Measurement Officer CST-I

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Job Title Programme Policy Officer (Measurement)

Type of Contract CSTI

Unit/Division Emergencies & Transitions Unit (PRO-P)

Duty Station HQ – Rome, Italy

Duration 11 months

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

Assisting more than 100 million people in over 80 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian food security organisation – saving and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. To achieve its mandate, WFP must ensure that it reaches the right people and that it manages its relationship with those individuals and their communities in a responsible, accountable, and effective manner.

Guided by WFP’s Strategic Plan (2022-2025), the Emergencies and Transitions Unit (PRO-P) is responsible for key thematic areas critical to achieving people-centred programming:[1] protection, accountability to affected populations, humanitarian access and conflict sensitivity. PRO-P has recently restructured, shifting from a thematic- to function-based model to better integrate thematic content and deliver support to field operations across the programme cycle.

PRO-P functions through two interdependent pillars: 1. Strategy and Partnerships: helping position WFP within the wider humanitarian and development spheres; and 2. Programme and Field Support: focused on the design and operationalization of innovative programme models to bridge the policy- practice gap. These two pillars are supported by an Evidence Building, Knowledge Management and Learning team.

In support of the implementation of the protection and accountability policy and the forthcoming conflict sensitivity mainstreaming strategy, the Programme and Field Support team (PFS) is responsible for developing people-centered standards, guidance and tools. Within the PFS team, a Data & Analytics team is responsible for providing improved access to data and analysis systems and capabilities required to establish and achieve people-centred programming standards and guidance.

Within the Programme and Field Support pillar, the Data and Analytics (DA) sub-unit supports PRO-P to define, develop and deliver programme standards, products, and services by providing core data collection, management, analysis, use and measurement functions. In support of these objectives, the DA sub-team objectives for 2022-2023 include:

1. Developing a functional framework for community feedback data within the larger landscape of people-centred data;
2. Systematising the collection, management, mixed-method analysis, and presentation of community feedback mechanism (CFM) data with a focus on utilization to achieve improved people-centred programming.
3. Developing and implementing a holistic digital solution package for CFM data.
4. Reviewing of relevant monitoring and measurement frameworks with a view to streamline measurement and monitoring efforts and develop new frameworks as needed to track progress against commitments in achieving people-centred programming standards.

JOB PURPOSE

Within the Data and Analytics Team, and under the direct supervision of the Analytics & Measurement officer, the incumbent will be responsible for developing and strengthening monitoring and measurement frameworks to track progress against commitments to achieving people-centered programming standards.

The incumbent will:

• support in the design and strengthening of monitoring frameworks to track progress against corporate commitments of key thematic areas that are relevant to the PRO-P unit (protection, accountability to affected populations, humanitarian access, and conflict sensitivity).
• liaise closely with relevant colleagues at HQ, Regional Bureaux (RBX), and Country Offices (COs) to ensure that relevant and timely technical support is provided to streamline measurement and monitoring efforts across the organization.
• share guidance and knowledge with the aim of building the capacity of WFP divisions and offices to support an evidence-based culture to achieve people-centered programming.

The incumbent will be based in Rome, Italy, with travel to regional bureaux and country offices as required, including travel to hardship duty stations.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

1. Contribute to the development of frameworks that aim at consolidating and building an evidence-based understanding of PRO-P progress against corporate commitments.
2. Map existing monitoring tools, identify complementarities and overlaps to provide technical recommendations on how to leverage existing tools, minimize data collection, and fill in knowledge gaps to strengthen corporate evidence-based decision-making.
3. Provide technical support to ensure methodological soundness of monitoring frameworks and relevant indicators.
4. Update existing methodological guidance and develop new ones as needed for cross-cutting indicators within the WFP Corporate Results Framework (CRF) that are relevant to the unit.
5. Support the development and revision of data collection tools relevant to people-centered programming, specifically to report on Community Engagement (CE), and Community Feedback Mechanism (CFM) indicators.
6. Lead the data collection, analysis, and reporting of CE and CFM indicators.
7. Support the facilitation of discussion and interpretation workshops with regional stakeholders relevant to people-centered programming.
8. Develop training resources and deliver training sessions for HQ, RBX, and CO audiences as needed to strengthen WFP internal capacity and awareness around measuring and monitoring of PRO-P cross-cutting thematic areas (protection, accountability to affected populations, humanitarian access, and conflict sensitivity).
9. Incorporating gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
10. Contribute to the maintenance of a system for the management and preservation of institutional knowledge in collaboration with team members
11. Other relevant tasks as required.

REQUIRED AND DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

1. Minimum four years of experience in Monitoring and Evaluation, Information Management or equivalent are required.
2. Technical fluency in the use of data visualization tool (Tableau and/or Power-BI) is required.
3. Demonstrated experience in the use of data collection tools (MODA and/or Kobo Toolbox) is required.
4. Advance knowledge in the use of Excel is required.
5. Experience working in humanitarian response in a conflict and/or post-conflict setting is required.
6. Knowledge of data protection, privacy and governance challenges and best practices is required.
7. Experience in capacity-building activities for monitoring, measurement (or equivalent) for different audiences is required.
8. Knowledge of qualitative data collection methodologies are highly desirable.
9. Knowledge of key elements and processes of community feedback mechanisms is desirable.
10. Technical experience in working with data analysis software, such as SPSS, R, Stata or similar applications is desirable.
11. Experience with WFP organisational structures and data systems is desirable.
12. Experience in change management or knowledge management is desirable.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Terms and Conditions

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

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http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

Deadline for applications: 12 September 2022

Ref.: VA No. 172801

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

[1] People-centred programming is a standard of programming with any objective or activity that places affected people, communities, and their lived realities at the centre of decision making at every stage of the programme cycle, with their unique risks identified and meaningfully addressed.

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