Position: Community Liaison, Sudan Analysis Team (Consultant)    

Reports to: Project Manager or Senior Analyst

Duty Station: Remote

Travel: Possible                                              

Duration & contract type: Consultancy, 100%, 6 months           

Starting date: ASAP

Eligibility: Must have legal right to live and work in duty station location

ACAPS is looking for a Community Liaison to develop sustainable and equitable connections with local partners and key informants to fill data gaps and amplify the voice of local communities, ensuring analytical products reflect and highlight the needs of those affected, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalised, and ensuring that the Hub’s analysis is relevant to local actors in Sudan.

ONLY Arabic Speaker AND applicant with excellent knowledge of Sudan politics, economics, and history AND with large professional networks within Sudanese civil society and/or Sudanese humanitarian response structures will be considered.
Sudan Analysis Hub

ACAPS established the Sudan Analysis Hub in August 2023, in the early days of the current war, to provide integrated independent analysis to support the humanitarian response. We have a dedicated team of analysts in the region supported by data analytics experts, researching and preparing analytical reports covering thematic areas on the protection of civilians, displacement, rights of minorities including women, girls, and children, anticipatory analysis including scenarios, and identification and analysis of worsening sectoral humanitarian needs – including at sub-national level.

ACAPS
Who we are

ACAPS is an independent analysis provider. We are an independent analytical voice helping humanitarian workers, influencers, fundraisers, and donors make better-informed decisions and respond more effectively to disasters.

What we do 

We inform crisis response: We aim towards reshaping the humanitarian narrative by providing timely and independent needs analysis, data, training, and methodological tools while advocating for a more evidence-based response to crises.

We collaborate with honesty and Creativity: ACAPS maximises synergies with humanitarian responders, specialised analytical organisations, academic institutions, the private sector, and civil society and encourages them to implement a collaborative approach.

As humanitarian needs continue to rise steeply, there is an increasing parallel demand in the sector for high-quality, independent analysis to guide resource prioritisation and programmatic responses. ACAPS is uniquely positioned in the humanitarian architecture to respond to these challenges, operating as a global public good to the humanitarian sector by providing independent, multi-sectoral analysis to enable humanitarian stakeholders to better understand and address the needs of crisis affected populations across the globe.

ACAPS is currently at an exciting stage of its growth trajectory, with a fast-expanding decentralised global team. Due to an increased awareness of ACAPS value add to the humanitarian sector, ACAPS conducts analysis on crises in Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine, and Yemen with team members working within many of these countries. This is in addition to global teams providing analysis spanning over 150 countries and 100 active crises worldwide. ACAPS donor portfolio is also expanding, with current active funding from key institutional donors such as BHA, FCDO, SDC, GFFO, GAC, SDC, NMFA and others.

ACAPS values

ACAPS is a dynamic and independent organisation. We share and strive to maintain the values of agency, candour, integrity, diversity, evolution, ambition, and collaboration in everything we do. The post holder is expected to develop the position in line with these values. The ACAPS values live in the way we manage our teams, create our content and engage with stakeholders.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to diversity without distinction to age, gender, religion, ethnicity, nationality, and physical ability.

Strategic networking

• Develop a strategy for the Hub’s engagement with civil society actors.
• Develop and maintain a network of local partners in Sudan relevant to the ACAPS team’s work. These may include local humanitarian organisations and coordination spaces, development actors, civil society, local researchers.
• Identify analysis-related needs and capacities of civil society actors in Sudan and develop strategies for ACAPS to add value.
• Ensure the database of civil society actors and local experts is maintained and kept up-to-date, respecting confidentiality and data protection rules.

Analysis and data collection

• Ensure inclusion of relevant civil society actors/perspectives in the development and analysis phases of Hub products, as well as joint analysis sessions, as needed.
• Support team members in identifying relevant key informants for analysis products.
• Support team members in conducting key informant interviews.
• Support crisis monitoring of Arabic sources as needed.

As the crisis is very volatile and may evolve very rapidly, the Community Liaison is expected to adjust and adapt her/his tasks according to the directions set by the ACAPS Sudan Project Manager and/or Team Leader.

Professional competencies

• Relevant university degree or higher education, preferably in social sciences or int’l development.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in the humanitarian sector and/or development sector or in civil society.
• Fluent written and spoken Arabic required.
• Excellent English-language spoken and writing skills.
• Excellent knowledge of Sudan politics, economics, and history
• Large professional networks within Sudanese civil society and/or Sudanese humanitarian response structures
• Significant understanding of humanitarian needs assessments
• Strong knowledge in qualitative methods, including key informants’ techniques
• Skilled in handling sensitive and confidential data and maintaining discretion
• Experience designing and/or carrying out research (primary, secondary, or both)
• Critical thinking and attention to details.
• Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and turn around material rapidly.
• Outstanding coordination, communication, and inter-personal skills.
• Flexibility
• Familiarity with Excel (or similar software);