Terms of Reference
ASSESSMENT OFFICER FOR MIGRATION
BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH
IMPACT Initiatives is humanitarian think tank, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative, which was created in 2010 to facilitate the development of information tools and products that enhance the capacity of aid actors to make evidence-based decisions in emergency, recovery and development contexts. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote-sensing. For more information visit: www.reach-initiative.org.
We are currently looking for an Assessment Officer – Migrant Project to support the REACH and IMPACT Initiatives team in Geneva.
Department: REACH
Position: REACH Assessment Officer – Migrant Project
Contract duration: 6 months
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Supervision
The Assessment Officer – Migrant Project will report to and be under the direct supervision of the REACH Global Coordination.
Country profile
Summer 2015 marked an unprecedented spike in migration towards Europe, with thousands of asylum seekers travelling through the Balkans on a daily basis until the imposition of travel restrictions in February and March 2016. Since then, migrants and asylum seekers have continued to arrive Europe: through the Balkans by increasingly relying on smugglers and illegal routes; and through Italy by using of the dangerous Central Mediterranean sea crossing from Libya. Many migrants have also found themselves stranded in Europe after the imposition of the new travel restrictions, in fear of deportation and increasingly resorting to illegal travel.
IMPACT, through its REACH initiative, has been working in the Western Balkans since November 2015 to collect and provide information to decision-makers and humanitarian actors responding to the migrants crisis. Building on its work so far, REACH will launch a new program focusing on migration trends and patters, needs of migrants and intentions, with a focus on Greece and Italy, and managed directly by IMPACTs’ global team in Geneva.
Position profile
Functions
Reporting to the REACH Global Coordinator in Geneva, the Assessment Officer will be responsible for the implementation of REACH’s migration program in Europe.
This will include oversight of field teams, through frequent travels to Italy and Greece, analysis of data and report drafting, external engagement with key stakeholders in Geneva.
Tasks
The Assessment Officer – Migrant Project shall be responsible for:
- Provide remote technical and management support to field assessment teams (research design, methodology development, quantitative and qualitative data analysis)
- Conduct deployments to the field on a regular basis, as required, to set up and supervise field data collection, train data collection teams, analyze data, engage with partners and present findings
- Act as a focal point for assessment teams based in the Balkans, consolidate data and analysis and provide continued follow up and support
- Draft written outputs based on data collected (reports, factsheets, profiles etc.)
- Conduct reviews of secondary data to complement, verify and triangulate primary data
- Edit and format information products (using Microsoft word, InDesign and Tableau)
- Provide additional information and support as and when required by other departments
Requirements
Required:
- Excellent academic qualifications, including a Master degree in relevant discipline (International Relations, Political Sciences, Social Research, Economics, Anthropology, Assessment, or similar)
- Demonstrated quantitative and/or qualitative analytical skills
- 1-2 years’ experience in assessments, M&E, field research, evaluations an asset; preferably in an
international context - Fluency in both oral and written English, with experience in report writing at a graduate or professional level
- Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting in English
- Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility
- Familiarity with the humanitarian aid system
- Ability to operation Microsoft Word
- Advance Excel user
- Ability to work independently, with initiative, and strong capacity to work in intercultural teams
- Availability to travel to field missions on a regular basis
- Advance user of Social Media
Desirable:
- Experience with programs under Adobe Software package (InDesign, Illustrator).
- Knowledge of other research and analysis related software such as SPSS, STATA, NVIVO, Tableau, etc.
- Migrant Studies
HOW TO APPLY:
How to apply
Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, three references and samples of previous researches tojobs@impact-initiatives.org
Ref: 16/GEN/AOMP
Please indicate the reference in the subject line of your email.
Deadline: October 3rd, 2016
