REACH Research Manager

Background about ACTED/REACH

Since 1993, as a global non-governmental group, ACTED has been dedicated to quick humanitarian reduction to help these in pressing want and defend folks’s dignity, whereas co-creating long term alternatives for sustainable development and fulfilling folks’s potential. ACTED endeavours to reply to humanitarian crises and construct resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable development; co-construct efficient governance and help the constructing of civil society worldwide by investing in folks and their potential. We go the final mile: ACTED’s mission is to avoid wasting lives and help folks in assembly their wants in hard-to-reach areas. With a staff of 7000 workers, ACTED is lively in 42 international locations and implements greater than 550 initiatives a yr reaching over 20 million beneficiaries. Extra on www.acted.org

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based mostly in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages a number of initiatives, together with the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT staff contains specialists in knowledge assortment, administration and evaluation, GIS and remote-sensing. IMPACT was launched on the initiative of ACTED, a global NGO whose headquarter is predicated in Paris and is current in thirty international locations. The 2 organizations have a powerful complementarity formalized in a world partnership, which permits notably IMPACT to profit from ACTED’s operational help on its fields of intervention.

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two Worldwide NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Institute for Coaching and Analysis (UNITAR) Operational Satellite tv for pc Purposes Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s function is to advertise and facilitate the event of data merchandise that improve the humanitarian group’s choice making and planning capability for emergency, reconstruction and growth contexts, supporting and dealing inside the framework of the humanitarian reform course of. REACH facilitates info administration for support actors via three complementary providers: (a) want and state of affairs assessments facilitated by REACH groups; (b) state of affairs evaluation utilizing satellite tv for pc imagery; (c) provision of associated database & (net)-mapping amenities & experience.

Context of the place and key challenges

Nation profile

In Kenya, Acted has been current since 2007 to satisfy the humanitarian and growth wants of communities affected by pure calamities, inhabitants displacement and insufficient entry to primary providers. Acted has a capital workplace in Nairobi and operational bases in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) counties in RiftValley and Northern Kenya. The groups work with native governments and companions to help probably the most weak households via Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), meals help and catastrophe preparedness programmes.

REACH has been operational in Kenya since 2016, offering info administration help to humanitarian actors on the wants and intentions of refugees and weak populations in addition to the wants and vulnerabilities of the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands counties of Kenya. REACH Kenya is seeking to broaden info help to the humanitarian response in a number of key areas, together with IDP settlement profiling and monitoring, multi-sector wants assessments, sturdy options and improved distant knowledge assortment. Key strategic goals are to extend geographic and sectoral protection and to reinforce advocacy capability via strengthened knowledge assortment and knowledge concentrating on.

FUNCTIONS

Below the administration of the Nation Coordinator, the Analysis Supervisor oversees the packages and workers inside the Kenya mission (Money & Markets, and intersectoral work stream). The Analysis Supervisor leads the staff to attain program excellence and make sure the highest stage of influence and accountability whereas making certain compliance to IMPACT’s pointers and requirements. As a part of the nation’s Senior Administration Group, s/he contributes to the event and implementation of IMPACT’s nation technique and promotes organizational imaginative and prescient and core values throughout the mission.

The Analysis Supervisor is accountable for the administration and coordination of all REACH analysis cycles in Kenya together with implementation, useful resource mobilisation and administration, partnership framework, dissemination, and analysis. S/he immediately supervises all senior evaluation and area workers in Kenya.

In his/her mission, the Analysis Supervisor shall be employed by ACTED and can subsequently absolutely abide by ACTED’s Safety, HR, Administration, and Logistics guidelines and laws, and, in coordination with ACTED, will guarantee IMPACT workers in his/her unit abide by them.

Key roles and obligations

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Analysis Supervisor’s obligations embrace the next:

Technique growth & implementation

Context evaluation: With particular consideration to his/her Unit’s technical, programmatic, and institutional focus, and in coordination with the nation coordinator, the Analysis Supervisor ensures that IMPACT has an updated understanding of:

• The nation’s socio-economic state of affairs, the influence of a disaster, and the help/humanitarian state of affairs;
• The help/humanitarian planning, coordination, and response mechanisms, in addition to key support/humanitarian stakeholders.

