Regional Consultancy Roster – Programme & Policy Officer (RAM) for Latinamerica & the Caribbean

Do you want to be part of the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide? This is your opportunity!

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

Selection is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

WHAT IS A ROSTER?

It’s a pool of potential candidates with the necessary mix of knowledge, experience, skills, and values that match with our priority hiring needs in WFP Latin America and the Caribbean. Candidates who are recommended following the competitive selection process, will be placed in the Roster for a specific profile and level, for consultancy opportunities.

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY TO THIS ROSTER?

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. This is your opportunity to be part of an organization with a humanitarian purpose “Saving Lives, Changing Lives”, and to be part of a talent pool for future Research Assessment and Monitoring positions for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Qualified female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are particularly encouraged to apply.

JOB PURPOSE

Being an active member to the team that promotes the generation of programmatic evidence and support capacity strengthening effort in the region (e.g. monitoring exercises, needs assessment and situation analyses, programme design, targeting, cost effectiveness, and operational efficiency).

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Depending on your experience and expertise areas, you will be involved to a greater or lesser degree in work related, but not limited, to the following:

Level I Consultancy:

1. Support the development of RAM (Research Assessment and Monitoring) projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies and guidance.
2. Support the development of systems and tools for the monitoring and assessment of food assistance needs in line with innovative methodologies and best practice.
3. Support the development of food security and vulnerability analysis and the preparation of timely reports on food assessment needs in line with wider RAM policies, processes, and guidance to enable effective decision-making on the development of country strategy, policies, and programmes.
4. Provide assistance on the coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
5. Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
6. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct vulnerability analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
7. Provide support to relevant partners that are focusing on food security and nutrition issues to enable sharing of experience, lessons learned and best practice.
8. Coordinate with the Evaluation colleagues the tracking and monitoring of evaluations recommendations.
9. Support the testing of new tools for evidence generation for capacity strengthening and resilience building.
10. Support the application of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis tools, techniques, and approaches.
11. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.

Level II Consultancy:

1. Lead the monitoring Oversight exercise for the region.
2. Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
3. Assist COs during the annual reporting exercise in particular with checking data quality and data consistency in COMET (Country Office Monitoring and Evaluation Tool).
4. Act as COMET focal point for the region.
5. Manage monitoring exercises and needs assessments that are impartial, independent, credible, and meet professional standards.
6. Assist in the planning, preparation and data collection process of various monitoring and assessment exercises (both remote and face to face).
7. Contribute with the application of quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis tools, techniques, and approaches.
8. Manage food security and vulnerability assessments and monitoring as well as other joint assessments.
9. Contribute with the capacity building implementation of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct food security and vulnerability analysis, as well as other joint assessments to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
10. Guide the emergency preparedness (EPR) team in data management and support to disaster management agencies in the initiative to strengthen assessment capacities.
11. Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
12. Promote the utilization of innovative tools for data collection and analysis (mobile, remote, chatbot, etc).
13. Advice Country Offices with review and digitalization of assessment data collection tool with either ODK, Kobo or MDCA or any other tool identified by the Country Office.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• Advanced University degree in Economics, Environment, Climate Change, Nutrition/Public Health, Social Sciences, Statistics, International Studies, Development Studies or other relevant field, OR First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Years of experience:

• Level I consultancy: Three to five years of experience
• Level II consultancy: Six to ten years of experience

Languages:

• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of French is highly desirable.

Competencies:

• Effective Communication, Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance, Emergency Programming, Transfer Modalities, Data Analytics and Visualization

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

Professional experience is desired (but not required) in one or several of the following areas:

• Work experience in monitoring humanitarian and/or development interventions, database management and household data analysis.
• Experience in monitoring, food security, vulnerability, and livelihood analysis, needs assessments an asset.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

8 March 2022.

YOU ARE AT THE CENTER of our process, so we will maintain a fluid communication with you about the overall selection process.

WFP offers a competitive compensation package.

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our values and humanitarian principles. Selection is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

• After completing your application, you will receive a communication indicating that your profile has been successfully received.
• All applications received will be reviewed and go through a selection process to assess relevant experience and qualification.
• Applicants who meet the selection criteria may be contacted for further assessment or interviews and to confirm their continued interest and availability for the Roster.
• Applicants who do not meet the selection criteria, will be informed about the status of their application.
• Successful candidates will be placed in the Roster for consultancy opportunities. Rostered applicants may be contacted in the next 24 months on a needs basis.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. 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. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

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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.