The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) is an initiative of a consortium of NGOs. ACAPS aims to support improved needs analysis in emergencies by providing an experienced and well trained deployable capacity to support in-country needs analysis expertise before, during and after crises. ACAPS' goal is to improve effective humanitarian responses through the provision of improved, context-specific information on humanitarian needs.
This will promote more coherent and effective humanitarian responses; Common Humanitarian Action Plans (CHAPS), Consolidated Appeals (CAPS) and Flash Appeals that are better informed by humanitarian needs; well targeted funding; more accurate baseline information on which to base preparedness and future response; and in-country capacity that is better prepared to conduct effective and timely coordinated multi-sectoral assessments.
To achieve this, ACAPS aims to deploy highly qualified, experienced, pre-selected and pre-trained individuals with needs assessment and information analysis profiles. To this end, we are seeking additional Assessment Experts for the ACAPS roster.
ACAPS Assessment Experts can be seconded to UN agencies or other relevant stakeholders in crisis areas. When seconded to a UN agency the Assessment Experts is officially regarded as ‘Type II Gratis Personnel’ or ‘Experts on Mission’. Although not considered as official staff members of the hosting agency, ACAPS personnel should perform their duties under the authority and in full compliance with the agency to which they are seconded.
Candidates will be expected to work under pressure - on occasions in a highly stressful environment, be able to cope in a competitive international environment and to manage conflicting priorities.
An ACAPS deployment typically lasts from 4 to 12 weeks and those accepted to the roster need to be prepared to take on missions of various lengths. Before deployment, ACAPS Roster members will be required to participate in one week of training covered by ACAPS.
Job description
ACAPS Roster Assessment Experts will perform and carry out the following specific duties and responsibilities:
Support the implementation of coordinated multi-sectoral assessment processes in countries experiencing crisis, support assessment preparedness activities in high risk, disaster-prone countries. This will include the development, with humanitarian stakeholders, of an agreed, context-specific approach and methodology. This will involve working within a team of humanitarian partners that may include cluster leads, government representatives and other consultants such as statisticians, GIS experts, spatial epidemiologists, anthropologists and household survey experts.
Ensure quality control, appropriate monitoring of data collection and ongoing surveillance of developing humanitarian needs, response activities and gaps.
Promote coordinated approaches and best practices to assessment and assessment preparedness with relevant stakeholders, including local government and civil society.
Where relevant, support the humanitarian stakeholders’ analysis of agencies' diagnostic capacity to analyse risks and vulnerabilities. Together with in-country humanitarian partners, identify ways to strengthen this capacity.
Qualifications
Fluency in written and spoken English is essential as this is the working language.
Fluency in written and spoken French, Spanish or Arabic is highly desirable.
Ten years' or more experience in humanitarian emergencies with increasing levels of management responsibility including experience leading multi-disciplinary, multi-national, sectoral and agency needs assessments teams in complex environments
Experience in administration, personnel management and security management, including training and supporting staff
Proven analytical and communication abilities including drafting and negotiation skills
Experience in representational roles, including engagement with IASC Country Teams, government officials, local civil society, donors
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the institutional mandates of IASC agencies as well as the workings of the UN system and humanitarian emergency and/or complex operations across a variety of geographic areas
Relevant university degree or higher education
Valid international (manual) driver's license.
Personal qualities
Citizens from the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply
We offer
NRC will contractually administer the core team and ACAPS personnel will remain employees of the NRC when deployed.
Competitive compensation and benefits packages.
Full travel insurance
Free housing of moderate standard on assignment
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