REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two INGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts, supporting and working within the framework of the humanitarian reform process. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.
Context / Country
REACH has been active in South Sudan since February 2012, working in refugee camps in Upper Nile and Unity states, PoCs across the country, and in multiple locations across Greater Bahr el Ghazal. REACH assessment teams have been producing maps and creating comprehensive databases in an effort to inform more effective operational set-up and management of these locations.
In 2013, REACH assessments started to expand its focus on the socio-cultural organization and dynamic of the locations, as well as natural resource depletion and energy use among the population. The reports produced as a result of these assessments have been used in targeting interventions and overall location management. The program will extend partner services as well as beyond the refugee and IDP contexts to include mapping of natural resources, impact evaluation, conflict mapping, etc.
REACH has continued to conduct impact evaluations of food security and health care programmes and to support the IDP and refugee responses through 2014 and 2015. We will continue to conduct related activities through 2016.
Under the supervision of the ACTED Country Director and REACH Country Coordinator, the REACH Field Coordinator is responsible for supporting REACH Assessment Officer/ Manager to ensure the successful completion of assessments across Greater Bahr el Ghazal. He/she will also be responsible for related logistics, data cleaning, focus group discussion facilitation, leading enumeration teams and any other reasonable tasks need to ensure the success of the REACH mission in South Sudan. This may mean participating in multiple assessments operating simultaneously.
And REACH Finance and Admin Officer is responsible for supporting planning and follow up of REACH project finance and human resources. Liaison between REACH project/field teams and the relevant supporting team (administration, finance and Human Resources). Support information flow between REACH and the supporting teams of ACTED. Also the Admin Officer should be up to date with ACTED HR, finance and security procedures and ensure they are applied as relevant to the projects and activities of REACH
For more details, see attached Job advertsREACH Field Coordinator-Maban.pdf (1.6 MB) &REACH Finance and Admin Officer-Juba.pdf (1.0 MB)