Develop and oversee the implementation of a Unit Technique in alignment with nation and world priorities, and absolutely built-in into nation technique; take a lead position in figuring out strategic alternatives for strengthening IMPACT’s work within the nation inside the scope of his/her unit; specifically:

• Make sure the Unit’s actions are related and have a measurable influence on the help/humanitarian response;

• Establish new packages and approaches by which the Unit can add worth to the help/humanitarian response;

• In coordination with the nation coordinator, determine funding alternatives to consolidate, strengthen and/or broaden the Unit’s packages;

  Analysis Planning

Be sure that all analysis is deliberate according to related venture and program aims and with the Unit/Nation technique

• Be sure that all analysis complies with IMPACT’s HQ Analysis Division and different related pointers;
• Be sure that required secondary knowledge evaluation has been carried out in preparation of an evaluation;
• Be sure that Analysis TORs are validated by HQ earlier than any knowledge assortment begins;
• Be sure that TORs are understood and utilized by evaluation workers and stakeholders, and up to date as required;
• Hold observe of progress and delays of all assigned evaluation all through the analysis cycle. Be sure that delays or recognized challenges for particular assessments are reported to the Nation Coordinator and HQ analysis division in a well timed method.
• Guarantee related stakeholders and companions are engaged in evaluation design and planning.

Analysis Implementation

• Be sure that knowledge collectors are recognized and educated for main knowledge assortment;
• Monitor knowledge assortment, making certain its appropriate implementation according to agreed TORs;
• Be sure that the Nation Coordinator, the HQ IMPACT analysis division, and Deputy Nation Coordinator are alerted to any points that stop full implementation of the methodology according to the agreed TORs; make sure that all adjustments to the methodology are documented all through implementation;
• Guarantee logistics, monetary, administration, safety, and HR processes immediately associated to the Unit’s work and ongoing evaluation have been appropriately carried out and coordinated with the related ACTED departments;
• Guarantee common state of affairs updates on knowledge assortment have been produced and circulated to related IMPACT, ACTED, and exterior counterparts. Present help and observe up on recognized challenges through the knowledge assortment course of;
• Be sure that all collected knowledge is saved according to IMPACT’s Knowledge Administration Pointers, and with the ToRs;
• Be sure that knowledge is revised and cleaned and that every one revisions are recorded;
• Oversee evaluation of collected knowledge as per ToRs;
• Be sure that significant strategies are used to investigate the info collected;
• Be sure that knowledge and its evaluation are validated by IMPACT HQ earlier than the product drafting stage;
• Be sure that knowledge and its evaluation don’t include private info and are validated by IMPACT HQ earlier than sharing with exterior events;
• Keep common communication with IMPACT HQ on progress and deadlines for written merchandise;
• Make sure the drafting of well timed and correct evaluation outputs (i.e. stories, factsheets, and so forth.), which adjust to IMPACT’s pointers and high quality requirements;
• Evaluate all merchandise earlier than they’re despatched to the Nation Coordinator or IMPACT HQ for validation;
• Be sure that all written merchandise are validated by IMPACT HQ earlier than exterior launch.

Data Sharing and Studying Course of

• Guarantee the event and software of an M&E system/plan for every program inside the Unit, according to IMPACT’s M&E pointers.
• Lead on inner and exterior program evaluations as mandatory and make sure the execution of baseline, periodic, and remaining evaluations as mandatory.
• Guarantee studying by the Unit from related finest practices internally and externally each nationally and globally and make studying accessible for different packages; set up a program overview workshop and doc classes learnt on the finish of every program.
• Share and consolidate information on the unit stage, with nation senior administration staff and (as related) with World Models and Communities of Follow.
• Ship and participates in inter-agency, multi-stakeholders’ information sharing/classes discovered train.

Challenge Cycle Administration

Challenge and Grants Administration:

• Administration of related all Challenge / Grant cycles inside his/her Unit (in coordination with the Nation Coordinator).
• Observe up on inner venture cycle administration processes (Kick-off/finish conferences, Challenge Factsheets, and so forth), in addition to exterior reporting necessities to donors.
• Monitor output achievement, money burn charges and guarantee well timed completion of initiatives via overview of BFUs, Challenge factsheet, and venture stories.
• Be sure that contractual obligations are met when it comes to deliverables in addition to narrative and monetary reporting necessities, in shut coordination with the Nation Coordinator, and (as related) with ACTED PD and finance departments;
• Guarantee contractual monitoring and analysis indicators are recognized and tracked in a well timed method;
• Present ad-hoc help to venture implementation via troubleshooting and eliminating blocking factors;
• Guarantee sufficient contribution to venture and proposal follow-up instruments via the well timed submission of the month-to-month up to date Reporting Observe Up (RFU) software.

