Position: Senior Analyst – Protection, Colombia Analysis team

Contract: National contract

Reports to: Team Leader

Supervision of: None

Budget responsibility: None

Duty Station: Bogotá, Colombia

Travel: Possible travels inside Colombia

Duration & contract type:  Fixed term, through 30 August 2025, 100% (with the possibility of renewal)

Eligibility: Candidates with the right to live and work in Colombia

Starting date: ASAP / 1 March 2025

Please include your CV and cover letter (both in English) when submitting your application. English is the opoerating language for ACAPS

About ACAPS

Who we are: 

ACAPS is an independent analysis provider. We are an independent analytical voice helping humanitarian workers, influencers, fundraisers, and donors make better-informed decisions and respond more effectively to disasters.

What we do: 

We inform crisis response: We aim towards reshaping the humanitarian narrative by providing timely and independent needs analysis, data, training, and methodological tools while advocating for a more evidence-based response to crises.

We collaborate with honesty and Creativity: ACAPS maximises synergies with humanitarian responders, specialised analytical organisations, academic institutions, the private sector, and civil society and encourages them to implement a collaborative approach.

As humanitarian needs continue to rise steeply, there is an increasing parallel demand in the sector for high-quality, independent analysis to guide resource prioritisation and programmatic responses. ACAPS is uniquely positioned in the humanitarian architecture to respond to these challenges, operating as a global public good to the humanitarian sector by providing independent, multi-sectoral analysis to enable humanitarian stakeholders to better understand and address the needs of crisis affected populations across the globe.

ACAPS is a project hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and governed by a Consortium of NRC, Save the Children and Mercy Corps. ACAPS is currently at an exciting stage of its growth trajectory, with a fast-expanding decentralised global team. Due to an increased awareness of ACAPS value add to the humanitarian sector, ACAPS conducts analysis on crises in Afghanistan, Colombia, Ethiopia, Sudan, Ukraine, and Yemen with team members working within many of these countries. This is in addition to multiple global teams providing analysis spanning over 150 countries and 100 active crises worldwide.

Colombia Analysis Hub

In 2021, ACAPS joined the Mecanismo Intersectorial de Respuesta en Emergencias (MIRE – Intersector Emergency Response Mechanism), composed of NRC, AAH, ApS, and MdM and funded by ECHO. The ACAPS Analysis Hub provided analysis on the armed conflict in Colombia and its humanitarian impact, and an evidence base for humanitarian decision-making, enabling a more effective and more efficient humanitarian response. The analysis produced by ACAPS furthermore helped to provide visibility to the humanitarian impact of the conflict.

The analysis produced by ACAPS includes analysis of humanitarian needs and trends, thematic analysis, and forward-looking analysis, including risk analysis. ACAPS furthermore provides technical support and methodological advice to the consortium partners.

The project ended in March 2022. Following this first experience, ACAPS established a new consortium with 3iS and IMPACT-REACH, focused on information management, the EVIDEM consortium (Evidence-based Decision-making). Through this new collaboration, ACAPS will provide independent analysis and technical support to contribute to a strengthened humanitarian response, creating a robust evidence base for strategic, program and operational decision making. ACAPS analysis products are multi-sectorial in scope, and integrate descriptive, contextual, in-depth anticipatory analysis, using human-centered approach to understand how diverse population groups in complex environments are affected by multiple risks, including a gender and protection approach. The association of those 3 partners will allow better coherence and efficiency in delivering information management and analysis products to the wider humanitarian sector in Colombia, including continued support to the MIRE mechanism, and will support better decision making.

Purpose of the position

The Senior Analyst – Protection plays a pivotal role in planning, designing, and advising analytical products focused on the humanitarian crisis in Colombia. This position requires a strong understanding of the humanitarian context in Colombia and also, knowledge of the Ecuador context is desirable. The Senior Analyst leads analytical products and processes related to both countries and acts as the primary internal and external liaison for protection-related matters, ensuring strong engagement with the humanitarian architecture. Based in Bogotá, this position oversees the strategy for monitoring humanitarian crises in Colombia, leveraging expertise to support evidence-based decision-making.

