Senior Assessment Officer - Public Health

IMPACT Initiatives

Under the supervision of the Research Manager, the Senior Assessment Officer (SAO) will support the implementation of IMPACT s public health-focused research portfolio in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). This includes data collection, analysis, reporting, and dissemination across topics such as food security, WASH, nutrition, and health. The SAO will bring a public health background and contribute to sector-specific and multi-sectoral assessments, including household-level research, with a focus on producing timely and actionable analysis to inform the humanitarian response.

The SAO must demonstrate strong analytical skills, including the ability to critically assess complex datasets, identify key trends, draw meaningful conclusions, and translate findings into clear and compelling insights for humanitarian actors. Strong writing, visualization, and presentation skills are essential, as is the ability to tailor messaging for diverse audiences, and guiding team members in strengthening analytical approaches across research cycles.

The ideal candidate will combine strong technical assessment experience with a solid understanding of public health issues in crisis contexts, paired with creativity, independence, and critical thinking. They must also be highly adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced, unpredictable humanitarian environment, where flexibility and responsiveness are key to ensuring relevant and impactful research.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS LEADERSHIP
• Leading analytical workstreams related to public health, food security, WASH, and nutrition in Gaza, ensuring findings directly inform humanitarian planning and response.
• Managing the full research cycle, including research design, tool development, data collection, in-depth analysis, and production of outputs (briefs, factsheets, reports).
• Translating complex data into clear, meaningful, and actionable insights for diverse humanitarian audiences.
• Ensuring research integrates both primary and secondary data and is methodologically sound, contextually relevant, and responsive to partner needs.
• CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING
• Closely monitoring developments in Gaza to ensure research is adapted to the fast-evolving operational environment.
• Maintaining a strong understanding of local humanitarian needs, access dynamics, and operational challenges to contextualize findings.
• CAPACITY BUILDING AND TEAM MANAGEMENT
• Supporting team members in strengthening analytical thinking and writing skills, including through mentoring, feedback, and trainings.
• Directly supervising assessment staff working on public health and multi-sectoral research streams.
• Fostering a collaborative, analytical culture within the team.
• STRATEGIC COORDINATION
• Liaising with HQ focal points and supporting coordination across units and thematic workstreams in oPt.
• Supporting the Research Manager in strategic planning, proposal development, and the integration of analysis across the mission s research portfolio.
• Representing IMPACT/REACH in external coordination platforms and technical working groups (eg., health, nutrition, Food Security).
• Leading on the presentation and dissemination of analytical findings to key stakeholders, ensuring engagement with evidence to inform decision-making.

The Senior Assessment Officer will maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. They will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.