Assessment Officer for Nigeria, based in Dakar

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH

Formation / Diplômes

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs ( IMPACT Initiatives and Acted ) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme ( UNOSAT ). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery;provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise. IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of Acted, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from Acted’s operational support on its fields of intervention. We are currently looking for an Assessment Officer to support our team in Nigeria. Position: Assessment Officer.

Localisation

Contract Duration: 9 months (pending funding confirmation) Starting Date: 15 June 2026. Deadline to Apply: 15 May 2026.

Nigeria is confronted by multiple security challenges. The Insurgency of The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād (JAS) – more popularly known as Boko Haram – has entered its twelfth year and has spawned a humanitarian crisis rendering sections of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state inaccessible, limiting affected population`s access to basic infrastructure and services, and displacing millions. In the Norhtwest, banditry has emerged as a key challenge, becoming more sanguinary with every year. The high levels of crime and increased use of violence and kidnappings have led parents and authorities to pull millions of students out of school. The spotlight remains on the Northeast yet needs – both humanitarian and developmental – are rising in the Northwest, long-running discontent and militancy prevails in the Niger Delta, discontent is increasing between herders and farming communities spreading from the central belt southwards, and separatist Biafra agitations in the Igbo Southeast simmer on.

PROJECT PROFILE

The position is recruited for the Third Party Monitoring (TPM) Project covering FCDOs Humanitarian and Resilience Programme (HARP) Facility. For this programme, IMPACT has entered into a consortium with FACT Foundation and while in Nigeria, staff shall be hosted by FACT.

FUNCTIONS

Under the line management of the IMPACT Research Manager, based in Nigeria, the Assessment Officer is directly responsible for the implementation of the research for the TPM Project. These incudes but are not limited to the preparation, data collection, data analysis, drafting, and dissemination of the research that falls under the purview of the TPM Project.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Research Planning and implementation Prepare Terms of References for research cycles related to the TPM Project and ensure its validation by HQ before the commencement of data collection. Prepare and keep up-to-date Secondary Data Reviews related to the TPM Project. For the research cycles, develop the research design, create data analysis plans, in conjunction with the data team, build tools (questionnaires), participate in data cleaning, and following validation of data by the data team, conduct data analyses and produce the relevant information products. Support the RM with stakeholder engagement both as part of the research design and as part of the dissemination. Liaise closely with the FACT Foundation team and integrate the work of their assessment and data/GIS officers into the consortium’s research workstreams. Ensure that the line manager and IMPACT HQ research department are alerted to any issues that prevents full implementation of the methodology agreed in the approved ToRs. Ensure that all changes to the methodology are documented throughout implementation, and that any change is formally validated by IMPACT HQ. Ensure that data and its analysis are validated by IMPACT HQ before product drafting stage. Ensure that data and its analysis do not contain personal information and are validated by IMPACT HQ before sharing to external parties. Drafting of Research Products

Présentation du poste

Présentation du poste

Ensure the drafting of timely and accurate outputs that consolidate the analyses from each research cycle into relevant products such as factsheets, reports, briefs, presentations, etc which comply with IMPACT’s guidelines and quality standards. Ensure that products accurately reflect the information collected and that information is conveyed in a way that maximizes their impact in line with their intended use. Liaise with GIS colleagues to ensure effective spatial representation of research findings in maps or dashboards. Follow the designated timeline of reports to be submitted to project partners and donors. Ensure that delays or identified challenges for specific assessments are reported in

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