Вакансія: Market and resilience senior analyst – Lviv, Kyiv, Ukraine

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse, and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

The Position

The Resilience Senior Analyst is a member of Mercy Corps’ Ukraine Crisis Analytics Team reporting directly to the Security and Humanitarian Access Director and works directly with Crisis Analytics Team Leader. The Resilience Senior Analyst is expected to maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the dynamics of Ukrainian context, as well as the broader regional dynamics. The Resilience Senior Analyst will be expected to maintain a real-time understanding of social, security, economic and market trends in Ukraine and the surrounding countries that impact Mercy Corps operations and programs at local and regional levels. The Resilience Senior Analyst will focus his/her work on gathering data and producing analysis on economic trends and developments to support analysis and economic policy for Mercy Corps Ukraine response early recovery and resilience programming. The Resilience Senior Analyst will deliver regular as well as ad-hoc analytical products, prepare and deliver presentations that meet the needs of our audiences. The structure and intent of these products will be set by the Team Leader. The Resilience Senior Analyst will adopt a flexible approach and a willingness to use non-traditional tools and information sources in order to generate insights within a dynamic environment. While working on specific analytical products, the Resilience Senior Analyst will in coordination with Crisis Analytics Team Leader oversee the work of several team members. The Resilience Senior Analyst will attend program meetings as directed, to share knowledge and develop an understanding of the information needs of teams. The Resilience Senior Analyst will engage with partners and different stakeholders, attend information sessions organized by other organizations.

Essential Responsibilities  

The Resilience Senior Analyst

• Deliver periodic analytical products that meet the current and future information needs of identified audiences.
• Develop bespoke products as directed.
• Work closely with program teams to understand their information needs, and provide timely and relevant advice.
• Identify new areas of focus based on the understanding of audience needs and changing context.
• Collaborate throughout the analytical process with all colleagues in the team.
• Oversee the work of several team members.
• Other activities related to data collection and analysis as directed.
• Develop and maintain an awareness of humanitarian principles, international humanitarian law and Mercy Corps’ culture and values.

Data Collection 

• Collect relevant and sufficient primary and secondary data to inform analysis.
• Develop and maintain a network of relationships across Ukraine and the surrounding region in order to leverage diverse perspectives and deepen insights.
• Observe data protection measures within data analysis and communication workflows, in compliance with Mercy Corps’ Responsible Data Policy and with humanitarian data protection best practice.
• Collaborate with the Mercy Corps Data for Impact team to recognize and help adopt best practices in data analysis and data science.

Coordination 

• Support the Security and Humanitarian Access Director and Crisis Analytics Team Leader to understand information needs of program teams.
• Support program teams to define their information needs.
• Provide briefings as directed.
• Attend coordination meetings to understand the information needs of the response team.
• Engage with partners and different stakeholders.
• Attend information sessions organized by other organizations.

Security

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by the response team and Global Security. •
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
• Ensure compliance with and implementation of Mercy Corps safeguarding measures.

Supervisory Responsibility

Oversee the work of 2 to 4 team members.

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Director, Security and Humanitarian Access.

Works Directly With: Global Crisis Analytics team, Ukraine response team, Ukraine Crisis Analytics Team Leader, Global Policy and Advocacy, Asia Regional Program Team, various external stakeholders

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

• Master’s degree in a relevant field is required.
• Five years experience in conflict analysis, investigative journalism, humanitarian programming, research or a related field
•  Able to demonstrate experience in a variety of formal and informal approaches to data collection and analysis,
•  Demonstrated capacity for developing analysis that supports program design or decision making.
•  Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated high capacity for writing on technical subjects.
•  Experience working in a fast-paced environment with high-level of collaboration.
•  Experience working within the development/humanitarian sector and understanding of humanitarian principles and the humanitarian system is an asset.
•   Demonstrated understanding and ability to engage with networks of information sources across different sectors, groups and locations.
•  Verbal and written fluency in English. Knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian is an asset.
•  Competency in Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
•  Competency in social media tools including Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp

Success Factors

The successful candidate will be a key member of a small team where curiosity, critical thinking and the ability to see beyond the surface level are highly valuable. A professional attitude, demonstration of integrity, discretion and excellent work ethic are key aspects to the success of this new position. Strong communication skills (listening, speaking, writing) are imperative to developing positive relationships and representing the analysis team well. Interpersonal skills, openness to learning and humility are important attributes to working effectively within a context with significant diversity. The Manager will bring strong time management and organizational skills and will have the ability to work in a fast-moving environment as a team member who will take initiative on projects and support others in their initiatives.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient, and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening, and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination based on race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct eLearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

Please follow the link to apply: https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/MER1024MERCY/JobBoard/7a14d810-d41a-4542-9b9c-ba39a563b91a/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=383836ff-9584-40a9-bafc-9864a5e2b9c7