Team Leader for the ACAPS Sudan Analysis Hub

Countries: Germany, Kenya, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Organization: ACAPS

Closing date: 8 Aug 2023

Sudan Analysis Hub

ACAPS is establishing a new Analysis Hub covering the humanitarian situation in Sudan.

As an independent actor without sectoral or thematic biases, ACAPS’ approach will be to consolidate and triangulate available public and non-public information and help humanitarian decision-makers make sense of the complex crisis situation, by providing in-depth analysis, and clear, strong narratives around drivers of needs, humanitarian priorities, and potential future humanitarian impacts.

Under the supervision of a Team Leader, the Hub will be constituted of one Senior Analyst, three Information Analysts, one Data Analyst and one Data Collector. The team will be based in Nairobi and Amman.

Purpose of the position

The Team Leader is the day-to-day manager of the Hub. This includes ensuring the team workplan is kept up-to-date and adhered to, managing staff, and maintaining key operational relationships in and outside Sudan. The Team Leader is responsible for the effective implementation of activities against project objectives and for ensuring continued funding for the Hub. The Team Leader is expected to represent the Hub in all high-level engagements, develop relationships with stakeholders, and ensure publication or distribution of the ACAPS products produced by the Sudan Analysis Hub.

Critical interfaces

The Team Leader will work closely with all members of the Hub and the key humanitarian partners in Sudan to ensure correct process and content. The Team Leader will ensure working relationships with relevant partners in Sudan and represent ACAPS in various fora as needed. As a member of the EMT, the Team Leader will participate in EMT meetings. The Team Leader reports to the Head of Programme.

Competencies: knowledge and experience

• Master’s degree, preferably in humanitarian action, management, social sciences, international relations, research, or international development.


• Bachelor’s degree with an additional 2 years’ experience will be accepted instead.


• At least 5 years field or headquarters experience in the humanitarian sector; at least 2 years of management experience


• Experience leading multi-disciplinary, multinational, remote teams in complex environments


• Proven skills in analysis and negotiations


• Significant understanding of humanitarian needs assessments and working with primary and secondary data, and qualitative and quantitative methodologies, asset


• Experience designing and/or carrying out research (primary, secondary, or both)


• Experience in the workings of the UN system and humanitarian operations across a variety of geographical areas


• Understanding of humanitarian coordination structures


• Excellent knowledge of Sudan economics, politics, social and cultural dynamics, and history


• Large professional networks in Sudan and Kenya, asset


• Proven ability to deliver against targets and meet deadlines within a short timeframe


• Very strong communication skills, both written and oral


• Fluent written and spoken English and Arabic


• Excellent computer skills (MS Office incl., Excel spreadsheets, word-processing)

About ACAPS

ACAPS is dedicated to helping humanitarians make better decisions. We want to put evidence at the heart of decision-making. To achieve this, we collaborate with a variety of partners across the humanitarian sector and beyond. We strive to be an evolving platform providing:

• Independent analysis to support evidence-based decision making for humanitarian operations.


• Deployment of experts to support assessments and analysis in crisis.


• Innovative approaches to collect more reliable and timely data and conduct rigorous analysis


• Capacity development of humanitarian actors to carry out better needs assessments and analysis.

How to apply

Please send your CV and motivation letter in your application through the NRC platform here.

You can find the full job description here.

Priority will be given to applicants from Sudan or the Sudanese diaspora who already have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, Germany or Kenya. For Kenya, only Kenyan nationals are permitted.