Digital Solutions Officer SC9 (Kyiv) Ukraine
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Digital Solutions Officer SC-9 |
Duty station: Kyiv | One year
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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 482477
📢 Job Title: Programme Policy Officer (Digital Solutions)
📌Type of Contract: Service Contract
➡️ Unit / Division: Programme Unit / WFP Ukraine
📍 Duty Station: Kyiv
➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)
⏰ Closing date: Thursday 02 March, midnight (Ukraine Time)
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.
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What will you do in this position?
The Digital Solutions team is tasked to support the programme in Ukraine by leveraging technology for rapid and impactful additions to the programme cycle. The team is part of Programme operations to deliver WFP food and cash assistance in Ukraine and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The position will work across teams, liaise with partners, map programme requirements, help deploy technology and innovations, and resolve technical bottlenecks to ensure timely delivery of assistance. The position will have a focus on beneficiary management, working with data analysts, to assist WFP in creating a clearer picture of who we are serving, using methods of identification, collection and verification of beneficiaries that are appropriate for the Ukraine context.
Why work with us?
The war in Ukraine has left an estimated one in three families without enough food, rising to one in two in some areas of the East and South. More than 6 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 6 million have left the country. Many of those who remain have lost their livelihoods, especially in areas close to the front lines. Millions who fled their homes to the country’s West are preparing for long-term internal displacement. Many who have returned to liberated areas around the capital, Kyiv, are struggling to rebuild their lives, having run out of money or found their homes reduced to rubble.
WFP is quickly scaling up to support 4.7 million people per month inside Ukraine, using a flexible mix of food and cash assistance. We support people wherever they are, including in areas close to the front line.
This is an opportunity for an exciting and challenging role in a multicultural, hardworking, fun and interdisciplinary team. In addition, we offer:
➡️ Meaningful and impactful careers:
Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve
➡️ Continuous learning and training:
We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers
➡️ Multicultural and stimulating work environment:
We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger
Join us to make a difference in Ukraine, watch this video to know more about us!!
How can you make a difference?
In this position, you will have to:
Act as project manager for digital aspects of the Programme, provide direct support on digital solutions for cash and food assistance in day-to-day operations
• Help ensure the smooth delivery of digital programming including, but not limited to, beneficiary registration, SMS communications, digital delivery of cash
• Coordinate technical support between field implementation, external partners, WFP teams, and technical teams, prioritize and escalate as required
• Manage the testing and analysis of local and WFP digital solutions and ensure the match against the business case for quality and accuracy
• Capture, document and analyze business requirements (i.e. through diagrams, storyboards, data visualization), translate programme requirements for technical teams and vice-versa
• Support to identify and customize appropriate digital tools to scale up the implementation of WFP response and support to put those into practice in alignment with the organizational strategy, national needs and operational context
• Provide input on policy and strategic technical direction on the use of digital solutions and services to enable beneficiary identity and transfer management
• Given the fluid context, support with all other needs as requested
To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have for…
Education: University degree in Social Sciences, Business administration, Information management, a related field.
Experience:
- At least 3 years of postgraduate professional experience.
- Experience in project management, business analysis and/or management consulting.
- Experience in development and/or humanitarian work with international organizations or private sector equivalent.
- Experience in technology implementation and/or digital programming.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong project management skills – proven track record of planning, executing and monitoring projects.
- Analytical mindset and effective communication skills, including the ability to write in a concise and informative manner, to develop a business plan and deliver presentations.
- Ability to work within tight timelines, under pressure, and managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Collaborative spirit, able to interact with a broad range of stakeholders across teams and external audiences with maturity and tact.
Language: Advanced verbal and written skills in English and Ukrainian
