Humanitarian Analyst

TITLE: Humanitarian Analyst TEAM/PROGRAMME: Humanitarian LOCATION: Kabul GRADE: TBD CONTRACT LENGTH: One Year, renewable CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: √ the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The role holder uses best-to-date data and previous learning and provides contextualized analysis to actively support the response leadership in building in depth analysis of the context, designing and delivering quality humanitarian response. The Analyst acts as a curator of evidence, selecting information with high strategic value, and fosters the use of available data by translating it in a way that easily informs decision-making (synthesising, interpreting, and putting it in perspective) within the organisation and to influence the external actors.

By providing informed and targeted analysis focused on delivering the best possible impact of our action for children, the role holder supports colleagues to influence key internal and external stakeholders. In performing her/his duties, the Humanitarian Analyst will ensure knowledge transfer (to and from her/him). She/he will make sure that relevant evidence, in particular related to children, marginalised, and deprived groups, from past analyses, analyses from our partners, external analyses, and any other source of reliable information is routinely used. Assessing the existing will allow to identify critical data gaps and guide new strategic, programmatic and advocacy decisions. New contextual insights on the crisis gained during the assignment will be captured in a way that promotes learning and future utilisation (by the response team and/or Country Office).

While harvesting evidence of the past and present, the Humanitarian Analyst role is forward-looking, directly contributing to risk monitoring, scenario planning, projecting evolutions of humanitarian needs, and anticipating critical changes in the aid system in country. SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Humanitarian Director Direct Reports and Budget responsibility: None

Key working relationships: The role is expected to collaborate across sectors of interventions, Area/Field Offices (depending on the nature of the crisis) and with a cross-functional approach (engaging members of other parts of the Response Team in particular Safety and Security, Preparedness, advocacy, MEAL, partnerships, etc. With 20% Field visit and deployable in country during humanitarian response.

The incumbent is also expected to participate in external update calls organized by Humanitarian Coordination Architecture and coordinate with different Cluster IMO. KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Humanitarian Data Management: - Liaise with field offices to ensure that appropriate humanitarian context data is collected at a local level and shared regularly to support risk monitoring and analysis. - Liaise with other humanitarian agencies and with relevant government actors, and regularly check resource repositories (e.g. reliefweb.int, data.humdata.org etc) to access humanitarian datasets and other resources to support humanitarian analysis. - Compile existing disaggregated (age/gender) data on the needs of children, marginalised and deprived groups and the state of the humanitarian response / aid system in country to inform programmatic decisions. - Identify data gaps (quality of datasets, geographic disparities, sensitivities, etc.) to assist Save the Children and partners in intentional primary data collection and in advocating for better humanitarian data. - Maintain up-to-date data, information and resources and ensure data and evidence is easily available and accessible at Country Office level for the response team, and for global purposes (e.g., on global Knowledge Management platforms).

Humanitarian Analysis, Presentation & Learning: - Monitor contextual developments (social, political, economic) and map key crisis drivers (deteriorating factors, structural inequalities, response trends, access issues etc.) at local, national, and sub-regional level to contextualize humanitarian needs assessments and plans. - Work closely with response / humanitarian leadership by providing evidence and analysis to inform upcoming key decisions. - Share regular analyses of the most relevant information (humanitarian context) in a concise and engaging way, focusing on contextual dynamics of relevance to children (as being impacted by as well as agents in crisis), including through production of maps and infographics. - Support internal processes aiming at anticipatory action (risk monitoring for early warning and early action, forecasting exercises, scenario planning, etc.). - Prepare and submit Humanitarian Alerts following rapid onset incidents or threshold deterioration in chronic emergencies. - Support internal processes requiring robust contextual analysis (response strategy design/planning, humanitarian response plan, needs assessments, emergency preparedness planning, proposal development, access-related issues, etc.). Specifically, actively contribute towards the annual development and regular review of the Emergency Preparedness Plan and Humanitarian Plan. - Drawing on learning from previous responses, ensure lessons learned identified in Real Time Reviews are applied, and encourage a learning culture within the response (Core Humanitarian Standard 7). - Provide analytical support to sectoral or non-sectoral assessments or research projects to ensure analyses are methodologically robust and contextually relevant.

Conflict Sensitivity: - Deliver situational, risk, conflict, and actor analyses upon request from humanitarian leadership. - Promote a conflict-sensitive response, build capacity of humanitarian team on conflict sensitivity principles, and support the implementation of the Centrality of Protection Policy and Procedure.

Interagency Humanitarian Analysis & Reporting: - Actively participate in interagency information management networks to foster information exchange and joint context analyses and reporting. - Prepare analysis for response team to feed into the JIAF (Joint Intersectoral Analysis Framework), HNO (Humanitarian Needs Overview), HRP (Humanitarian Response Plan) process. - Support quarterly reporting on Save the Children’s delivery against the HRP (Humanitarian Response Plan). Coordinate with MEAL team to ensure Save the Children regularly collects data appropriate for the HRP.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability: • holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values; • holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved; Ambition: • sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same; • widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others • future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale; Collaboration: • builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters; • values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength; • approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; Creativity: • develops and encourages new and innovative solutions; • willing to take disciplined risks; Integrity: • honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity; QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential • A degree in relevant field (Data Science, Statistics, political science, social sciences, economics, international humanitarian law ) • Previous experience of at least three (3) years in an analytical capacity for an aid organization. • Theoretical and practical knowledge of analytical methodologies and tools, particularly qualitative analysis. • Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Power Bi, GIS, and/or other data visualization tools. • Knowledge and experience of setting up and managing databases. • Record of excellent communication and writing skills, demonstrating the ability to summarize key information in data-scarce environments and to make complex concepts and findings understandable to a large audience. • Critical thinker, capable of presenting the ‘bigger picture’ even in the rush of an acute crisis. • Demonstrated capacity to work autonomously under pressure and with tight deadlines. • Diplomatic mind-set, respectful of the diversity of experiences and points of view in intercultural teams. • Appetite for learning and making a difference in complex and challenging environments.

Desirable • Established networks among the humanitarian analyst community • Previous experience in country of deployment ¬- Extensive knowledge of AFG context and crisis • Training in humanitarian foresight Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience. Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures; Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy Humanitarian response In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.