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SayPro Assessment Management – Site Mapping and Monitoring
We are currently looking for an Assessment Officer to support our team in Slovakia.
Department:REACH
Position: Assessment Officer
Contract duration:5 months
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia (temporarily in Warsaw, Poland)
Starting Date: ASAP
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Assessment Officer is responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation and follow up of research cycles to which s/he is assigned, in close coordination with other team members and with relevant external partners. In doing so, the Assessment Officer will ensure an effective management of related projects and resources, including line-management national and international assessment staff.
More specifically the Assessment Officer is responsible for the following:
Research Planning:
- Anticipate knowledge gaps prior to the execution of a research cycle;
- Ensure that required secondary data review and/or analysis has been conducted in preparation of an assessment;
- Ensure that all research cycles are planned in line with the country strategy, relevant research and project objectives and with research cycle and other relevant guidelines;
- Design research approaches and methodologies according to REACH’s requirements and principles as well as partners’ information needs;
- Compose and construct, in close coordination with GIS and data teams, qualitative and quantitative data collection tools;
- For each research cycle, prepare ToRs and ensure their validation by HQ before any data collection begins;
- Ensure relevant stakeholders and partners are engaged in research design and planning.
Research Implementation
- Ensure that required enumerators are identified and trained for primary data collection;
- Monitor data collection, ensuring its correct implementation in line with agreed TORs;
- Manage assessment logistics, including with partner organizations, identifying assessment areas, facilitating design workshops, managing joint data collection processes, and facilitating joint analysis workshops;
- Ensure regular situation updates on data collection are produced and circulated to line manager, relevant colleagues and external counterparts;
- Keep track of progress and delays of all assigned assessments throughout the research cycle. Ensure that delays or identified challenges for specific assessments are reported in writing and orally in a timely manner;
- Ensure logistics, financial, administration, security and HR processes directly related to ongoing and upcoming assessments are appropriately planned;
- Ensure that all collected data is stored in line with REACH’s Data Management Guidelines;
- Ensure that data is revised and cleaned, and that all revisions are recorded;
- Provide data analysis on primary and/or secondary data as per ToRs, ensuring that meaningful techniques are used to analyze the data collected;
Drafting of Research Products
- Draft timely and accurate outputs that consolidate the analyses from each research cycle into relevant products such as factsheets, reports, briefs, presentations;
- Ensure that products accurately reflect the information collected and that information is conveyed in a way that maximizes their impact in line with their intended use;
- Liaise with relevant GIS colleagues to ensure effective spatial representation of research findings in maps or interactive web-portals, as relevant.
External Engagement
- Consult relevant partners at all stages of research cycle: assessment preparation; data collection; data analysis; review of research products; product dissemination; and lessons learnt;
- Follow up on issues identified by partners or during meetings / working groups;
- Promote an active use of datasets and research findings by partners and the broader humanitarian community for their decision making;
- Present research findings to relevant third parties in order to enhance their use and impact;
- Ensure that all partner engagement and all external relations are clearly documented and communicated with the line manager and relevant colleagues;
Knowledge sharing and learning processes
- In coordination with country management, support the conduct of monitoring and evaluation for each Research Cycle, as specified in the research ToRs;
- Generate and document robust lessons learned at the end of each Research Cycle;
- Ensure knowledge and learning processes are shared with other teams within mission, and with HQ;
- When required, provide feedback to appropriate global organizational knowledge learning tools.
- Project Cycle Management
- Before project start, ensure the organization of a kick off meeting and the availability of key project management documentations to plan the efficient use of assets, financial and human resources;
- In close coordination with line management, finance and grants colleagues, monitor and regularly update the use of assets, financial and human resources;
- Ensure that any issue in relation to project implementation is reported to the line manager, finance and grants colleagues, and HQ;
- Ensure that a project completion meeting is held and documented for all relevant projects;
- Support the line manager, finance and grants colleagues in drafting of relevant project narrative and financial reports.
Team Management and capacity building
- As relevant, line management of national and international assessment team members;
- For staff under his/her responsibility, and in close consultation with line manager, conduct of appraisals, provision of regular feedback, and participation in career management;
- Prepare and follow up work plans with each staff member that directly reports to him/her;
- For all activities, ensure that all assessment and field teams are comprehensively briefed on objectives, expected outputs and that the overall implementation strategy is clearly understood;
- Support induction for new staff members, including training in basic technical competencies for research design, implementation and analysis;
Data Confidentiality and Protection
The Assessment Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes, ensuring full compliance with IMPACT’s data protection policy and SOPs. He/she will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.
REQUIREMENTS
- Academic Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Master degree in relevant discipline;
- Research skills Proficiencyand proven experience with research methods
- Software skills Proven knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Advanced skills in GIS, mapping, R, SPSS and/or STATA or other statistical analysis software are an advantage; Experience with InDesign an asset.
- Years of work experience At least 2 years of relevant working experience. Experience in humanitarian settings highly desirable;
- Management skills Team management experience and skills highly desirable;
- Communication/reporting skills Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;
- Multi-tasking skills Ability to multitask with tight deadlines, on numerous research cycles;
- Level of independence Proven ability to work independently;
- Cross-cultural work environment Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;
- Experience in geographical region Past experience in the region is desirable;
- Language skills Fluency in English is required, competency in Slovak, Russian, or Ukrainian is an asset;
- Security environment Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment
How to apply
Please apply using the following link: Assessment Officer – Site Mapping & Monitoring | Impact (impact-initiatives.org)
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