IMPACT Initiatives Vacancy: Senior Assessment Officer, Kampala, Uganda | UNjobs Toggle navigation Latest Duty Stations Organizations Closing Soon Senior Assessment Officer, Kampala Organization: IMPACT Initiatives Country: Uganda City: Kampala Office: IMPACT Initiatives in Kampala, Uganda Description 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 an MSNA (Senior) Assessment Officer to support our team in Uganda. This position is pending further funding confirmatio n. Position: ( Senior) Assessment Officer Contract duration : 4 months (extendable pending further secured funding) Starting Date : 1 May 2026 Location : Kampala, Uganda Deadline to apply: 6 April 2026 Please note that this is a link for internal applicants only and applications of external candidates will be automatically rejected. COUNTRY PROFILE Uganda is currently hosting close to 1.9 million refugees and asylum seekers, the largest number in the region. Most have fled civil unrest and conflicts in neighbouring countries of South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Somalia, and Burundi. Refugee flows into Uganda are likely to continue due to ongoing conflicts, violent wars, unrest and human rights violations in neighbouring countries. The vast majority of refugees are hosted in settlements in 12 refugee-hosting districts in northern and mid/south-western Uganda, while 5% of them reside in urban Kampala. In Uganda, the response coordination is held by UNHCR and by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The Uganda government, in coordination with the humanitarian partners, has granted a welcoming policy for all asylum seekers. In the past years Uganda has been affected by a general decreasing of humanitarian funds that have triggered a prioritization of the humanitarian assistance. POSITION PROFILE To support humanitarian prioritisation efforts in Uganda in 2026/7, IMPACT Uganda plans to conduct its flagship Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA). The MSNA will be conducted in close collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM, and UNHCR. The MSNA is a large-scale quantitative (with some potential qualitative methods) assessment which seeks to inform response planning, by indicating areas and populations of need, by and across sectors. IMPACT Uganda is recruiting for one position, open to international candidates. The experience and capacity of selected candidates will determine whether staff are brought on board as Assessment Officer or Senior Assessment Officer. Under the line management of the IMPACT Country Representative or his/her delegates in Uganda, this (Senior) Assessment Officer is responsible for the implementation of the Multi-Sector Needs Assessment cycle in Uganda, including the preparation, data collection, analysis, drafting, dissemination and evaluation stages. Throughout the research cycle, the (Senior) Assessment Officer engages with relevant partners (UNHCR, WFP, HINGO, donor community) to promote their participation and maximize their impact. He/she also ensures an efficient and transparent use of resources required for project implementation. This can include the direct supervision of assessment or data team members. This position requires analytical thinking, creativity, independence, data collection exercises, an interest in the Ugandan context, and an understanding of humanitarian prioritization and planning cycles. Candidates should have strong writing and presentation skills and be able to clearly think through and articulate implications of research findings. The position will regularly require looking at data, pulling out relevant findings, writing engaging briefs and factsheets, presenting findings to external audiences with varying amounts of data literacy, and guiding colleagues in how to think more analytically about their own research. In his/her mission, the (Senior) Assessment Officer will be hosted by IMPACT's global partner ACTED and will fall under the direct responsibility and management of ACTED's Country Director and his/her delegates for all Administrative, Security, and relevant Logistics and Finance issues. S/he will therefore fully abide to ACTED's Security, Administration, and relevant HR, Logistics and Finance rules and regulations. Nationally recruited staff will additionally be directly contracted by ACTED. Missions RESPONSIBILITIES The (Senior) MSNA Assessment Officer is responsible for over
