Head of Research

VACANCY ANNOUCEMENT

VA number # 491772

WFP Lebanon encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. WFP does not charge a fee or request bank details at any stage of recruitment process. We are committed to diversity and inclusion within iour workforce, and encourage all qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

(يبحث برنامج الأغذية العالميّ عن موظفيين لديهم درجة عالية من النزاهة والمهنيّة. يتمّ اختيار الموظفين على أساس تنافسيّ. لا يتقاضى برنامج الأغذية العالمي أيّ رسوم ولا يطلب أي معلومات مصرفيّة خلال أيّ مرحلة من مراحل التوظيف. نحن ملتزوم بالتنوّع والإشراك ضمن القوىالعاملة ونشجّع جميع المرشّحين المؤهّلين على تقديم الطلبات بغضّ النظر عن دينهم، معتقداتهم، خلفيتهم العرقيّة أو الاجتماعيّة، جنسهم، هويّتهم الجنسيّة أو إعاقتهم.

Terms and Conditions:

• This vacancy announcement is open for qualified Lebanese nationals (only).
• Women and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
• WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, various types of leaves including maternity and paternity, medical and life insurances, provision of breastfeeding rooms for new parents, and various wellness platforms.
• WFP Lebanon offers flexible workplace arrangements upon prior approval.
• Our premises are accessible, and we are committed to accommodating to any required reasonably accessible needs to remove barriers in the workplace.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

ABOUT WFP

Assisting more than 130 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities.

As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.

WFP Lebanon provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.1 million vulnerable persons, in the form of unrestricted assistance in-kind and cash-based transfers. WFP Lebanon also provides food assistance in the form of snack and fresh food to school aged students and their families. This support is designed to improve the students’ health and make them and their families more motivated to pursue the children’s right to education.

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video:

https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178

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.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The job holder reports to the Head of the Research, Assessment and Monitoring or the designate. At this level, the job holder is expected to lead WFP Lebanon Research Team and take responsibility for creating evidence base that supports food security and nutrition policies and programmes (e.g. needs assessment and situation analyses, programme design, targeting, cost effectiveness, and operational efficiency).

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (not all inclusive):

Within the assigned unit and delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Head of the Research, Assessment and Monitoring Unit, the Head of Research will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Lead WFP Lebanon Research Team and guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance;
2. Contribute to the development of VAM projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies and guidance;
3. Lead on and conduct food security, nutrition, markets and resilience analysis and prepare timely reports on food security and vulnerability assessment in line with wider VAM policies, processes and guidance to enable effective decision-making on the development of country strategy, policies and programmes.
4. Keep up to date with and advise on food assistance developments and issues and the potential impact upon WFP activity to enable timely and appropriate programme evolution and intervention.
5. Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation, and recommendations to facilitate food assistance needs to be met effectively.
6. 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.
7. Support the development of systems and tools for the monitoring and assessment of food assistance needs in line with innovative methodologies and best practice.
8. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct vulnerability analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
9. Provide support to relevant partners that are focusing on food security and nutrition issues to enable sharing of experience, lessons learned and best practice.
10. Take responsibility for integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
11. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
12. Support the standardization of market and price monitoring tools to facilitate price monitoring and reporting in a standardized and comparable manner.
13. Conduct socio-economic studies and market assessments to assess the impact of fluctuations in the economy (e.g. currency depreciation, inflation) on food security status of housheolds, especially the vulnerable, and assess/monitor the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of its food-, cash- and voucher operations.
14. Support interagency and cash working group with evidence base and ad hoc analyses, including food and minimum expenditure basket calculation, supply chain and intersectorial assessments, etc.
15. Anticipate economic shocks that pose a threat to food security and nutrition, and identify appropriate early actions.
16. Conduct gap analysis and revise the composition of minimum and survival expenditure baskets to advise on appropriate and effective transfer values.
17. Other as required.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable)
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time

• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

HOW TO APPLY:

• All applications must be submitted online.
• Application procedures:
• Go to:
• Step 1: Create your online CV in the platform
• Step 2: Click on “Description” to read the position requirements
• Step 3: Click on “Apply” to submit your application
• NOTE: You must complete Step 3 in order for your application to be considered for this vacancy

If you require additional support and/or any reasonable adjustment to apply for this position or at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact lebanon.recruitment@wfp.org to advise us of any accessibility needs(e.g. more time, support to fill the form, etc.) you may have.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

The application deadline is 5 March 2023, Sunday at 11:59 pm (Rome Time).

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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