Programme Assistant (GIS) (G5 – Sana’a)

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and WFP is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and promotes gender parity as well as encourages qualified candidates with disabilities to apply

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. We are the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace and stability for populations impacted by conflict, disasters and climate change.

WFP’s emergency response in Yemen is the agency’s largest anywhere in the world, and is the largest sustained emergency operation in history, providing lifesaving monthly food assistance to 10.5 million people most in need. WFP also provides nutrition support to 1.7 million children and mothers, and delivers school meals to 850,000 children each day.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP Yemen CO seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

The VAM unit in the WFP Country Office Yemen undertakes food security and economic analysis in order to inform strategic and operational decision making. Food security analysis reflects GIS based analysis and often uses maps to communicate analytical results or complex matters. In addition, other divisions and units in the Country Office request maps to visualize topics related to their areas of work in order to communicate outputs, visualize challenges and help decision making. For that reason, the VAM Unit in Yemen CO seeks qualified candidate to join the VAM team as VAM Programme Assistant (GIS/Mapping). The GIS Assistant will be responsible for collating and organizing datasets; performing GIS analysis and producing high-quality maps and infographics used for both country-specific analysis.

JOB PURPOSE

To perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of assistance packages.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the VAM Officer, the VAM Assistant (GIS) will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Assemble and maintain appropriate food and nutrition security indicators for Yemen
• Provide assistance in ensuring that rigorous quality data standards are maintained by the WFP Yemen VAM Unit.
• Conduct in-depth analysis of data derived from remotely sensed images and prepare relevant visualizations using GIS software packages.
• Maintain and manage the Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets for VAM Spatial Data Infrastructure, using updated administrative geo data approved by the government and the UN team.
• Support the design and production of different thematic maps for VAM and other units, using relevant and updated datasets that graphically represent geographic patterns of food insecurity and vulnerability from emergency needs assessments, climate change and other thematic areas of analysis.
• Provide technical GIS support to the design and implementation of WFP Programmes – with particular emphasis on targeting of food assistance based on geographical or socio-economic criteria.
• Direct liaison with VAM clients/partners to explore and identify their GIS needs and develop appropriate GIS products and exchange the experiences related to GIS and mapping.
• Initiate and lead GIS products and mapping exercises to support the broader humanitarian needs.
• Support the design, implementation and maintenance of a suitable and scalable online data repository platform and dashboards for disseminating and visualizing food security results, hazard maps and associated information using Tableau and other software.
• Support CO assessments; including the development of assessment tools, sampling, trainings, monitoring of data collection and other duties as required.
• Support key VAM activities, such as the annual Food Security and Livelihood Assessment, the Integrated Phase Classification analysis for Yemen.
• Provide technical support, including capacity building, to Country Office staff, Area Offices and National Government counterparts, NGOs and other partners, as required.
• Any other tasks as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in the related functional area. A degree in Design, Fine Arts or related field is desired.
• Experience: Five or more years of progressively responsible work experience in the relative business stream with experience in general administrative work.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in Arabic & English languages
• Nationality: Yemeni National / valid work/residency permit holders only.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Technical Qualifications and skills:

1. Strong commitment towards expanding GIS analysis within Yemen CO, to support situation analysis as well as food security forecasts
2. The ability to collect the necessary coordinates from the field (if required) for WFP activities and sites and reflect them on geographic / thematic maps.
3. The capacity to Identify, gather and incorporate external GIS datasets into the VAM data repository.
4. The ability to produce sectoral admin maps, as well as vector/satellite maps.
5. Minimum knowledge and practice of remote sensing techniques and data analysis.
6. Proficiency in using all categories of GIS and web applications, such as ArcGIS, QGIS, ArcGIS Desktop, Hexagon Geomedia, Mapinfo, Global Mapper …etc, and hands-on experience with essential MS packages; including Word, Excel, Power point and Access.
7. Experience in using data analysis and visualization platforms, such as Tableau, Bi Power ..etc.
8. Experience in GIS data management
9. Self-motivated and an effective team player

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. WFP is an equal opportunity employer.
2. WFP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
3. The applicant should be a Yemeni national or having work/residency permit.
4. Only candidates who are short-listed will be contacted.
5. Applications must be submitted online with:
6. Use English language only.
7. Indicate all your job TOR.
8. Indicate clear years of experience with each job (month/year)
9. WFP FT staff who are still under probation period are not eligible to apply.
10. By submitting your application, you have read the Terms of Reference for this position and agree that any false, wrong or incomplete information might lead to your disqualification in this recruitment process. (NB: Successful candidates vetted as viable candidates through the application process will be retained on internal roster for a two-year period and may be given further consideration for future similar specific position advertised in the duty station.)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

31 Oct 2022

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WFP never uses external recruitment agencies and recruitment is always free of charge. 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.

لا يستعين برنامج الأغذية العالمي بالمطلق بوكالات أو مكاتب توظيف خارجية، حيث إنّ عملية التوظيف دائماً مجانية. ويتم اتخاذ جميع القرارات الخاصة بعملية التوظيف بناءً على الاحتياجات المؤسسية والمتطلبات الوظيفية والكفاءة والاستحقاق والمؤهلات الفردية. ويلتزم برنامج الأغذية العالمي بتوفير بيئة عمل شاملة للجميع، تخلو من الاستغلال والاعتداء الجنسيين وجميع أشكال التمييز والتعسف في استخدام السلطة وكل أنواع التحرش كالتحرش الجنسي. لهذا كان لزاماً أن يخضع جميع المرشحين للوظائف الذين يقع الاختيار عليهم لعمليات تدقيق صارمة بهدف مراجعة خبراتهم وخلفياتهم.

Female applicants are especially encouraged to apply

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.

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