Operate in line with the ACAPS values

We share and strive to maintain the values of agency, candour, integrity, diversity, evolution, ambition, and collaboration in everything we do. The post holder is expected to develop the position in line with these values. The ACAPS values live in the way we manage our teams, create our content and engage with stakeholders.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

ACAPS is a humanitarian Project hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).

Please include your CV and cover letter (both in English) when submitting your application.

Responsibilities

Protection Monitoring and Implementation:

• Lead the development and implementation of protection monitoring frameworks and information processes tailored to both analysis production and technical assistance.
• Directly contribute to and oversee projects related to the MIRE and ELC initiatives, particularly those focusing on community early warning and community-based prevention/protection programming.
• Design and refine protection monitoring methodologies, ensuring alignment with Global Protection Cluster datasets standards.

Research and Analysis:

• Jointly with the Team Leader and the Senior Analyst ensure high methodological standards and high quality of analysis.
• Continually review and integrate all assessments, reports, and information products on Colombia’s humanitarian scenario to discern the prevailing information landscape and detect existing informational voids.
• Spearhead the conceptualization and execution of multi-sector and thematic analytical outputs, overseeing all analytical phases, from ideation and research to drafting and collaboration with ACAPS’ technical departments.
• Facilitate and mentor other team members in the evolution of their analytical products.
• In collaboration with the Team Leader and the Senior Analyst, guarantee the successful planning, execution, and timely release of analytical outputs.
• Oversee and facilitate capacity-building initiatives for staff and partners, ensuring proficiency in protection research methodologies and practices.

Methodology and Quality Assurance:

• Jointly with the Team Leader, lead the development and maintenance of the team’s data management structures, ensuring streamlined and effective data processing. This includes the consistent management of ACAPS’ internal monitoring systems.
• Contribute to tool development to facilitate ongoing analysis and promote data and information sharing, fostering evidence-driven decisions.
• Ensure mechanisms to gather and analyse feedback on the impact of produced analysis.
• Design, develop, and produce analysis according to ACAPS methodology.

Networking and partnership collaboration:

• In collaboration with the Team Leader, Senior Analyst and other analysts on the team, develop and maintain a list/informal network of key interlocutors for information (including sector and agency level).
• Build and nurture relationships with key regional and local informants, conducting periodic interviews to underpin analytical and research endeavors.
• Represent ACAPS in meetings and forums pertinent to the Colombia Analysis Hub.
• Participate actively in Protection Cluster meetings and related activities to ensure alignment and engagement with the humanitarian protection architecture.

Any other tasks which may jointly be agreed on may be added to the job description, as per the project needs. 

Competencies

Knowledge and experience 

• Master’s degree in humanitarian action, social sciences, international relations, or other relevant fields. A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in related sectors will be accepted.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian or related sectors, with a focus on research, analysis, and protection.
• Profound understanding of both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies.
• Demonstrated clarity in written communication, ability to process and synthesize complex information, and make informed judgments on ambiguous data.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) required. English is the ACAPS operating language. Proficiency in additional languages is an advantage.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel. Experience with tools like R, Python, Tableau, and PowerBI is desirable.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills and results oriented approach. Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Ability to assess data reliability and identify bias. Ability and confidence to make judgment calls when interpreting ambiguous data.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and conducing analysis in humanitarian contexts.
• Proven experience working with civil society and local partners.
• Networking skills and proven ability to form successful partnerships.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, manage own use of time and self-motivate.
• Proven cooperation and inter-personal skills, including proven capacity to work very efficiently in a team.
• Flexibility (including regarding working hours).

Behavioral Competencies

• Communicating with impact and respect
• Leading and supervising
• Deciding and Initiating action
• Planning and delivering results
• Adapting and responding to change

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements