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Research Manager for Lebanon, based in Beirut
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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 support our Humanitarian Planning & Prioritization Unit (HPPU) for the Lebanon mission**
**Position:** Research Manager
**Starting Date**: 15th June / max 1st July 2026
**Duration:** 6 months with the possibility of extension subject to funding confirmation.
**Location:** Beirut, Lebanon.
## **COUNTRY PROFILE**
In Lebanon, several years of multi-layered, overlapping shocks have led the country into a nation-wide socio- economic crisis. This crisis, reflective of fundamental vulnerabilities in Lebanon’s economic structure, fragile political environment, deep-rooted social and communal tensions, have vastly increased household need and vulnerabilities throughout the country. Further, the current crisis has affected refugee needs due to the protracted Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, in its tenth year. Indeed, Syrian refugees are not the only vulnerable population group from outside Lebanon affected, approximately 200,000 Palestine Refugees in Lebanon (PRLs), located in and out of camps for nearly 70 years, continue to be subject to policies and law that preclude them from basic household functions such as the right to work, public services, and property ownership. Further, approximately 180,000 migrants are also present in Lebanon, facing needs related to protection, livelihoods, food security, and shelter.
As the trajectory of Lebanon continues to be along downward spiral, continual provision of empirical evidence to investigate the impact of continued shocks and socio-economic deterioration of a fragmented, heterogenous population within Lebanon’s borders, is necessary.
## **POSITION PROFILE**
The Research Manager will be responsible for overseeing the development and strategy of the Humanitarian Planning and Prioritisation Unit (HPPU), under the supervision of the IMPACT Deputy/Country Representative, and IMPACT HQ in Geneva. The candidate should be comfortable representing IMPACT with donors and be able to coordinate and liaise with a range of senior external partners. This position requires a profile that can be both analytical and managerial, as the Research Manager’s job can range from coordinating with external partners (whether data actor, humanitarian cluster, or donor) to analytical oversight of research products to logistics. The Research Manager will also play a key role in ensuring IMPACT responds to sudden-onset shocks, whether through coordination in the response or through utilising monitoring tools.
The Research Manager’s responsibilities will include:
***STAFF MANAGEMENT***
- Direct management of team members (seniors and non-seniors), including recruitment and staff in career management. The HPPU currently consists of four contracted staff;
- 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 projects;
- Actively advocate for the improving of analysis within REACH products, and using common methodologies, tools and analysis frameworks across units where relevant;
- Provide SMT and other staff members with key findings from monitoring research cycles and from within the coordination structure.
***REPRESENTATION OF IMPACT IN THE AAWG AND OTHER WORKING GROUP***
- Represent IMPACT in the AAWG to understand critical system-wide information gaps and identify how the AAWG can effectively fill these gaps;
- Represent IMPACT in other WG/Sectoral meetings as required.
***GRANTS MANAGEMENT***
- Under the guidance of the (Deputy) Country Representative, manage grants in the HPPU, including initial discussions with donors, conceptualisation of new projects, dr
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