity building of County officials. In addition, REACH is a member of the Kenya Cash consortium and the Kenya Cash Urban consortium, which, in collaboration with consortium partners have facilitated the conduct of monthly market monitoring in informal settlements of Nairobi and Mombasa as well as markets in ASAL counties.

POSITION PROFILE

Under the direct supervision of the REACH Assessment Officer, the REACH Assessment assistant is responsible for the management and implementation of all REACH assessments in country, including their preparation, implementation and follow-up, if relevant. S/he will also be responsible for related logistics, partner coordination, reporting and finance requirements and will be required to provide input to the strategic development of REACH in country.

Functions

• Designing and implementing REACH assessment strategy and methodology and corresponding analytical frameworks;
• Ensuring the writing of timely and accurate assessment reports and factsheets with integration of cluster and/or partner feedback;
• Data quality checks and follow up with the Database team on quality of data and ensuring that data analysis is reflective of the assessment objectives
• Manage project timeframes and assessment schedules and work with field staff to design and implement REACH assessment procedures;
• Development of assessment TORS, analysis plans and indicator lists;
• Under the supervision of REACH Assessment Officer, external representation of REACH with Partners and the wider Aid Community through clusters and sectoral working groups;
• Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to REACH Assessment Officer
• Managing of REACH assessment field staff to ensure a smooth and timely implementation of activities;
• Coordinating and ensuring timely data collection, analysis and, in partnership with GIS/DB team, mapping of datasets and ensuring that all collected data are geo-referenced

Reporting

• The REACH Assessment assistant is 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 GIS/Database (DB) team in order to represent data, as relevant.

Representation

• The REACH Assessment assistant will store, organize and disseminate assessments, project documents and best practices among ACTED and Implementing Partners (IPs). S/he will coordinate timely and accurate field-level information, when needed, and support Nairobi-level dissemination activities.

Implementation

• The REACH Assessment assistant is responsible for the preparation of project ToRs, observation of field-level procedures. The REACH Assessment assistant 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. S/he will ensure that project/field staff are given training and complete all the necessary documentation in line with program requirements set by REACH.

Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries

• The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about ACTED programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every ACTED staff member.

Data Confidentiality and Protection

• The REACH Assessment assistant will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. He/she will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to REACH and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with REACH.

Protection Mainstreaming

• Promoting of and adhering to Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse policy and guidelines

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (social science, development studies, research, statistics, monitoring and evaluation) required
• Established quantitative and qualitative analytical skills;
• Experience in conducting interviews including in-depth key informant interviews and facilitating Focus Group discussions.
• At least one year of relevant working experience in data analysis, report writing, conducting research or monitoring and evaluation.
• Excellent project management skills
• Experience using Adobe InDesign an added advantage
• Excellent communication and drafting skills for reporting and external coordination;
• Strong skills with the Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong technical writing skills
• Excellent experience using ODK for quantitative data collection, or the ability to rapidly master the process