Finance Administration:

• Anticipate monetary dangers and gaps in funding;
• Monitor venture budgets inside Models to keep away from beneath/over spending, in hyperlink with the senior finance officer, Nation Coordinator and (as related) IMPACT and ACTED finance;
• Guarantee correct and well timed monetary reporting, in hyperlink with Nation Coordinator and (as related) IMPACT and ACTED finance
• Guarantee correct price range expenditure monitoring and forecasting, in hyperlink with the senior finance officer, Nation Coordinator and (as related) with IMPACT and ACTED finance;

Asset and IT Administration:

• Guarantee correct asset administration;
• Guarantee correct IT techniques, knowledge backup and safety from malware;
• Guarantee adequate and dependable technique of communication;
• Repeatedly hyperlink with and report back to IMPACT HQ hub and (as related) ACTED logistics and IT departments;
• Guarantee use of the nation server for safe storage and sharing of inner documentation.

Group Administration and Management

Management

• Present management inside their unit in addition to inside the nation Senior Administration Group
• Transmit IMPACT’s values and imaginative and prescient, and their declination inside his/her unit.

Employees Administration

• Be sure that workers inside his/her unit perceive and are in a position to carry out their roles and obligations;
• Be sure that all workers inside Unit have clear and repeatedly up to date TORs, workplans and Key efficiency Indicators in opposition to which their efficiency shall be appraised;
• Promote staff constructing, productiveness and workers welfare;
• Mentor and help the Unit staff to construct capacities, and enhance effectivity and efficiency;
• Administration of interpersonal conflicts inside Unit;
• Guarantee common replace with Nation Coordinator about workers potential, profession administration, coaching alternatives, contractual points, difficulties confronted with or expressed by field-based workers;
• Guarantee communication and linkage with Nation Coordinator and (when related) HQ HR is made instantly in case of HR drawback by the Unit member;
• Guarantee all workers in Unit obtain an applicable introduction and coaching upon arrival/hiring;
• Be sure that all workers in unit obtain common coaching on IMPACT’s code of conduct and insurance policies.

Administration and HR administration

• In help of the Nation Coordinator, contribute to clear and well timed identification and recruitment of workers working within the Unit;
• In coordination with the Nation Coordinator and (for nationwide workers, when related) ACTED nation HR, proactively adapt the staffing construction for the Unit to wants and funding;
• Develop and replace nation Unit organogram and workers recruitment plan, according to the wants of unit technique and present budgetary and programme necessities;
• Guarantee common efficiency appraisal and profession administration of all workers within the Unit;
• Guarantee well timed and correct HR reporting;
• Guarantee well timed attendance sheets, depart plans, in addition to exit varieties for departing workers.

Inside Coordination and Communication

Inside communication

• Facilitate inner communication inside the unit staff and knowledge sharing for a optimistic working setting;
• Guarantee implementation of standard unit staff conferences;
• Guarantee common reporting to the Nation Coordinator;
• Be sure that any danger to IMPACT programming, initiatives or workers is as quickly as potential communicated to and understood by Nation Coordinator and (when related) IMPACT director of nation programmes and related HQ head of departments.

Coordination with ACTED

• Guarantee common coordination with ACTED’s Challenge Growth, Finance and different FLAT departments in any respect phases of growth and implementation of the Unit’s initiatives, together with participation in venture kick off and classes learnt conferences, help to drafting of month-to-month inner updates (BFU, RFUs, allocation tables, and so forth), and help to drafting of donor stories or modification requests;
• Guarantee compliance of all IMPACT unit workers to ACTED FLAT and safety procedures;
• Be sure that all Unit workers are conscious and absolutely abide by ACTED’s laws when it comes to administration, logistics and safety;
• Ensures that the Models actions are coordinated with and validated by ACTED’s Safety division, within the frequency and modality requested by the latter;
• Repeatedly hyperlinks with ACTED administration and finance to plan motion, journey and in relation to the Unit’s workers;
• Instantly inform and coordinates with CC and ACTED CD ought to any IMPACT workers, in addition to workers working beneath IMPACT supervision, not respect ACTED laws, particularly when it comes to safety.

