Humanitarian Analyst

TITLE: Humanitarian Analyst
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Humanitarian Team

LOCATION: Mogadishu
GRADE: 3 CONTRACT LENGTH: 2 year
CONTRACT TYPE: National
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a
week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country
programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police
checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE
The Humanitarian Context Analyst is a key member of the Humanitarian team within the Somalia Country
Office, responsible for collecting information, monitoring humanitarian developments, analyzing data, and
producing timely contextual and analytical reports to support evidence-based decision-making by the Senior
Leadership Team and programme teams.
The role holder will provide regular analysis on humanitarian trends, conflict dynamics, displacement, climate
risks, food security, access constraints, public health risks, and operational developments across Somalia to
support emergency preparedness, response planning, risk management, and strategic decision-making.
The Humanitarian Context Analyst will work closely with the Humanitarian team, Area Offices, Technical
Specialists, EVIDENCE/LEARNING, Programme teams, and the Context Analysis and Foresight Unit
(CAFU), a global technical network coordinated through Save the Children’s Crisis Anticipation and Response
structures.
The role holder will support the development of humanitarian situation reports, early warning updates, risk
analysis, emergency assessments, briefing notes, and other analytical products required to strengthen
organizational preparedness and response capacity. The position will also contribute technical analysis and
contextual information to humanitarian planning, proposal development, advocacy, and response
prioritization processes led by relevant senior leadership.
In addition, the role holder will support collaboration and information sharing with humanitarian stakeholders,
peer agencies, and relevant government institutions, including providing technical support to the Somali
Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) where appropriate to strengthen national humanitarian analysis and
preparedness capacities.
The role holder is expected to maintain strong analytical standards, ensure timely dissemination of quality
information products, and contribute to strengthening Save the Children’s humanitarian preparedness and
response capacity in Somalia. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder may be
required to work outside normal working hours and adapt responsibilities to support emergency response
priorities.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Head of Humanitarian
Staff reporting to this post: None
Save the Children operates across all zones in Somalia and currently has three main area offices and
additional 11 field offices. Programmatically Somalia is a large Country Office with more than $100 million
annual budget and staff over 450 staff.
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
ROLE PROFILE
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY
Humanitarian Context Monitoring and Analysis
• Monitor humanitarian, political, security, climate, displacement, food security, public health, and
operational developments across Somalia through reliable national, regional, and international
information sources.
• Collect, analyze, and synthesize information and data to produce timely, accurate, and high-quality
analytical reports to support evidence-based decision-making by the Senior Leadership Team and
programme teams.
• Provide timely humanitarian analysis and advisory support to Country Office and Area Office teams
on emerging risks, early warning indicators, and potential crises, helping to inform preparedness,
anticipatory action, and operational decision-making.
• Produce regular and ad-hoc humanitarian situation reports, analytical briefs, early warning updates,
alerts, trend analyses, and scenario-based assessments.
• Lead the preparation and coordination of the Country Office monthly humanitarian report for both
internal and external audiences.
• Conduct conflict, stakeholder, access, risk, and humanitarian trend analysis to support preparedness,
response planning, and operational decision-making.
• Monitor emerging risks, shocks, and contextual developments to support timely anticipatory actions
and response prioritization.
Humanitarian Preparedness and Reporting
• Lead the development, review, and regular update of the Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP),
contingency plans, and humanitarian early warning mechanisms in collaboration with the
Humanitarian team and relevant departments.
• Support the Head of Humanitarian in preparedness planning, humanitarian response coordination,
programme prioritization, and emergency response management through quality contextual analysis
and reporting.
• Prepare humanitarian alerts, flash updates, briefing notes, and emergency analytical products during
sudden-onset crises and humanitarian emergencies.
• Support the Humanitarian team in tracking humanitarian developments and operational risks across
all areas of operation.
• Contribute analytical inputs and contextual information to humanitarian proposals, donor updates,
advocacy messaging, and response planning processes.
• Information Management and Coordination
• Ensure timely dissemination of humanitarian analysis and information products to relevant internal
stakeholders across the Somalia Country Office and Save the Children movement.
• Work closely with Area Offices, EVIDENCE/LEARNING, Technical Specialists, Programme teams,
and Information Management functions to strengthen data quality, analysis, visualization, and
reporting systems.
• Support coordination and information sharing with humanitarian stakeholders, inter-agency platforms,
and relevant government institutions where appropriate.
• Work closely with the Context Analysis and Foresight Unit (CAFU) and contribute to organizational
humanitarian analysis and foresight initiatives.
Government and Technical Support
• Support technical collaboration and information sharing with the Somali Disaster Management Agency
(SoDMA) and other relevant institutions to strengthen humanitarian analysis, preparedness, and early
warning capacities where appropriate.
• Provide technical and methodological support related to humanitarian analysis, contextual monitoring,
forecasting, and information products as required.
• Support evidence generation and analysis to strengthen Save the Children’s humanitarian positioning,
preparedness, and response capacity in Somalia.
Humanitarian Response Support
SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
ROLE PROFILE
• Support emergency response coordination and decision-making during humanitarian crises through
rapid contextual analysis, alerts, and information updates.
• In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, adapt working hours and responsibilities as required
to support emergency response priorities.
• Support the Head of Humanitarian in overseeing the humanitarian portfolio by monitoring programme
performance, budget utilization, implementation progress, reporting requirements, and coordination
mechanisms, and by providing analysis and recommendations to help ensure quality delivery, timely
implementation, and effective management of humanitarian interventions.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values.
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom
to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance
and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external
partners and supporters.
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Affairs, International Relations, Political Science, Development
Studies, Conflict Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics, Data Analysis, or other relevant field.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in humanitarian analysis, context analysis, information
management, emergency preparedness, humanitarian reporting, or related humanitarian
programming.
• Proven experience in collecting, analyzing, and synthesizing humanitarian, political, security, climate,
and operational information into clear analytical products for senior management decision-making.
• Experience in developing humanitarian situation reports, alerts, analytical briefs, early warning
products, Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPPs), and contingency planning documents.
• Experience supporting humanitarian response planning, preparedness, and operational decisionmaking in complex humanitarian contexts.
• Strong understanding of the Somalia humanitarian, political, security, and displacement context.
• Experience working with INGOs, government institutions, humanitarian coordination platforms, or
donor-funded programmes is desirable.
• Experience in information management, data visualization, and humanitarian reporting systems is an
added advantage.

ROLE PROFILE
Skills and Competencies
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex information and provide
practical recommendations.
• Excellent report writing, information synthesis, and presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of humanitarian principles, emergency preparedness, and context analysis
methodologies.
• Ability to analyze trends, risks, and operational developments and translate them into actionable
information for decision-making.
• Strong coordination, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
under tight timelines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; knowledge of
data visualization tools is desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Knowledge of Somali is an added
advantage.
• Commitment to Save the Children values, safeguarding principles, accountability, and humanitarian
standards.
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to
carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity
policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects
our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Adult Safeguarding.
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all
employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI protection from sexual
exploitation abuse.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and
procedures.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
At SCI, we uphold the principle of equal rights and opportunities for all our employees. In our commitment to
fostering a more inclusive workplace and addressing gender gaps, we have implemented additional efforts
aimed at supporting female qualified candidates:
• Maternity leave (6 months)
• Annual Leave 30 working days
• 10% *gross salary (female allowance)
• 2 flexible working hours for lactating mothers

Qualified persons with disabilities and qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.