Senior Analyst ACAPS

POSITION SUMMARY

Position: Ukraine Analysis Hub – Senior Analyst

Reports to: Ukraine Analysis Hub Team Leader

Supervision of: 3 – 5 people

Budget responsibility: N/A

Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine or Warsaw, Poland

Travel: Possible

Duration & contract type: 100%, 12 months, dependent on funding

Starting date: February 2024

Eligibility: Must have the right to live and work in either Poland or Ukraine

About ACAPS

ACAPS 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.

Ukraine Analysis Hub

ACAPS Ukraine Analysis Hub (UAH) has been monitoring the conflict in Ukraine and producing timely, independent, and high-quality analytical products on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and the region since March 2022. Since its inception, the UAH has delivered a comprehensive set of analytical products, including in-depth analytical reports and datasets.

The project also seeks to bolster analytical capacity and assessment capabilities in Ukraine, through mentoring and technical support to Ukrainian civil society.

The project is composed of 16 staff members, working mainly from Poland and Ukraine.

Purpose of the position

The Senior Analyst supervises the planning, production, and quality of the ACAPS analytical reports produced by the analysts of the project. 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Role and responsibilities

Management of production of analytical products

• Manage the analytical production of the hub according to hub’s strategy and objectives, including facilitating design processes, ensuring smooth production timelines and collaboration, ensure high quality and methodological accuracy of the products, and plan and execute dissemination processes to promote the hub’s analysis.
• 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.
• Establish realistic timelines for the products, in collaboration with the Hub’s Project Manager
• In collaboration with the Senior Analyst and a Project Lead ensure overall coordination of resources needed for the products and internal processes (analysts, ACAPS and external experts, editors etc).
• As Product Manager, provide feedback to the Product Lead(s) on content, structure, and quality of the analysis.
• Ensure collaboration between Senior Analysts and different parts of the team (data collectors, data analysts, information analysts, experts) to deliver high quality analysis with support of the Team Leader

Oversight over the quality of analysis and technical support

• Ensure high methodological standards and high quality of analysis
• Provide support to the Product Lead(s) on design and planning of analysis
• Provide feedback to the Product Lead(s) on content, structure, and quality of the analysis
• In collaboration with a Senior Analyst and the Project Manager, ensure mechanisms to gather and analyse feedback on the impact of produced analysis
• Design, develop, and produce analysis according to ACAPS methodology
• Provide training and feedback to the analysts on design, content, structure and quality of the analysis.

Partnerships and Networking

• In collaboration with the Team Leader, Project Manager and other analysts on the team, develop and maintain a network of key interlocutors for information (including sector and agency level)
• In collaboration with the Team Leader establish effective processes to manage key relationships with international and local partners
• Represent ACAPS at key cluster and working group meetings to provide input and promote ACAPS products
• Liaise and coordinate joint analysis with key humanitarian stakeholders and other key IM Colleagues
• 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 Ukraine Analysis Hub , e.g. input to concept notes and presentations to donors

Secondary data analysis

• Review assessments, reports and information products on Ukraine to understand the information landscape and current gaps.
• Contribute to the establishment and maintenance of Analysis Hub 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 Ukraine 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.

Critical interfaces

The Senior Analyst will work closely with all members of the Hub to ensure correct and smooth work processes and communication. The Senior Analyst will work closely with the Team Leader and the Project Manager.

The shape and scope of responsibilities might need to be adjusted following the review of the workload and responsibility distribution within the team. Any changes to this ToR will be agreed upon between the Project Manager and the Team Leader.

QUALIFICATIONS

Competencies

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 understand complex concepts and problems and synthetize information
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and results oriented approach. Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Management experience
• Ability to assess data reliability and identify bias. Ability and confidence to make judgment calls when interpreting ambiguous data
• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, manage own use of time and self-motivate.
• Fluent written and oral communication skills in English
• Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team
• Flexibility (including regarding working hours)
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel.

Highly desired skills, knowledge, and experience

• Excellent knowledge of Ukraine politics, economics and history
• Large professional networks in Ukraine
• Ability to facilitate joint analysis
• Ukraine language skills
• Familiarity with data analysis and processing software

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 and collaboration
• Active listening
• Adapting and responding to change: Flexible, including willingness to work overtime.
• Leading supervising, deciding and Initiating action
• Adhering to principles and values

Operate in line with the ACAPS values

ACAPS is a dynamic and independent organisation. Our culture is enshrined in the ACAPS values (here). The post holder is expected to develop the position in line with these values. The ACAPS values live in the way we manage our teams, create our content and engage with stakeholders.

Performance Management

The employee will be accountable for the responsibilities and the competencies. The following documents will be used for performance reviews:

• The Job Description
• The Work and Development Plan
• The Performance Review Template