We are currently looking for an Associate Research Manager to support our team in Sudan.
Clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted in Khartoum on 15 April 2023 and spread quickly across the country. Civilians have fled areas affected by fighting in large numbers, including to Chad, Egypt and South Sudan. Prices of food, fuel and other basic goods have skyrocketed skyrocketing, making critical goods unaffordable for many people. Half of Sudan’s population are in need of humanitarian assistance, and the country is on the verge of a catastrophic hunger crisis. Humanitarian organizations are racing to respond to the most pressing needs wherever and whenever feasible, with access issues complicating the ability of actors to respond. In this fast-evolving context, IMPACT is working to inform the emergency response to enable effective prioritization with scarce resources.
The Sudan team consists of three Units: the Humanitarian Planning and Prioritization Unit, the Markets and Services Unit, and the PANDA Unit. Through these units, IMPACT Sudan implements a range of critical research cycles to inform humanitarian partners working in Sudan and on the regional refugee crisis in South Sudan and Chad; rapid needs assessments in hard-to-reach areas, cross-border assessments, support to the Cash Consortium of Sudan (CCS), support to the country-wide Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment (MSNA), assessments of cash and markets functionality and item availability, humanitarian needs in camps, and flood susceptibility and climatic impacts. Via this suite of assessments, IMPACT support OCHA to ensure robust analysis for the centralized Humanitarian Programme Cycle, provides assessment and analysis support to the whole system, contributes to ensuring strong analysis via the IPC, and provides evidence to build a common narrative around needs in the country for a range of partners and donors.
Under the management of the Country Representative, the PANDA Associate Research Manager oversees the research activities and staff of the PANDA Unit. The Associate Research Manager oversees and executes all research activities within the above-mentioned Project, meeting quarterly deliverables in a timely fashion while ensuring that the quality of research remains high. They will also liaise extensively with donors, counterparts from GAC’s Implementing Partners, and members of the CCS.
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