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About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

Collecting information, monitoring humanitarian developments, and analyzing data.
Producing timely contextual and analytical reports for decision-making.
Providing regular analysis on humanitarian trends, conflict dynamics, displacement, climate risks, food security, access constraints, public health risks, and operational developments.
Supporting emergency preparedness, response planning, risk management, and strategic decision-making.
Supporting the development of humanitarian situation reports, early warning updates, risk analysis, emergency assessments, and briefing notes.
Contributing technical analysis and contextual information to humanitarian planning, proposal development, advocacy, and response prioritization processes.
Supporting collaboration and information sharing with humanitarian stakeholders, peer agencies, and relevant government institutions.
Providing technical support to the Somali Disaster Management Agency (SoDMA) where appropriate.
Maintaining strong analytical standards and ensuring timely dissemination of quality information products.
Contributing to strengthening Save the Children’s humanitarian preparedness and response capacity in Somalia.
Working outside normal working hours and adapting responsibilities to support emergency response priorities in the event of a major humanitarian emergency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Humanitarian Affairs, International Relations, Political Science, Development Studies, Conflict Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics, Data Analysis, or another relevant field.
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 decision-making 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.
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.

Skills

Humanitarian analysis
Context analysis
Information management
Emergency preparedness
Humanitarian reporting
Data collection
Data analysis
Report writing
Information synthesis
Presentation skills
Humanitarian principles
Context analysis methodologies
Trend analysis
Risk analysis
Operational development analysis
Coordination
Planning
Organizational skills
Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Data visualization tools
English communication (written and verbal)
Somali language (advantageous)

Location

Somalia

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree

About the Company

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.
Save the Children International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents.

Equal Opportunity

Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer, and our working environment is inclusive and accessible.
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy
We need to keep children safe, so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse. Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy