Details of REACH – ASSESSMENT OFFICER

Job description

Position: REACH – ASSESSMENT OFFICER

Department: REACH

Location: Mogadishu

Contract Duration: 3 Months.

Direct Hierarchy:  Senior Assessment Officer

Starting date:  January 2026

Background on ACTED

Created in 1993, ACTED is an international non-governmental organization pursuing a dual mandate of emergency response and development interventions in 40 of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries affected by conflicts, disasters, or socio-economic hardship. With a team of 7,000 national staff and 400 international staff, ACTED implements 500 projects a year to support more than 20 million beneficiaries, notably in hard-to-reach areas.

ACTED goes to the last mile through programs and approaches that look beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer term livelihood reconstruction and sustainable development. Guided by the motto “Think Local, Act Global” and its 3Zero –Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, and Zero Poverty – strategy, ACTED puts local territories at the Centre and provides a tailored support to local needs.

ACTED is looking for professionally confident, self-motivated, experienced, and committed team player to fill the REACH Assessment Officer position in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Position Profile:

The REACH Assessment Officer (AO) is responsible for supporting the planning, implementation and follow up of REACH research cycles in Somalia, including but not limited to the Real Time Monitoring (RTM) and Acute Needs Analysis (ANA) workstreams. Working in close coordination with other team members and with relevant external partners, the AO will ensure the timely and effective delivery of all project deliverables and outputs. The AO will support in the research design and development of REACH research cycles; will support in all relevant data mapping and analysis activities associated with the above RCs, providing ad-hoc support in this area on additional REACH SOM projects; .The AO will also provide training and support to the Field team when/if supporting on primary collection activities; if required, oversee the data collection, in coordination with the Field Team and the data team. The AO will also support on the analysis, and output production in a timely manner as well as render support to other REACH SOM research cycles on request.

Duties and Responsibilities.

 1. COORDINATION

Under the supervision of the Senior Assessment Officer, the AO will be responsible for coordinating internally with: (1) REACH Field, GIS, Data and Assessment colleagues; and (2) ACTED departments (finance, logistics, etc.) to ensure the smooth implementation of research cycles.

2. RESEARCH DESIGN

Under the supervision of the Senior Assessment Officer, the AO will support research design. This could include the development of a methodology, workplan, Terms of Reference and/or a Data Analysis Plan. The AO will also support in the operational planning, in coordination with Field and FLAT colleagues, conduct training and prepare training materials for Field staff.

3. IMPLEMENTATION

Under the supervision of the Senior Assessment Officer, and in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, the AO will support in the data mapping and analysis processes for assigned research cycles – including supporting of data categorization, processing, and flagging. In the case of primary data collection, the AO will support in data gathering, data cleaning and data analysis. The AO will work closely with FLAT, GIS, Data and Field colleagues, and will be expected to coordinate closely by having constant, timely and effective communication with the different teams in order to ensure all relevant team members are aware of their roles across the research cycle and the assessment is conducted in a timely and accurate manner.

4. OUTPUT PRODUCTION

Under the supervision of the Senior Assessment Officer, and in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, the AO will support in output production. These outputs may include cleaned datasets, factsheets, situation overviews, maps, reports, presentations and online dashboards.

5. DATA CONFIDENTIALITY AND PROTECTION

The AO will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes, ensuring full compliance with ACTED data protection policy and SOPs. He/she will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to ACTED and its partners or collected during his/her assignment with ACTED

Skills and qualifications

qualification, TECHNICAL and soft SKILLS

-       Human qualities

o    Personal values align with ACTED organizational values,

o    Thinking outside of the box,

o    Adaptation to different work situations,

o    Dedication and self-commitment,

o    Autonomy and self-direction.

-       Management skills

o    Leadership – inspire and encourage others within the team,

o    Decision making and problem solving,

o    Achieving results,

o    Teamwork and team leadership.

-       Process skills

o    Transparency and Accountability,

o    Planning and organizing,

o    Operationalizing - concrete actions with measurable outputs,

o    Effective communication.

-       Analysis skills

o    Proficiency in Excel and data literate

o    Data analysis and processing skills

o    Ability to think analytically/critically and analyse trends

Requirements:

• Academic: Excellent academic qualifications, preferably including a Bachelor degree in relevant discipline;
• Research and Analysis skills: Proficiency and proven experience with research and analysis;
• Communication/reporting skills: Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting is required;
• Software skills: Proven knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, to include Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Advanced skills in R, SPSS and/or STATA or other statistical analysis software are an advantage; Experience with InDesign is an asset;
• Multi-tasking skills: Ability to multitask with tight deadlines, on numerous research cycles is required;
• Level of independence: Proven ability to work independently is required;
• Cross-cultural work environment: Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment is required;
• Language skills: Fluency in English and Somali is required;
• Security environment: Ability to operate in a complex and challenging security environment is required;
• Years of work experience: At least 1 year of relevant working experience is required;
•  Experience in humanitarian setting is highly desirable;
•  Management skills: Team management experience and skills is highly desirable

How to apply

Application Procedure:

Qualified national persons with the required skills are invited to submit their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae and cover letter as a single document i.e. with the cover letter being on the first page and the CV starting on the second page, detailing three work related referees and contacts to somalia.jobs@acted.org and received on or before 5.00PM on 23rd December 2025 with the subject line

Assessment Officer – REACH Mogadishu. Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments.

ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.

ACTED is an Equal Opportunity Employer, however – Females and minority groups are encouraged to apply.

Apply to somalia.jobs@acted.org