Recruitment for Multiple (Senior) Analyst Positions Across Multiple Regions & Countries: Acute [...]

IMPACT Initiatives; Genf; On-site; CHF 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

IMPACT Initiatives is seeking a (Senior) Analyst – Acute Needs Analysis to lead country-level analysis within multiple crisis contexts. You will synthesize secondary data, apply established analytical guidance, and produce concise briefs with maps and visual aids in collaboration with GIS and design teams.

The role involves coordinating with HQ, stakeholders, and donors to inform humanitarian prioritization, with an emphasis on transparency, quality, and timely delivery across country offices.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as analysis, assessments, monitoring and evaluation and research design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the implementation and delivery of the analysis project at the country level, in coordination with the HQ programme team.
• Align the rollout with global schedules and ensure adherence to IMPACT’s analytical standards.
• Develop and maintain a strong stakeholder mapping and a network of collaborators at country level to enhance contextual understanding / monitoring.
• Ensure development of user-centered products and, where relevant, support joint analysis with relevant stakeholders.
• Collect and synthesize relevant secondary data from REACH assessments, UN agencies, INGOs, and public datasets (e.g., OCHA, FEWS NET, IPC), including via building and maintaining necessary relationships.
• Evaluate data reliability and identify critical gaps.
• Support decisions on the need for targeted, light-touch primary data collection.
• Apply IMPACT’s global analytical guidance to produce structured, consistent, and context-relevant analysis of acute humanitarian needs.
• Use defined frameworks (e.g. Risk of Excess Mortality) to identify areas at risk of large-scale loss of life and estimate the number of people experiencing life-threatening conditions
• Clearly document assumptions, limitations, and analytical reasoning.
• Draft the Acute Needs Analysis brief using standardized global templates and language.
• Collaborate with GIS and design colleagues to include maps, caseload tables, and other visual aids.
• Ensure internal review and validation of the product before dissemination.
• Present findings to clusters, working groups, and donors as needed.
• As needed, support the development of Global Key Messages based on country level findings.
• Participate in lessons-learned reviews and propose improvements to global analysis processes and guidance.
• Contribute to organisational learning on running analysis workstreams and contribute to reflections and development of additional analytical workstreams, in collaboration with country and global counterparts.
• Support internal knowledge sharing and analytical training at the country level.
• Stay updated on sectoral best practices and innovations in humanitarian analysis.
• The (Senior) Analyst will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

Job description

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH

Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Geneva, IMPACT Initiatives is a leading applied research organization and the largest independent provider of data in crisis‑affected contexts. Through our initiatives—REACH, AGORA, and PANDA,we enable humanitarian and other aid actors to make better, evidence‑based decisions by delivering timely, relevant, and methodologically rigorous data and analysis. Our extensive presence across crisis‑contexts allows us to collect data directly from crisis‑affected people wherever needed, including among the most vulnerable and hard‑to‑reach.

All of IMPACT’s programs are implemented in support of humanitarian coordination structures. IMPACT’s team comprises specialists in data collection, management, and analysis, as well as experts in humanitarian response, GIS, and remote sensing.

We are currently looking for various (Senior) Analysts – Acute Needs Analysis to support our teams in multiple locations.

Position: (Senior) Analyst – Acute Needs Analysis

Contract duration: Up to 6 months

Starting Date: Mid‑September 2026

Location: Multiple country office locations across LAC, MENA, Sub‑Saharan Africa (see below location preference to be indicated on applicant form).

POSITION PROFILE

In response to the shifting humanitarian financing landscape, IMPACT is placing greater emphasis on producing comparable, decision‑oriented analysis products to inform humanitarian prioritization. This position will be working on the second round of the Acute Needs Analysis (ANA) – a flagship analytical output that summarizes available data to provide a concise, actionable understanding of risk of loss of life across geographies and population groups within a crisis in order to feed into key decision‑points, such as the HPC and donor allocations.

The (Senior) Analyst – Acute Needs Analysis will be responsible for producing this analytical product at country level. This includes reviewing and synthesizing data, conducting structured analysis using IMPACT’s global analytical guidance, and producing a short, high‑impact external brief. The analyst will work closely with GIS, data, and design colleagues to incorporate visual elements into the final output. The final analytical product will play a key role in informing humanitarian prioritization decisions.

Responsibilities

DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL PRODUCT - ACUTE NEEDS ANALYSIS

• Lead the implementation and delivery of the analysis project at the country level, in coordination with the HQ programme team.
• Align the rollout with global schedules and ensure adherence to IMPACT’s analytical standards.
• Develop and maintain a strong stakeholder mapping and a network of collaborators at country level to enhance contextual understanding / monitoring.
• Ensure development of user‑centered products and, where relevant, support joint analysis with relevant stakeholders.

DATA REVIEW AND CONSOLIDATION

• Collect and synthesize relevant secondary data from REACH assessments, UN agencies, INGOs, and public datasets (e.g., OCHA, FEWS NET, IPC), including via building and maintaining necessary relationships.
• Evaluate data reliability and identify critical gaps.
• Support decisions on the need for targeted, light‑touch primary data collection.

ANALYTICAL PROCESS AND INTERPRETATION

• Apply IMPACT’s global analytical guidance to produce structured, consistent, and context‑relevant analysis of acute humanitarian needs.
• Use defined frameworks (e.g. Risk of Excess Mortality) to identify areas at risk of large‑scale loss of life and estimate the number of people experiencing life‑threatening conditions
• Clearly document assumptions, limitations, and analytical reasoning.

OUTPUT PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION

• Draft the Acute Needs Analysis brief using standardized global templates and language.
• Collaborate with GIS and design colleagues to include maps, caseload tables, and other visual aids.
• Ensure internal review and validation of the product before dissemination.
• Present findings to clusters, working groups, and donors as needed.
• As needed, support the development of Global Key Messages based on country level findings.

LEARNING, INNOVATION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Participate in lessons‑learned reviews and propose improvements to global analysis processes and guidance.
• Contribute to organisational learning on running analysis workstreams and contribute to reflections and development of additional analytical workstreams, in collaboration with country and global counterparts.
• Support internal knowledge sharing and analytical training at the country level.
• Stay updated on sectoral best practices and innovations in humanitarian analysis.
• The (Senior) Analyst will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

Requirements

Note, roles can be at Senior Analyst or Analyst level, based on the experience of the candidate.

Required Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant working experience in a humanitarian setting, such as analysis, assessments, monitoring and evaluation and research design etc. with direct in‑