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Analysis and Outreach Manager
Saferworld

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security, and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We work in 12 countries across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

 


 Management Responsibility: Line management of 2-3 Advisors based in Khartoum
 Type of Position: Open to national and international applicants
 Grade Level: G
 Supervisor: CSF Director
 Duty Station: Khartoum
 Duration: Fixed-term, until December 2023, and subject to donor funding and performance
 Closing Date: 30 Nov 2022

 
 Background:

Saferworld is an independent international organisation working to prevent violent conflict and build safer lives. We work with people affected by conflict to improve their safety and sense of security and conduct wider research and analysis. We use this evidence and learning to improve local, national and international policies and practices that can help build lasting peace. Our priority is people – we believe in a world where everyone can lead peaceful, fulfilling lives, free from fear and insecurity. We are a not-for-profit organisation working in conflict-affected contexts across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.


 

Saferworld is committed to providing a safe and trusted environment that safeguards our staff, partners and communities. Our organisational integrity is derived from the values and principles that underpin and guide our work.  


 

The Conflict Sensitivity Facility (CSF) aims to support the integration of conflict sensitivity into the policies, practices, and programmes of aid actors in Sudan. It draws upon Saferworld’s extensive experience of supporting similar processes in a range of contexts, coupled with our deep contextual knowledge and long-term, established relationships with Sudanese civil society from across the country.  Over the past six years, for example, Saferworld designed and built up the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility (CSRF) in South Sudan. Saferworld has been working on and in Sudan and South Sudan since 2002, including on issues of community security, small arms control, and conflict-sensitive development. For more information visit the Saferworld website here and the CSF website here

The post-holder will be employed by Saferworld (as part of the HQ-based Conflict Advisory Unit) and be based in the Saferworld Sudan country programme office in Khartoum.

 

Job purpose:    

The post-holder is expected to provide leadership to the CSF in four key areas: 

  • Development, production and oversight of high-quality research and analysis related to conflict sensitivity in Sudan, speaking to the needs of aid actors working on system, programmatic and activity levels.
  • Implementation of the CSF’s outreach strategy, ensuring that the CSF remains adaptive and responsive to the aid sector in Sudan.
  • Line management of CSF Advisors (Outreach, Analysis/Research) and coordination with the Conflict Advisory Unit colleagues who provide technical support to the CSF.  
  • Support to the overall strategy and core functions of the CSF by providing senior management support.

Furthermore, the post-holder will support the ongoing development of the CSF programme and sustainability strategy and adaptive management approach in collaboration with the CSF Director, the CAU, and the Sudan country peacebuilding programme team.



 
 Duties and responsibilities:

Programme Management

Analysis and Research

  • Lead on identifying analysis, briefing papers and priority research areas targeting donors and aid actors in Sudan in order to highlight conflict sensitivity risks and opportunities in Sudan. This includes responsibility for managing and delivering high quality processes and written products, including dissemination strategies.
  • Ensure that the CSF is undertaking technically sound and relevant research and analysis that follows established research ethics, and considers gender at every step of the process, as guided by the CSF Research Ethics guidance and its Gender and Inclusion Plan. 
  • Support, review and edit analysis and research produced by CSF team members, partners and consultants, ensuring it is of high quality and provides relevant and actionable recommendations for policy-makers and operational aid agencies. This includes overseeing coordination of reviewer inputs from both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develop relationships and partnerships with a range of actors and institutions in Sudan in order to collaboratively produce conflict sensitivity-related analysis and to identify opportunities to support relevant research processes conducted by others.
  • Lead on identifying and sharing policy lessons and key takeaways from ongoing and published research and analysis on Sudan. 
  • Work with Sudanese researchers and analysts to strengthen their capacity to integrate conflict sensitivity into their research and analysis. 

Outreach

  • Lead on oversight and implementation of the CSF’s outreach strategy, working closely with the wider CSF team, in particular via line management of the Outreach Advisor. This includes overseeing coordination of the CSF team’s engagement and representation in external fora, such as the humanitarian sectors and other aid consortia.
  • Support the CSF Director and other team members to develop and deliver briefings and presentations on the Sudan context and CSF’s work to a range of audiences, including donors, heads of UN agencies, and senior and technical programme staff across the aid sector.
  • Oversee the design and facilitation of external convening events and roundtables to build understanding on complicated conflict sensitivity issues facing the aid community in Sudan.

Support to other CSF programme areas

  • Ensure that analysis and research informs the CSF’s overall strategic approach, in particular an integrated approach across analysis and knowledge, capacity support, convening and outreach, and overall management and learning.
  • Collaborate with the CSF’s Capacity Development team during accompaniment to donors and aid organisations to build understanding of current challenges and opportunities for learning and adaptation. 
  • Collaborate with the Capacity Development team to develop tools and practices that can help to sustain institutional memory, informal and social learning within the aid sector, including support for adapting and delivering the Sudan context course. 
  • Work closely with the Communications Coordinator to support the implementation of the communications strategy and ensure that it reflects strategic outreach and key messaging based on CSF research and analysis.
  • Collaborate with the Learning Advisor to ensure an integrated approach to MEL.


 

Staff Management

  • Line manage 2-3 staff members (Analysis/Research and Outreach Advisors) and ensure that direct reports understand and are able to perform their roles during times of stability and crisis.
  • Actively coach direct line reports to become independent managers leading on initiatives, tasks and representing the CSF, internally and externally.
  • Inspire team members to internalise, respect, and practise Saferworld’s core values; lead and encourage a team culture of learning, sharing, creativity and innovation.


