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JOB TITLE : VAM Officer
TYPE & LEVEL OF CONTRACT: International Consultant Level I & II
UNIT/DIVISION : Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping (VAM) - Cairo, Egypt
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Regional Bureau in Cairo (RBC) - Cairo,
Egypt
REPORT TO : More Senior VAM or Programme Policy Officer
DURATION & START DATE : TBC
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.
The WFP Cairo Regional Bureau provides strategic guidance, policy/technical
support, and direction to WFP operations and activities in 15 countries:
Algeria, Armenia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, State of
Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Yemen.
The purpose of the job is to generate and/or contribute to the VAM 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).
1. Provide technical advice and support WFP and its partners on matters
pertaining to food security and nutrition strategies, policies, programmes,
and facilitate the timely and productive use of related outputs in a manner
that complies with WFP standards and processes.
2. Contribute to the development of VAM projects and activities, plans, and
processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies and guidance and with
RBC regional VAM priorities and strategy.
3. Manage and/or conduct food security, nutrition, markets, and resilience
analysis and prepare timely reports on food assessment needs in line with
wider VAM policies, processes, and guidance to enable effective decision-
making on the development of country strategy, policies, and programmes.
4. Provide assistance in 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 highlighting potential risks to project delivery.
6. Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical
analysis, interpretation, and recommendations to facilitate food assistance
needs to be met effectively.
7. Provide coaching and guidance to VAM staff as required to ensure
appropriate development and enable high performance.
8. Support the monitoring and evaluation of WFP activities, providing
technical analysis, interpretation, and information as required to support the
assessment of activity impact.
9. Represent WFP during meetings with partners to contribute to technical
discussions, exchange of knowledge and experience, and seek appropriate
interventions (based on an evidence base), and areas for potential
collaboration.
10. Build the capacity of WFP staff, partners, and national government to
conduct analysis on food security, nutrition, markets, resilience, and related
topics to effectively inform policies and programmes.
11. Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet
emergency food assistance needs.
Capability Name
Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level
Food Security Analysis
Demonstrates ability to conduct structured food security analysis. Identify
the underlying macro and micro factors impacting the food security of
communities and countries. Ensures that analysis remains the backbone of
programmatic interventions through its lifecycle, ultimately contributing
towards making communities food secure and resilient.
Food Security Monitoring
Manages the implementation of food security monitoring systems. Investigates
any observed anomalies in the datasets and inform program management for an
operational response.
Technical Specialized Knowledge (e.g., Economics, Statistics, Public Health,
Remote Sensing, GIS, etc.)
Provides managerial and technical guidance for designing and conducting
analyses, including computation, interpretation, and presentation of results
for food security surveys and key indicators (comprehensive food security and
vulnerability surveys, food security monitoring, implementing mobile surveys,
market analysis, food consumption scores, and coping strategies indices. data
disaggregation, etc.)
Food Security Assessment
Leads all aspects of surveys including design, implementation, analysis,
findings, and reporting. Ensures that assessment findings are easily
translated into an operational programmatic response.
Strategic Operational Understanding
Demonstrates a strong understanding of country operations to participate in
response analysis exercises to improve the cohesion between analytical
findings and programmatic response. Constructs evidence base underlying
technical and policy advice given to stakeholders.
Leads by Example with Integrity
Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments
Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Teamwork
Applies Strategic Thinking
Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships
Lives the WFP values and shows humanity and integrity by role
modelling care for others
Delivers on commitments and adapts readily to change
Is inclusive and collaborative , and contributes to a culture of
learning and personal growth
Demonstrates commitment to gather perspectives, analyse options and risks,
and propose new ways of doing things
Builds and nurtures external partnerships and collaborates with partners
to deliver common objectives
Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and
role/responsibilities within WFP.
Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics,
Data Science, Public Health/Nutrition, Geography, or other related fields, or
First University degree with additional years of related work experience
and/or training/courses.
Language: Fluency (level C) in oral and written English language. French and
Arabic are an advantage
Deadline for submission, 21st February 2023 (Midnight Cairo Time)
WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual
exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and
discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP 's
standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background
verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will
also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification
exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment
process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
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including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and
reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.