Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer – Head of Research, Assessment and Monitoring Unit (RAM)

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ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health/Nutrition, Geography or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses

International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese.

Minimum of three to five of relevant professional work experience including in international development or humanitarian work.

Minimum of two years of experience in Research, Assessment and Monitoring, including strong experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

These roles are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs), and report to a senior VAM or Programme Policy Officer. Job holders operate with high degree of independence and are involved in more straight forward VAM activities and programmes and/or focus on a specific theme(s).

JOB PURPOSE

WFP remains committed to performance management and determined to strengthen its accountability. It has become vital for WFP to present robust and evidence-based results against resources deployed in the line of sight. Accountability to affected populations as well as to governments, national and international partners and donors is a priority. In parallel, the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) functions with the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ensure that WFP interventions shall generate quality evidence that supports food security and nutrition policies and programmes (e.g. needs assessment and situation analyses, programme design, targeting, cost-effectiveness, and operational efficiency) on the outcomes and effects of WFP food assistance activities on the lives of beneficiaries to inform operational decision making and strategic orientations. In the Headquarters and many Country Offices, WFP has integrated the VAM and M&E services into one united division of "Research, Assessments and Monitoring (RAM)" Unit to provide holistically necessary information for strategic and operational decision-making, resource mobilization and accountability to beneficiaries. This role will manage the RAM Unit of WFP Libya Country Office and report to WFP Libya Country Director, helping her/him to make evidence-informed decisions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Lead the implementation of the Research, Assessment and Monitoring plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results;

2. Provide technical advice and support the Country Office and its partners on matters pertaining to food security and nutrition strategies, policies, programmes, and facilitate the timely and productive use of related outputs in a manner that complies with WFP standards and processes;

3. Provide technical support in building and strengthening the Research, Assessment and Monitoring systems of the Country Office and other national government partners in line with innovative methodologies and best practices;

4. Manage and/or conduct outcome monitoring of the programme implementation, food security, nutrition, markets and resilience analysis and prepare timely reports on monitoring and evaluation findings, food assessment needs and guidance to enable effective decision-making on the development of country strategy and programmes design and implementation;

5. Keep up to date with and advise on food assistance developments and issues and the potential impact upon WFP activities to enable timely and appropriate programme evolution and intervention;

6. Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and recommendations to facilitate food assistance needs to be met effectively;

7. Contribute to the development of systems and tools for the monitoring and assessment of food assistance needs in line with innovative methodologies and best practice;

8. Provide coaching and guidance to Research, Assessment and Monitoring staff as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance;

9. Conduct monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and information as required to support the assessment of activities’ impact;

10. Manage and/or conduct food security, nutrition, markets and resilience analysis in line with VAM policies to enable effective decision-making on the development of the country strategy, policies and programmes;

11. Represent WFP during meetings with partners to contribute to technical discussions, exchange of knowledge and experience, and seek for appropriate interventions (based on an evidence base), and areas for potential collaboration;

12. Build capacity of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct analysis on food security, nutrition, markets, resilience, and related topics to effectively inform policies and programmes;

13. Manage Third-Party Monitoring partners and monitor outputs and procedures and make recommendations for the improvement in the quality and the utilization of the findings;

14. Monitor the functionarity of the inter-agency Common Feedback Mechanism and make recommendations for the improvement in the recording, the analysis and the utilization;

15. Advocate the service and outputs of the inter-agency Common Feedback Mechanism to populations in Libya, partners, donors and other stakeholders;

16. Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men;

17. Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reports and dashboards on programmes and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders;

18. Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved Research, Assessment and Monitoring;

19. Contribute RAM-related inputs to the dialogues for the development of the UN Strategic Development Cooperation Framework for 2023-2025; 20. Perform any other duties required.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
• Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
• Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
• Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
• Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
• Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Gained valuable experience in collecting geospatial and socioeconomic food security data, conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and reporting findings to senior leaders.
• Has led surveys, multiple assessments in countries, including the design, data collection and analysis.
• Has participated in design and implementation of WFP programmes focusing in food security.
• Applies advanced analytical knowledge to lead the management, design and implementation of food security and vulnerability analysis activities. Ensures that analysis remains the backbone of programmatic interventions through its lifecycle, ultimately contributing towards making communities food secure and resilient.
• Leads management, design and implementation of food security monitoring systems.
• Ensures that such analysis is timely and responsive to programmatic needs and adjustments
• Provides managerial and technical guidance for designing and conducting analyses, including computation, interpretation, and presentation of results for food security surveys and key indicators.
• Leads all aspects of surveys including design, implementation, analysis, findings and reporting. Ensures that assessment findings are easily translated into operational programmatic response.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of country operations to participate in response analysis exercises to improve the cohesion between analytical findings and programmatic response. Constructs evidence base underlying technical and policy advice given to stakeholders.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position is based in Tripoli

11 Months

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Deadline for submission, 25 November, 2022

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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.

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