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**BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH**:
IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote sensing. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO with headquarters based in Paris and presence in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, which allows IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support in its fields of intervention.
**We are currently looking for a Research Manager to lead our Shelter, Sites, and Displacement unit in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)**:
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**Department**:Shelter, Sites, and Displacement (SSD) Unit**
**Position**:Research Manager Contract duration**: 12 months
**Starting Date**: 1 August 2024
**Location**: Amman, Jordan (with possible relocation to Jerusalem)
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**COUNTRY PROFILE**:
Following the attacks on 7 October 2023, and Israel's subsequent aerial and ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) has deteriorated markedly. The 2.2 million residents of the Gaza Strip are facing extreme humanitarian challenges, with urgent needs that must be addressed to avert further loss of life. Additionally, the hostilities in Gaza have heightened tensions in the West Bank, impacting freedom of movement, livelihoods, and the broader humanitarian context.
Against this backdrop, IMPACT Initiatives is planning a range of research activities to support an evidence and needs-based humanitarian response. In previous years, IMPACT Initiatives has facilitated inter-agency Multi-Sector Needs Assessments (MSNA) as well as sector-specific research in the oPt.
**POSITION PROFILE**
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Within their Unit, the Research Manager leads the team to achieve program excellence and ensure the highest level of impact and accountability, while ensuring compliance to IMPACT’s guidelines and standards. The role will involve oversight of all REACH oPt research cycles (projects), line management of and project management support to all focal points of REACH oPt’s SSD unit, human resource management, external engagement, response coordination structure, and identification of information management gaps within the humanitarian response. As part of the country’s Senior Management Team (SMT), she/he contributes to the development and implementation of IMPACT’s country strategy, and promotes organisational vision and core values across the mission.
In their mission, the Research Manager will be hosted by Acted and will fall under the direct responsibility and management of Acted’s Country Director and his/her delegates for all Administrative, Security, Logistics and Finance issues. S/he will therefore fully abide by Acted’s Security, HR, Administration and Logistics rules and regulations, and, in coordination with Acted, will ensure IMPACT staff in his/her unit abide by them.
The position will be based in Amman, Jordan with possible relocation to Jerusalem. Travel in the region may be required.
**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
The Research Manager’s responsibilities will include:
**STAFF MANAGEMENT**
- Direct management of international and national team members, including recruitment and staff career management;
- Development and implementation of capacity training plans for team members;
- Day-to-day management of team members, including the development of work plans and performance indicators.
**PROJECT/RESEARCH CYCLE MANAGEMENT**
- Ensure all assessments and analysis are planned and implemented in a structured and coherent manner, in line with relevant project and strategic objectives, and with global REACH guidelines;
- Oversee all research cycles, including reviewing ToRs, methodology notes, tools, products and dissemination strategies;
- Ensure the writing and production of timely, accurate and analytically rigorous reports, assessments, and factsheets;
- Ensure relevant stakeholders and partners are engaged in assessment design and planning;
- Monitor output achievement, project expenditure and ensure timely completion of the project;
- Actively advocate for the improvement of analysis within REACH products, and using common methodologies, tools and analysis frameworks across units where relevant.
**GRANTS MANAGEMENT**:
- Under the guidance of the Country Representative, contribute to managing grants in the SSD unit, including initial discussions with donors, conceptualisation of new projects, drafting proposals, regular reporting, and M&E;
- Ensure that contractual obligations are met in terms of programs deliverables.
**EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENT**:
- In coordination with the Country Representative, represent REACH with donors, partners, and the wider development community in oPt.
**STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION**:
- Under the guidanc
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