 

Budget Management

  • Act as budget holder for the CSF’s research, analysis and outreach activity budget, overseeing activity expenditures and financial reporting in line with Saferworld’s policies and procedures and donors’ requirements and in coordination with the CSF Director (as overall programme budget holder) and Finance Teams in Khartoum and London.

Representation and Stakeholder Relationships

  • Represent the CSF at external meetings in the absence of the CSF Director, as requested.
  • Take up any leadership, representation or reporting roles from time to time, as assigned by the CSF Director.
  • Support the CSF Director and other CSF team members to develop and maintain strong working relations with CSF donors and their implementing partners, and other operational agencies in Sudan.  
  • Coordinate the inputs of staff from other Saferworld teams, notably the Senior Adviser/s supporting the CSF activities.
  • Support the sharing of lessons, analysis, and skills development opportunities between CSF staff and other Saferworld staff in Sudan.


 

Safety, Security and Risk Management

  • Ensure that programme activities and collaboration with partners adheres to Saferworld’s global and Sudan safety and security policies and procedures.
  • Identify potential risks to the CSF, staff or partners and work with the CSF Director to mitigate or otherwise address these.

 

Key working relationships

  • CSRF – work collaboratively with the CSRF consortium partners to link the research and analysis agenda with the CSF’s outreach and learning and capacity-strengthening work
  • Saferworld Conflict Advisory Unit – work collaboratively with the CAU to share findings, experiences, and learning, and in support of the delivery of activities that align with CSF’s strategy and goals
  • Saferworld Sudan peacebuilding programme team – working collaboratively with team in Sudan to foster information sharing and joint analysis systems, providing a more harmonised product in an efficient manner. 
  • Saferworld core functions teams (People & Culture, Finance, Operations, Security, IT) – work collaboratively with core functions colleagues to effectively and efficiently manage staff, programming, and budgets
  • Donors, UN Agencies and I/NNGOs – develop and maintain relationships with donors and other aid organisations working in Sudan, on conflict sensitivity issues or on the Sudanese context more broadly
  • Aid workers – network with individual aid workers to get inputs into CSF’s research and analysis agenda and specific products and share findings, lessons, and recommendations

Scope and accountability


 

Decision-making and limits of authority
  • Decisions relating to design and management of CSF’s research and analysis agenda, with input and approval from CSF Director and CAU Advisors
  • Decisions relating to design of research methodologies and data collection
  • Decisions relating to the dissemination of research and analysis and influencing messages
  • Decisions relating to the CSF’s convening and outreach agenda
Financial resources
  • Budget holder for research, analysis and outreach activities
Other resources
  • Management of CSF research and analysis products
  • Contributions to report writing, and quality and accurate information-sharing
  • Responsible for and in custody of Saferworld equipment, such as a laptop and mobile phone
People management
  • Outreach, Research and Analysis Advisers (2-3)
Legal, regulatory and compliance responsibility
  • Compliance with Saferworld’s policies and procedures, including HR and safeguarding and safety and security policies 
  • If and when authorised in the absence of the CSF Director, act as the senior Officer-in-Charge with corporate responsibility
  • Ensure all of CSF’s research and analysis activities are compliant with donor requirements and regulations
  • Safeguarding compliance for consultants and independent researchers contracted by CSF


 


 
 Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Knowledge, qualifications and experience

  • A Master’s degree in relevant field and/or commensurate professional experience [required]
  • Demonstrated experience conducting both desk and field-based analysis and research, preferably in Sudan [required]
  • Experience working in humanitarian aid, development or peacebuilding sectors [required]
  • Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the Sudan aid sector, including donor coordination mechanisms, UN Agencies and NGOs (national and international) [required]
  • Experience managing teams, including remote management [required]
  • Relevant work experience in a conflict or fragile context [required] 
  • Understanding of conflict sensitivity principles, practices, and methodologies [required]
  • Experience with knowledge management: MS teams and One Drive [required]
  • Experience in strategic planning and programme design and implementation [required];
  • Deep knowledge and experience of navigating the international aid system, including understanding of current humanitarian reform processes, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), triple nexus/humanitarian-development-peacebuilding (HDP) framework, and localisation agendas [desirable]
  • Experience writing or contributing to global discussions around aid reform and learning [desirable]

 

Skills and abilities

  • Excellent (fluent/native) English writing skills, including reviewing and editing research and analysis content [required]
  • Excellent Arabic communication and writing skills [desired]
  • Demonstrated analytical skills 
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work with business partners based in different countries and time zones. 
  • Strong ability to work in teams and collaborate on projects with a diverse team 
  • Strong networker with a diversity of stakeholders at different levels
  • Ability to plan and work within agreed timeframes 
  • Ability to demonstrate initiative and work well under pressure 
  • Ability to work independently and set ambitious, achievable goals 
  • Ability to mentor others
  • Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing contexts 

 

Personal qualities

  • Commitment to and compliance with Saferworld’s safeguarding principles
  • Commitment to respect and value equality and diversity, and understanding of how this applies to own area of work
  • Commitment to own continuing personal and professional development
  • Commitment to the vision, mission and values of Saferworld
  • Commitment to improving international engagement in conflict-affected contexts and sharing experience-based ideas as to how this can be achieved

Other requirements

  • Travel to sub-national and remote locations in Sudan, including to areas recently affected by violent conflict, will be required
  • Occasional travel in the East Africa region

 

Application process :

 

To apply:  Download and complete an application form at http://www.saferworld.org.uk/jobs/job and send to jobs@saferworld.org.uk    (Ref: Analysis and Outreach Manager Khartoum) 


Deadline for Application: 30th November 2022.









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