Responsibilities

Management of AAH’s research and analysis products 

• Ensure effective planning, production, and timely delivery of analytical outputs, including:
  • planning the allocation of resources and development of workplans
  • coordination of AAH analysts, other content and language editors, as well as external experts
  • collaboration between AAH analysts and other ACAPS teams.

Product management for specific research outputs

• Review assessments, reports and information products on a specific crisis or set of crises to understand the information landscape and current gaps.
• Participate in humanitarian cluster and working group meetings as needed
• Design, develop, and produce analysis according to ACAPS methodology and AAH workplan (as product lead)
• Provide feedback to other product leads on design, content, structure and quality of analytical products
• Ensure high methodological standards and quality of analysis of the analytical products
• Ensure effective knowledge transfer at webinars & presentations

AAH Capacity building and collaboration

• Provide on the job capacity building and methodological trainings to other team members (e.g. information analysts) analysis methodologies, in collaboration with the AAH’s Senior Advisors
• Support cross-organisational analysis production and joint analysis across the organisation

Networking and partnerships

• Support the team leader in liaising with the Hub’s Advisory Committee on the development of specific analytical products
• Support the Team Leader in liaising and coordinating joint analysis with key humanitarian stakeholders.
• Represent ACAPS at key cluster and working group meetings to provide input and promote ACAPS products.
• Support the development and maintenance of a list/informal network of key interlocutors for information.
• Support the Team Leader in fundraising efforts and donor engagement for the Afghanistan

Analysis Hub, e.g. input to concept notes and presentations to donors

Competencies

Professional competencies

• Relevant Master’s degree preferably in humanitarian action, social sciences, international relations, public health, epidemiology or similar.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector
• Minimum 3 years experience in research, analysis, information management, advocacy, or other relevant field
• Experience in conducting anticipatory analysis or in disaster risk reduction, early warning and early action
• Demonstrated analytical skills and written clarity, including ability to analyse complex concepts and synthetize information.
• Fluent written and oral communication skills in English
• Ability to assess data reliability and identify bias. Ability and confidence to make judgment calls when interpreting ambiguous data
• Demonstrated experience in designing and conducing analysis in humanitarian contexts.
• Training and proven understanding/application of quantitative and qualitative research and analysis methods (mixed and multi)
• Proven experience working with civil society and local partners
• Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team
• Ability to facilitate joint analysis
• Flexibility (including regarding working hours)
• Management experience is highly desired
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel.

Highly desired skills, knowledge, and experience

• Robust knowledge of Afghanistan politics, conflict, security and humanitarian context
• Networking, and research experience in/on Afghanistan