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Posted 3 years ago |
JOB TITLE: Humanitarian Analyst
JOB LOCATION: Maiduguri, Nigeria (with travel to field / project locations)
JOB DETAILS:
Essential Job Responsibilities
Systems and Reporting:
- Support recruitment and management of field researchers.
- Support Team Leader to understand information needs of programme teams.
- Support programme teams to define their information needs
Programming and Operations:
- With other analysts, lead on the drafting of periodic analytical products that meet the current and future
information needs of identified audiences. - Develop bespoke products as directed.
- Work closely with allocated programme teams to understand their information needs, and provide timely
and relevant advice - Identify new areas of focus based on the understanding of audience needs
- Collect relevant and sufficient data to inform analysis
- Collaborate throughout the analytical process with all colleagues in the team
- Provide briefings as directed
- Develop and maintain a network of relationships across the northeast region in order to leverage diverse
perspectives and deepen insights. - Conduct regular field visits to gather regular, up-to-date information related to topics of interest.
- Develop and maintain an awareness of humanitarian principles, international humanitarian law and Mercy
Corps’ culture and values. - Other activities related to data collection and analysis as directed.
Security:
- Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
- Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
Organizational Learning:
- Commit to supporting their own professional development, and that of teammates
- As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries:
- Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
- Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Supervisory Responsibility:
- N/A.
Knowledge and Experience
- Bachelors Degree qualification
- Minimum of three (3) years experience in conflict analysis, investigative journalism, humanitarian
programming, research or a related field - Able to demonstrate extensive experience in a variety of formal and informal approaches to data collection
within Nigeria - Demonstrated capacity for analysis that supports decision making
- Experience living and/or working in the north eastern states of Nigeria
- Demonstrated high capacity for writing in English on technical subjects
- Able to convey complex information to a variety of audiences
- Ability to build and maintain networks of information sources across different geographic locations, sectors
and perspectives. - Willingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments.
- Competency in internet and Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Competency in social media tools including Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp.
- Fluency in Hausa and/or Kanuri is required.
Success Factors:
- The successful candidate will be a key member of a small team where curiosity, critical thinking and the ability to see beyond the surface level are highly valuable.
- A professional attitude, demonstration of integrity, discretion and excellent work ethic are key aspects to the success of this new position.
- Strong communication skills (listening, speaking, writing) are imperative to developing positive relationships and representing the analysis team well.
- Interpersonal skills, openness to learning and humility are important attributes to working effectively within a context with significant diversity.
- The Analyst will bring strong time management and organizational skills and will have the ability to work in a fast-moving environment as a team member who will take initiative on projects and support others in their initiatives.
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Deadline: February 2, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Analyst/ Quality Control |