WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
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.
Under overall supervision and the technical guidance of the VAM Officer in Abuja, the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer (VAM) and with certain degree of independence provides well prepared, analytical work, manages projects with focus on food security and vulnerability issues. Provides effective technical support in conducting assessments, food security monitoring, food assistance targeting and adjusts food aid requirements, maintains databases, etc; builds effective collaboration with other WFP units; supports, trains staff on food security and vulnerability; guides and/or supervises General Service staff.
To provide support to the development of VAM projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with Sub Office strategy and wider WFP Nigeria VAM policies and guidance.
1. Contribute to the development of VAM projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with Sub Office strategy and wider WFP Nigeria VAM policies and guidance.
2. Support the development of systems and tools for the food security monitoring and various type of assessments of food assistance needs in line with VAM methodologies and best practice.
3. Support the development of food security and vulnerability analysis and the preparation of timely reports on various food security assessment needs in line with wider VAM policies, processes and guidance to enable effective decision-making.
4. Provide assistance on the coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
5. Coordinate/Support in developing a framework for systematically linking early warning data with others food security monitoring information to achieve comprehensive and timely vulnerability analysis and needs assessment.
6. Coordinate/develop and maintain databases on food security market prices and relevant macro-economic indicators on regular basis.
7. Analyze geographic patterns of food insecurity and vulnerability by integrating primary food security data with other sources of data in the Geography Information Systems (GIS) environment
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design. |
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher) | Demonstrates ability to analyse and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development. |
Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) | Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialised fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring. |
Emergency Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high quality emergency programmes. |
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government | Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government owned food and nutrition security programmes. |
8. Assess training needs of government counterparts and design and organize appropriate training, including workshops, in spatial analysis, thematic mapping and dissemination of spatial data.
9. Liaise with cooperative partners to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
10. Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct vulnerability analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
11. Provide technical support to WFP staff in the various units and relevant partners that are focusing on food security and nutrition issues to enable sharing of experience, lessons learned and best practice.
12. Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a focal point and supporting them with analysis and queries.
13. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
14. Other as required.
• Has gained experience in implementing technical programs (i.e. nutrition, etc.).
• Has implemented programmes and provided input into designing operations.
• Has provided input into policy discussions and decisions.
Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. WFP offers an attractive compensation package. For more details please visit International Civil Service Commision website: http://icsc.un.org (link: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salaries/nigeria.htm).
28th October 2019
WFP will apply a rigorous and transparent selection process including thorough assessment of technical skills to ensure the best candidates are selected for the job. Please ensure that your application contains accurate and complete information on academic qualifications, employment record and language skills. Only successful candidates will be invited for an interview.
Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
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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