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 Senior Assessment Officer to support our team in Venezuela
Position: Senior Assessment Officer
Contract duration: 6 months
Starting Date: 1 September 2026
Location: Caracas, Venezuela.
COUNTRY PROFILE
IMPACT, through REACH, has been implementing programming in Venezuela since 2019 supporting humanitarian decision-making with assessments and information management activities. The team’s research supports and facilitates emergency response efforts immediately following conflict or natural disaster as well as more long-term oriented humanitarian planning, prioritization, resilience and recovery activities.
POSITION PROFILE
Under the line management of the IMPACT Intersectoral Unit Research Manager in Venezuela, the Senior Assessment Officer will support the implementation of IMPACT’s intersectoral research portfolio in Venezuela, including the research design, data collection, analysis, drafting, dissemination, and evaluation stages. Assessments include the Multi Sectoral Needs Assessment, the Humanitarian Situation Monitoring and the Joint Market Monitoring Initiative.
This position requires strong research skills, an analytical mind, creativity, and independence. Candidates should have strong writing and presentation skills in Spanish and be able to clearly think through and articulate implications of research findings. The position will regularly require looking at data, pulling out relevant findings, writing engaging briefs and factsheets, and presenting findings to external audiences with varying amounts of data literacy.
Additionally, the Senior Assessment Officer will contribute to the capacity-building within the team, supporting colleagues in strengthening their research design skills, analytical thinking and presentation and writing skills, including through mentoring, feedback, and trainings.
Responsibilities
The Senior Assessment Officer’s responsibilities include:
RESEARCH CYCLE MANAGEMENT
- Ensuring the assessment, analysis, and support material development are planned and implemented in a structured and coherent manner, in line with relevant project and strategic objectives, and with global IMPACT guidelines.
- Managing the relevant assessment cycle stages, including oversight of research design, data collection, or analysis.
- Translating complex data into clear, meaningful, and actionable insights for diverse humanitarian audiences.
- Keeping up to date with the shifting Venezuelan context.
- Overseeing development and implementation of analytical workstreams, including use of existing REACH data in thematic briefs, reports, presentations, etc.
- Leading the research cycle including research design, tool development, and data collection.
- Development of additional support materials to ensure operational efficiencies and output effectiveness, including necessary guidance notes, and training materials.
- Analysis of the collected data and drafting of relevant outputs
- Experience in attending and/or facilitating joint analysis workshops would be an advantage
- Directly supervising assessment staff within their workstream.
- Supporting team members in strengthening analytical thinking and writing skills, including through mentoring, feedback, and trainings.
Internal Coordination
- Interacting autonomously with HQ departments and may serve as mission focal point for particular themes or technical areas;
- Coordinating with research units and teams to move forward or improve
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