Save The Childrens International, based in Mogadishu, is looking for an experienced Humanitarian Analyst to fill an open position. With 5 - 6 years of experience required, this position is suited for mid-to-senior level professionals in Humanitarian. Submit your application by Jun, 22 to be considered for this role.
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 Childrenâs 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 Childrenâs 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 Childrenâs 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.
About Mogadishu
Mogadishu, known locally as Muqdisho, is the capital of Somalia and the country's largest city. It serves as the political, economic, and cultural heart of the nation. The city hosts the headquarters of numerous UN agencies, international NGOs, and government institutions, offering diverse career opportunities for development and humanitarian professionals.
Ereyada Soomaaliga (Somali Keywords): Shaqo Cusub ⢠Shaqo Muqdisho ⢠Shaqo Buuxda