INFLUENCING – Exterior Engagement

• Analysis-related exterior engagement, product dissemination and analysis
• In coordination with the Nation Coordinator, make sure that related companions are consulted and concerned in any respect phases of analysis cycle: the preparation of the evaluation; knowledge assortment; knowledge evaluation; overview of analysis merchandise; product dissemination; and classes learnt; make sure that companion engagement is documented;
• Be sure that exterior communications with companions and key stakeholders, together with related UN businesses, native and nationwide authorities, and NGOs has been carried out and documented as applicable for every Analysis Cycle;
• Below the course of the Nation Coordinator, have interaction within the dissemination of analysis merchandise, together with via articles, IMPACT social media contents, focused e-mails, shows, conferences, and so forth, according to IMPACT Dissemination and Exterior Communication Pointers and Analysis TORs;
• Below supervision of IMPACT HQ, make sure that analysis merchandise are uploaded in related knowledge portals, as laid out in Analysis TORs;
• Be sure that classes discovered are gathered and documented on the finish of every analysis cycle;
• Assist the Nation Coordinator to conduct monitoring and analysis as specified within the analysis TORs and according to IMPACT Pointers.
• Senior exterior engagement and output dissemination with key stakeholders, in addition to coordination of exterior engagement by all Unit workers
• Below the steering of the Nation Coordinator, leads the event of content material and knowledge for nation stage advocacy
• Growth strategic partnerships with key humanitarian stakeholders and choice makers
• Communications and session with Nation Coordinator and different SMT members, together with sharing related info and making certain environment friendly and productive hyperlinks with SMT
• Guarantee coordinated and optimistic interactions between Unit and ACTED workers
• Assist the IMPACT Nation Coordinator in exterior engagement in relation to IMPACT technique or (when requested and with focus) to fundraising and grants administration.
• Develop proposals, idea notes, and price range in shut coordination with the IMPACT Nation Coordinator, according to the Unit and Nation Methods.

Required {qualifications} and technical experience

REQUIREMENTS

• Educational Glorious tutorial {qualifications}, together with a Grasp’s diploma in a related self-discipline (Worldwide Relations, Political Sciences, Social Analysis, Statistics, Economics, Growth Research, or related)
• Administration expertise Earlier expertise in a administration position in a INGO at area stage. Confirmed observe file in profitable administration of worldwide and nationwide groups in humanitarian contexts
• Familiarity support system Familiarity with the help system, and the analysis group;
• Communication/reporting expertise Glorious communication and drafting expertise for efficient reporting, together with confirmed expertise in contributing to excessive stage shows/briefings.
• Years of labor expertise At the very least 3 years of related working expertise or confirmed development inside IMPACT
• Analysis expertise: Glorious analysis and analytical expertise an asset. Expertise in assessments. M&E, area analysis, evaluations an asset.
• Software program expertise: Confirmed information of the Microsoft Workplace Suite, to incorporate Phrase, Excel, and PowerPoint. Familiarity with R, SPSS and/or STATA or different statistical evaluation software program an asset
• Multi-tasking expertise Skill to multitask with tight deadlines, on quite a few analysis cycles in advanced setting;
• Stage of independence A self-starter with a confirmed potential to work independently;
• Cross-cultural work setting Skill to function in a cross-cultural setting requiring flexibility;
• Expertise in geographical area Previous expertise within the Horn of Africa or Japanese Africa is fascinating;
• Language expertise Fluency in English required, competency in Somali or Swahili an asset;
• Safety setting Skill to function in a fancy and difficult safety setting

apply

Certified nationwide individuals with the required expertise are invited to submit their purposes accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and canopy letter as a single doc i.e. with the duvet letter being on the primary web page and the CV beginning on the second web page, detailing three work associated referees and contacts to [email protected] and obtained on or earlier than 5.00PM on 8 04 2024 with the topic line “Analysis Supervisor, Nairobi”

Please don’t connect another paperwork whereas sending your purposes, if required they are going to be requested at a later stage.

Please be aware that solely shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.

ACTED will at no stage of recruitment course of request candidate to make funds of any type. Additional, ACTED has not retained any agent in reference to recruitments.

ACTED is dedicated to defending beneficiaries inside our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any form of misconduct. ACTED has particular insurance policies, together with PSEA and Baby Safety, which outlines the anticipated behaviour and the accountability of all workers, beneficiaries, consultants, and different stakeholders and has zero tolerance in the direction of misconducts. Any candidate provided a job with ACTED shall be anticipated to signal ACTED’s organizational Insurance policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and comply with conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of those paperwork.

ACTED is an Equal Alternative Employer.