Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer (Head of Research Assessment and Monitoring)

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• 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).## JOB TITLE :
• Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer (Head of Research Assessment and Monitoring)
• TYPE OF CONTRACT :
• Fixed-term Appointment
• JOB GRADE :
• NO-B
• UNIT / DIVISION : Research Assessment and Monitoring DUTY STATION (City, Country) :
• Manila, Philippines
• DURATION :
• 12 months with possible extension
• Provide economic intelligence to the management and for various programmes and projects.
• Provide leadership to WFP’s research, assessment and monitoring direction in the Pacific, including setting strategic and technical requirements in further developing a food security monitoring system in support of data-driven decision-making with a focus on country capacity strengthening.
• Lead a team of national staff to develop, update, and oversee analysis and operational plans to ensure knowledge products meet requirements with a focus on localization of key technical capacities and institutions.
• Work together with existing and new regional and global partners to integrate hazard and / or climate analysis into vulnerability analysis and mapping, ensuring plans focus on risk-informed approaches to inform the national and local governments’ decision- making and WFP Country Office advocacy, policy and programmes.
• Provide technical advice and support to 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 and considers gender and inclusion.
• Lead / manage the development of a research agenda for the Country Office in collaboration with proramme units.
• Contribute to the development of systems and tools for the monitoring and assessment of food assistance needs in line with innovative methodologies and best practice.
• Manage and / or conduct food security, nutrition, markets and resilience analysis and prepare timely reports on food assessment needs in line with wider WFP policies, processes and guidance to enable effective decision-making on the development of country strategy, policies and programmes.
• Keep up to date with and advise on food assistance developments and issues and the potential impact upon WFP activities to enable timely and appropriate programme evolution and intervention.
• Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and recommendations to facilitate the capacity strengthening of national governments, systems and institutions to meet food security needs in a way that is inclusive and promotes gender equality.
• Provide support to relevant partners that are focusing on food security and nutrition to enable sharing of experience, lessons learned and best practice.
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
• Lead the development and manage implementation of M&E and Community Feedback Mechanism Strategies for the Country Office in line with corporate requirements and relevant to the country context;
• Ensure that the Country Office has updated M&E documents in response to changes / needs in the programme, including project log frames, M&E budgets, relevant SOPs, M&E plan matrices and reporting flow charts.
• Advise and support Head of Programme (HoP) and Activity / Thematic focal points on evidence-baseddecision-makingforprogrammedesignandimplementation, notably through linking monitoring, review and evaluations findings to the TOC and make them accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products;
• Lead / manage the development and implementation of data collection arrangement including adequate human resources in field offices and potential outsourcing of third-party monitoring partner;
• Ensure that process and post distribution monitoring reports for Typhoon Odette response and CO activities are regularly shared with HoP and activity managers.
• In coordination with HoP, RBB and HQ focal points, support in building M&E processes for measuring capacity strengthening of government in the areas of social cohesion, nutrition, climate change, emergency preparedness and response, social protection, and resilience building and establish a tracking system to follow the progress and document on capacity building for the government;
• Support relevant staff in streamlining gender and protection related indicators and gender analysis within each of the activity’s M&E framework, processes and tools.
• Support supply chain and programme teams during emergency preparedness, emergency needs assessments and operational planning
• Represent WFP and ensure WFP input into UNSDCF processes;
• Represent WFP at national / inter-agency meetings, including the SEPF M&E technical working group (i.e., UNM&E Group),to contribute to technical discussions, exchange knowledge and best practices, identify opportunities for potential collaboration and for strengthening national M&E capacity and develop strategic partnerships.
• Trained in evaluation management; specific training in Corporate EvalPro will be considered an advantage;
• Working knowledge of the evidence value chain approach and application across diverse portfolio
• Practical knowledge on how monitoring data is collected, compiled, analyzed and presented for management decisions, programme adjustment and donor reporting;
• Has led surveys, assessments and monitoring surveys in countries, including the design, data collection and analysis;
• Experience in managing remote surveys, including preparation of data collection tools, managing third party monitoring partner, and data quality control;
• Knowledge of diverse humanitarian assistance and developmentpractices;
• Analysis of bothqualitative and quantitative data and effective visual presentation of results;
• Knowledge of facilitation techniques, preparation of training materials, delivery of trainingand capacity development of partners and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge and experience on GIS and remote sensing preferred but not essential
• Language :
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English is required. Fluency in the local language of the region.
• 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
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• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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