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Assessment Specialist - Analysis for Afghanistan, based in Mazar-i- Sharif
Organization IMPACT InitiativesLocation AfghanistanType FULL TIMEPosted 19 May 2026Deadline 31 May 2026
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## **BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH**
IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organization 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 an Assessment Specialist to contribute to cross-cutting analysis and thematic priorities.**
**Department**: IMPACT
**Position**: **Assessment Specialist - Analysis**
**Contract duration**: 6 months (extension possible depending on funding)
**Starting Date**: 28 June 2026
**Location**: Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan (with travel to Kabul and other locations).
## **COUNTRY PROFILE**
The humanitarian response in Afghanistan remains one of the largest in the world, with 21.9 million people identified as in need of assistance in the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan. The country is particularly vulnerable to climate change, with drought conditions affecting agriculture and livelihoods. Natural disasters, including flooding and earthquakes, remain prevalent – often causing displacement, damaging and destroying shelter and services, and disrupting livelihoods. Conflict remains a risk, with recent increase in conflict activity between Afghanistan and Pakistan. With millions of refugees in neighbouring countries, including Iran and Pakistan, forced return of refugees is also a driver of needs in the country.
Alongside this, since the De facto Authorities took control of the government in 2021, a range of restrictive policies have significantly restricted the rights of women and girls in society – leading to increased marginalisation and protection risks. The economic situation remains poor and authorities lack resources to run effective public services, with reliance on humanitarian assistance. As the USA was a major aid donor in Afghanistan, their withdrawal of all aid funding had a significant effect, for example on the closures of health centres. With political positioning of donor governments restricting a full development approach, a basic human needs response is increasingly complementing the humanitarian response across Afghanistan.
Against this backdrop, IMPACT Initiatives is planning a range of research activities to support an evidence- and needs-based humanitarian response. The Assessment Specialist will work to provide timely analysis from these products, provide longitudinal and cross-research analysis in line with thematic priorities, contribute to global analysis products, and combine IMPACT research with secondary data analysis for enhanced analysis products.
## **POSITION PROFILE**
IMPACT Initiatives in Afghanistan is recruiting an Assessment Specialist to support its work in promoting evidence-based decisions across the aid response in Afghanistan (both humanitarian and basic human needs).
The candidate will perform a range of analysis tasks both supporting research units and teams, leading on certain research projects, and supporting IMPACT in developing thematic expertise through cross-cutting analysis, longitudinal analysis, and combining IMPACT data with secondary data sources.
This may involve both short-term and longer-term initiatives, ensuring that analysis from key research products is provided in a timely fashion, for example geographic or thematic briefs from the Multi-Sector Needs Assessment.
The Assessment Specialist will be required to engage within the aid architecture to both guide the initiation of analysis products and to disseminate effectively to a range of stakeholders.
## **RESPONSIBILITIES**
The Assessment Specialist’s responsibilities will include:
***DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF ANALYSIS PRODUCTS***
- Map opportunities within the response for analysis products to guide policy and programme decision-making.
- Work with Research Units and Teams, and Field Teams, to identify opportunities for analysis from IMPACT’s research portfolio and provide support to or lead the process to deliver timely analysis briefs following data collection.
- Identify opportunities for longitudinal analysis or analysis linking multiple IMPACT research products, in particular in-line with thematic priorities outlined in the country strategy.
- Contribute to longer-term analysis pieces designed to inform strategic decision-making within the aid response.
- Ensure that IMPACT Afghanistan effectively contributes to IMPACT global analysis products.
***DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH PRODUCTS***
- Where identified by the (Deputy) Country Representative, support research design for IMPACT research products to link findings to identified research prioritie
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