Position: Ukraine Analysis Hub – Senior Analyst                                         

Reports to: Ukraine Analysis Hub Team Leader                                               

Supervision of: 3 – 5 Analysts and Data Collectors                  

Budget responsibility: N/A                   

Duty Station: Kyiv, Ukraine                                       

Travel: Occasional travel 

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

Starting date: As soon as possible

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.

About the 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 UAH also seeks to bolster analytical capacity and assessment capabilities in Ukraine, through mentoring and technical support to the broad humanitarian response, including Ukrainian civil society organizations.

The project is composed of 20 staff members and consultants, working mainly from Poland and Ukraine.

Purpose of the position 

The Senior Analyst supervises the planning, production, and quality of the UAH’s analytical products. S/he also contributes to this production by writing and delivering analysis if necessary and supporting the development and improvement of ACAPS methodologies. The post holder leads on-the-job training for the analysts and data collectors, s/he supervises and supports the Team Leader with networking, partnerships, and fundraising efforts. The Senior Analyst is expected to be the preeminent contextual expert on Ukraine context within the UAH. The position reports to the Team Leader and is part of the UAH’s management team along with other Senior Analysts, the Project Manager, and the Civil Society Advisor.

Role and responsibilities

Managing the 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, as well as high quality and methodological accuracy of the products, and planning and executing dissemination processes to promote the hub’s analysis
• Ensuring 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 parts of the team
• As Product Manager, providing regular coaching and feedback to the Product Lead and other support analysts on content, structure, methodology, and quality of the analysis
• Ensuring efficient collaboration with other ACAPS teams, including content and language editors, data services, and communications

Secondary data analysis

• Reading and reviewing assessments, reports, and information products on Ukraine to understand the information landscape and current gaps
• Contributing to the maintenance and updating of the UAH’s information management systems
• Supporting the overall information needs of the humanitarian response in Ukraine through the compilation, synthesis, and analysis of relevant qualitative and quantitative information
• Contributing to the creation of tools to facilitate the ongoing analysis and sharing of data and information that support evidence-based decision making as needed

Partnerships and Networking

• In collaboration with the Team Leader, Civil Society Advisor, and other analysts on the team, developing and maintaining a network of key interlocutors for information gathering (including sector and agency level)
• Representing ACAPS at key cluster and working group meetings to provide input and promote ACAPS products
• Responding to ad hoc analytical requests from external partners
• Liaising and coordinating joint analysis with key humanitarian stakeholders in Ukraine
• Providing technical analytical support to local and international humanitarian actors, for instance on scenario building exercises or analysis methodologies
• Supporting the Team Leader in fundraising efforts and donor engagement for the Ukraine Analysis Hub, e.g. input to concept notes and presentations to donors and other key stakeholders

Management

• Providing line management to Analysts and Data Collectors
• Supporting the professional development of Analysts and Data Collectors under line management responsibility through regular check-ins, the creation of an annual work and development plan, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring
• Facilitating internal capacity building activities on analysis-related skills as needed
• As a member of the UAH’s management team, contributing to the development of the hub’s strategy and positioning within the Ukraine humanitarian response

Any other tasks as requested by the Team Leader.

Competencies

Required professional competencies

• Relevant Master’s degree preferably in international relations, political science, peace and conflict studies, humanitarian action, international development, or other related social science.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector, including a minimum 2 years in research, analysis, advocacy, risk management, or other relevant experience
• Demonstrated advanced analytical skills and written clarity, including ability to understand complex concepts and problems and synthetize information
• Deep understanding of conflict analysis methodologies, conflict sensitivity, and the Do No Harm framework
• 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
• Ability to assess data reliability and identify bias. Ability and confidence to make judgment calls when interpreting ambiguous data
• Demonstrated experience in designing and conducting analysis in humanitarian contexts
• Training and proven understanding/application of quantitative and qualitative research and analysis methods (mixed and multi)
• Proven experience working with various types of humanitarian stakeholders (donors, UN agencies, INGOs, civil society organizations)
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, manage own use of time and self-motivate
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills in English
• Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel

Desired skills, knowledge, and experience

• Excellent knowledge of the Russia-Ukraine conflict
• Large professional humanitarian network in Ukraine
• Management experience
• Ukrainian and/or Russian language skills
• Familiarity with data analysis, statistics, and data processing software
• Good understanding of data visualization and geographic information systems (GIS)
• Prior experience designing and leading key informant interviews and/or focus group discussions

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
• Adapting and responding to change: Flexible, able to adapt to changes in context
• Leading supervising, deciding and initiating action 
• Adhering to principles and values