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.
ACTED is a French humanitarian NGO, founded in 1993, which supports vulnerable populations, affected by humanitarian crises worldwide. ACTED provides continued support to vulnerable communities by ensuring the sustainability of post-crisis interventions and engaging long-term challenges facing our target populations, in order to break the poverty cycle, foster development and reduce vulnerability to disasters. Their interventions seek to cover the multiple aspects of humanitarian and development crises through a multidisciplinary approach that is both global and local and adapted to each context
Under the management of the PANDA Operations Manager, the PANDA Field Officer (FO) is responsible for the overall management and implementation of all PANDA field activities across the regions of deployment.
Duties and Responsibilities
Assessment Preparation and Training
Context and situation monitoring of regional displacement dynamics
Undertake preliminary planning missions in assessment sites
Lead on all planning details related to data collection (field schedule, team planning, procurements, logistics, and administration) according to each activity’s specified methodology
Coordinate, plan, and facilitate assessment team trainings jointly with the assessment teams
Data collection and validation
Act as the focal point for partner data collection agencies
Provide regular technical support to internal and partner team leaders through the provision of daily or regular team debriefs
Accompany data collectors in the field to ensure accurate data collection as specified in the methodology, particularly in the case of any direct measurement (MUAC, etc.)
Ensure care of all IMPACT inventory including daily check of assessment mobile phone
Assessment Preparation and Training
Context and situation monitoring of regional displacement dynamics
Undertake preliminary planning missions in assessment sites
Lead on all planning details related to data collection (field schedule, team planning, procurements, logistics, and administration) according to each activity’s specified methodology
Coordinate, plan, and facilitate assessment team trainings jointly with the assessment teams
Data collection and validation
Act as the focal point for partner data collection agencies
Provide regular technical support to internal and partner team leaders through the provision of daily or regular team debriefs
Accompany data collectors in the field to ensure accurate data collection as specified in the methodology, particularly in the case of any direct measurement (MUAC, etc.)
Ensure care of all IMPACT inventory including daily check of assessment mobile phones
Download all data at the end of each data collection day and spot-checking online database for accuracy at the end of each day.
Internal Coordination and management
Manage internal workplans of PANDA field staff in the areas of deployment.
Highlight day-to-day and long-term issues to the Operations Manager and in case of being necessary to PANDA Senior Research Manager
External Coordination
Under the supervision and collaboration with the Operations Manager:
Coordinate field operations with participating agencies
Report regularly to agency focal points about assessment progress and any changes to the plans
Prepare and dissemination assessment results and presentations in relevant coordination forums and meetings
Reporting
Prepare final assessment reports including lessons learned, incidents and timeframe
Assist in preparation of assessment factsheets and consolidated reports.
Accountability to Communities and Beneficiaries
The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work with are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about IMPACT’s programme objectives, activities, respondent selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every IMPACT/ACTED staff member.
Job Requirements
Required
At least 4 years of experience with increasing responsibilities in management and coordination of field staff;
At least 2 years of experience working within data collection teams;
University degree in Statistics, Agriculture, Economics, Sociology, or other relevant fields of study;
Excellent team management and problem-solving skills;
Excellent experience using Open Data Kit (ODK) for quantitative data collection, or the ability to rapidly master the process;
Experience creating ODK questionnaires, or ability to learn rapidly;
Flexible, self-motivated, and independent with an eye for improving internal processes;
Experience in representation and coordination with government, communities, and partner agencies;
Ability to produce contextual situation analyses and subsequent project recommendations;
Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements;
Ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management Software; and,
Fluency in English . Amharic and Local language.
How To Apply
Qualified national applicants with the required skills are invited to submit their applications. The application should include a detailed curriculum vitae and a cover letter, combined into a single document. Please ensure that the cover letter appears on the first page, followed by the CV starting on the second page, and includes details of three work-related referees.
Applications should be submitted via THIS LINK and must be received on or before 5:00 PM on Nov 21, 2025. Please use the subject line: “PANDA Field Officer" - Ethiopia when submitting your application.
Please do not attach any other documents while sending your applications, if required they will be requested at a later stage.
Please note that only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
ACTED will at no stage of recruitment process request candidate to make payments of any kind. Further, ACTED has not retained any agent in connection with recruitments.
ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries within our programmed from exploitation and abuse and any kind of misconduct. ACTED has specific policies, including PSEA and Child Protection, which outlines the expected behavior and the responsibility of all staff, beneficiaries, consultants and other stakeholders and has zero tolerance towards misconducts. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will be expected to sign ACTED’s organizational Policies and Code of Conduct as an annex to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
