ABOUT WFP: The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP?:

•  WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
•  WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
•  WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
•  A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
•  We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

📌 Type of Contract: Service Contract: ➡️ Unit / Division: Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) Unit / WFP Ukraine

📍 Duty Station: Kyiv: ➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)

🇺🇦 The position is only open to Ukrainian nationals or residents of Ukraine , with a legal work permit.

What will you do in this position?

The Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) team in the Ukraine CO carries out food security and other types of needs assessments, undertakes targeting analysis and performs economic and market analysis. The RAM team is also responsible for all monitoring of WFP’s programme activities in Ukraine, including process and outcome monitoring. The team collaborates with various external partners on various research and knowledge generation pieces in the area of food security, agriculture and economic impacts of the war. Through the generation of evidence and knowledge, the RAM team helps facilitate the design of WFP’s strategies and activities in Ukraine, ensures timely and relevant follow-up on implementation and contributes to advocacy efforts.

The RAM team is looking to hire a Programme Associate (Data Analyst/Economist) to join its highly motivated, hardworking and technically strong team. The role is expected to strengthen the RAM team by bringing strong skills on data analysis, data presentation and visualization. Programme Associate will work with different topics and methodologies in the area of economic and market analysis. The ideal candidate should be a team player who is willing to learn new skills and methods.

Why work with WFP Ukraine ?

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world who depend on its food supplies. The war has caused immense suffering for civilians, displaced families, and disrupted supply chains and food production. It has caused one of the fastest forced population movements since the Second World War. Close to 6 million Ukrainians are still living as refugees across Europe, and almost 3.3 million are internally displaced. Many have lost their homes and livelihoods. As food production and supply lines are disrupted by fighting, many families in the east and south of Ukraine do not have reliable access to nutritious food.

WFP uses a combination of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war. This includes working with local partners to distribute food boxes in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers in locations where people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 3.01 billion meals to people displaced and affected by the war.

✅ P ension contribution added to net salary

✅ Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents

✅ Applicable danger pay (revised on quarterly basis)

✅ Annual leave – 30 days per year

✅ 18 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent

✅ 1 day per week remote working option within the duty station (subject to conditions )

✅ Accessible premises & reasonable accommodation

✅ Learning & development opportunities

How can you make a difference?: Programme Associate will support the analytical work of the RAM Team. Tasks will cut across different topics with a main focus on collecting, processing, cleaning, managing, analysing and presenting economic and market data. Topics will mainly be related to economic analysis and analysis of data from price surveys and market surveys, as well as food security impacts of economic events. Specific tasks include:

•  Develop market assessment and price data collection materials in accordance with corporate standards and support market and price data collection and analysis.
•  Programme and test market and price survey tools, support their deployment in the field and carry out price cleaning.
•  Analyse price data, inflation and exchange rate trends. Upload of food prices on to WFP’s price database.
•  Participate in market assessments to assess market functionality across different areas of Ukraine and write assessment reports based on findings.
•  Contribute to the analysis for and drafting of briefs about food prices, economic outlook, agricultural production and market development and other relevant topics.
•  Support the training of data collectors including preparation of materials.
•  Support RAM colleagues across functional areas with various field data collection exercises and analysis as requested.
•  Any other assigned task.

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have : Education: Completion of secondary school education. Coursework/trainings in statistics, econometrics, database management, data visualisation, household economics or other relevant topics is an advantage.

Experience: Minimum six (6) years of progressively responsible relevant work experience. At least one year of experience in a data analysis function. Post-secondary education can compensate for some years of experience. For example, you will be considered eligible if you have:

•  Three (3) years of total work experience with a Master’s degree or,
•  Four (4) years of experience with a Bachelor’s degree.

Specific experience in one or several of the below topics is required:

•  Data cleaning and management;
•  Survey building;
•  Food security analysis;
•  Economic and market analysis;
•  Dashboard building and/other types of data visualization; equ8Rf0 BIpnb
•  Market price and time-series analysis;
•  Macro-economic analysis;
•  Field data collection and enumerator training;
•  Quantitative evaluation techniques.

Knowledge & Skills::

•  Excellent data management and analytical skills;
•  Excellent command of Excel and either one of STATA, SPSS or R, with a preference for R;
•  Experience with programming XLS-forms an advantage;
•  Visualization skills (such as Tableau) is an advantage;
•  Attention to detail;
•  Problem-solving attitude and creativity;
•  Ability to work both with minimal supervision and as part of a team;
•  Ability to establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds;
•  Willingness to participate in field mission;

Languages::

•  Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Ukrainian languages;
•  Working knowledge (level B) of another UN language is an advantage.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework: REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION:

•  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 global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
•  Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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.