Regional Analyst

Main responsibilities

You will be responsible for delivering a suite a of products assessing regional factors that impact humanitarian safety and access.

Service Delivery

• Prepare and produce reports that assist NGO partners by assessing prevalent regional conflict dynamics and their impact on humanitarian safety and access.
• Manage and deliver ad-hoc products on emerging regional challenges to humanitarian safety and access.
• Contribute to other country office products and inform decision-making at the regional level.
• Offer a responsive, tailored analysis service directly to INSO’s NGO partners upon their request.
• Convene and contribute to regional NGO coordination meetings and fora with humanitarian counterparts to discuss regional safety and access.

Program Development

• Monitor regional developments through a diverse range of sources, such as NGOs, the UN, civil society organisations, research institutes and media outlets.
• Cultivate an active network of contacts within the broader humanitarian community as well as other relevant stakeholders for information sharing, analytical exchanges and coordination.
• Liaise and coordinate with Analysis and Research team to enable analytical capacity building in the country office.
• Effectively represent and protect INSO’s principles of independence, impartiality and neutrality as well as actively promoting INSO within the humanitarian community.

Requirements

• Exemplary command of English
• Graduate-level education in political science, history, or humanitarian studies, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Proven ability to provide operationally relevant analysis to a wide-ranging audience
• A minimum of three years of work experience in an analytical capacity preferably working on conflict or post-conflict contexts
• Experience working in humanitarian NGOs, international organisations, or journalism
• Acceptance and strong understanding of humanitarian principles
• Demonstrable understanding of humanitarian safety practices and their application
• Excellent networking, diplomatic, and representative communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience working on countries in the Middle East preferred
• Knowledge of Arabic or Kurdish would be an asset
• Experience delivering a partner-focused advisory service
• Experience design and delivering products based on close partner engagement
• Existing regional experience and/or information networks
• Experience in insecure/conflict-affected environments
• Experience in staff capacity development and training
• Detailed understanding of INSO’s mandate & services

Key Personal Competencies

• Conceptual, critical and creative thinking
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Organised and diligent work ethic
• Enthusiastic and reliable team player
• Cultural and situational sensitivity