Location: Portland, OR; Washington D.C.; or US Remote
Position Status: Full-time, Exempt, Regular (Temporary: 1 year assignment)
Salary Level:
Valid unrestricted work authorization in the country in which you will be based is required at the time of application for this position.
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse, and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have a long-term impact.
Mercy Corps works to achieve real and lasting impact in the world’s toughest humanitarian emergencies. We save lives and help people live with dignity in crises of all kinds. At the same time, we create the conditions to pivot to innovative and transformative recovery quickly and effectively. We work wherever local capacity is overwhelmed, connecting people to the opportunities they need to strengthen their community in recovery. Whether it is a sudden shock or a slowly emerging crisis, whether the threat is natural or man-made, no matter how complex the environment, Mercy Corps is committed to bold, rapid, needs-driven assistance. Mercy Corps supports a response that is market-driven and leverages the capacities of both traditional and non-traditional aid partners—and ultimately gives people the ability to make their own decisions and secure their own lives and livelihoods. The Global Emergency Response Team (ERT) provides the agency with timely and effective leadership to prepare for, respond to, and learn from humanitarian emergencies, develops sharp, well-timed and influential humanitarian analysis to inform program design and implementation, and supports agency leadership and regional and country teams with safety and security expertise.
The Knowledge and Learning Senior Analyst is a member of the Global Emergency Response team (GRT), and is responsible for the development and implementation of an emergency response learning and knowledge management system and approach for the ERT. The Senior Analyst will work cross-functionally to optimize systems and response processes and procedures to ensure continuous improvement and adaptation of lessons learned and best practices to enhance emergency response at Mercy Corps. In addition, the Senior Analyst will support with tracking of Organizational Priority Indicators, FY25 organization priority on the ERT tracking, as well as department performance data collection and analysis. The Senior Analyst will serve as a thought partner to the VP of Emergency Response, the ERT, and with internal stakeholders across the broader organization, helping to ensure accountability and alignment within the team and synergy across complementary agency efforts. He/she will work closely with the global program quality, evidence and learning, and technical teams as required.
STRATEGY & VISION
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT & LEARNING ACROSS EMERGENCY RESPONSES
MEASUREMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY
INTERNAL COORDINATION
INFLUENCE & REPRESENTATION
SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES
The Knowledge and Learning Senior Analyst may manage consultants as necessary. AccountabilityReports Directly To: Senior Program Officer Works Directly With: VP of Emergency Response and wider ERT team members, as needed, and the Program Performance and Quality, Technical Support, and Strategy Realization teams. Coordinates With: a variety of internal stakeholders engaged in strategic planning, strategy realization, program performance, knowledge management and learning
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
The successful candidate must be a self-starting multi-tasker, able to manage competing priorities and demonstrate a keen understanding of the larger picture while remaining focused on and able to handle the details. They are a problem-solver, adept in successfully dealing with issues of complexity. They must demonstrate patience, initiative, and flexibility. Building on their program management, operational expertise, and leadership experience, they are an effective communicator both verbally and in writing, as well as a good listener, able to understand different perspectives and are open to feedback. They are a proactive team player, and an equally strong convener and facilitator with the ability to meaningfully engage teams in inclusive processes designed to shape the agency’s strategic direction. The Senior Analyst is experienced working across departments and country-based teams, an expert liaison with critical organizational counterparts in regional, country and headquarters offices. The Senior Analyst has relevant experience driving participatory processes to build consensus as well as a practical understanding of how to engage different stakeholders, including senior leaders, to drive impact and organizational change. They are willing to challenge the status quo, speak up and speak out on key issues, and engage in constructive debate and sensitive conversations with agency stakeholders at all elevations of the organization.
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Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.