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humanitarian relief to support those in urgent need and protect people’s dignity, while co-creating longer term opportunities for sustainable growth and fulfilling people’s potential. ACTED endeavours to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; co-construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential. We go the last mile: ACTED’s mission is to save lives and support people in meeting their needs in hard-to-reach areas. With a team of 4,800 national staff, 450 international staff, ACTED is active in 38 countries and implements more than 505 projects a year reaching over 20 million beneficiaries. More on www.acted.org

REACH programming was created 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; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise. REACH has been present in Libya since 2011, providing assessment and information management services to humanitarian actors. REACH established a full-time presence in country conducting various assessments such as Multi Sector Needs Assessments, IDP profiling exercises, cash and market assessments.

Under the supervision of the REACH Research Manager (RM), you will be responsible for the production of IMPACT’s analysis products of the Libya mission, including the preparation of research design, support in designing sampling methods, data analysis plans, data collection tools, data cleaning scripts and processes, analysis scripts, analysis outputs and (as relevant) production of information management systems, dashboards and other relevant outputs. You will liaise with Assessment Officers to ensure timely and quality collection of data from local partners based in Libya during the assessment period. You will be supporting the mission by conducting trainings for team and enumerators on data aspects. We will also need you for other duties when requested by the Research Manager

1. Support Research team and Assessment Officers (AOs) during data collection 

• Develop Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) forms IMPACT’s remote FGD platform
• Follow-up and report with Operations Manager and AOs technical issues pertaining to data collection in Libya.
• Provide timely and accurate updates to the RM of any changes or challenges in data collection.
• Provide support to other REACH team members as required in data aspects.
• Develop XLS Forms/ KOBO Forms based on templates and translation provided by the AO.

2. Ensure data is at its highest quality, clean and analyse it 

• Create validation and cleaning processes (usually R scripts) on incoming data, however SPSS skills might be needed according to specific projects.  
• Create analysis processes as per IMPACT guidelines communicated by AOs. 

3. Perform general Data Unit functions

• Perform general maintenance of (relational) databases.
• Support Digital Transition tasks in liaison with IMPACT’s HQ
• Maintain server’s healthy functioning. 
• Automate repetitive tasks by the Data Unit and Research teams.
• Develop materials on (Mobile) Data Collection techniques, data quality, among other topics.
• Conduct trainings on data topics 

4. Perform other related tasks upon request

• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Statistics, or a related discipline
• Previous working experience
• Good programming knowledge (ideally in R and using packages such as tidyverse, ggplot2, stringr) 
• MS Office Products proficiency (e.g., Excel, Outlook, OneDrive) 
• Experience/ Familiarity with any mobile data collection tools (ODK, KOBO, ONA, etc)
• Proactive and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions independently.
• Strong team collaboration, ability to communicate technical terms to non-technical audience.
• Interest in humanitarian-development issues and organizations

Preferred skills:

• Experience in creating dynamic dashboards.
• Experience in using one of the following programming languages: Python, SQL
• Interest in Geographic Information Systems and/or previous experience with visualizing data through maps
• Previous working experience with large data collection exercises
• Good knowledge of Project Management tools (e.g., Trello, ClickUp)

• Job Title: REACH Data Officer
• Duty Station: Tunis, Tunisia
• Under the Supervision of: REACH Research Manager
• Working Hours: Full- Time Position -40h per week
• Type of contract: Fixed Term Contract,6 months 
• Estimated Start date: As Soon As Possible.
• Salary: Salary defined by the ACTED salary grid based on level of education, expertise and level of experience.