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Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer (VAM) NOB – Mogadishu, Somalia
Job Description
Career Opportunities: Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping Officer (VAM) NOB, Mogadishu (161152)WHY WORK WITH WFP SOMALIA
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.
WFP Somalia’s four-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2022-2025 focuses on a new strategic shift towards strengthening resilience of communities, recognizing the interconnected nature of relief, nutrition, safety nets, food systems, capacity strengthening and partnerships, and addressing some of the above causes within the context of chronic drought and frequent climate-related shocks.
Under SDG2, a key focus area for WFP is to build sustainable food systems and value chains, to improve the availability, accessibility, affordability, and consumption of nutritious and healthy diets in Somalia and to prevent and reduce the impact of man-made and natural shocks on vulnerable populations. This position will support the implementation of WFP’s joint food systems project, working with smallholder farmers on improving agricultural value chains, with a focus on reducing post-harvest loss (PHL) and improving market linkages. Responsibilities include technical work including the planning, implementation and coordination of project specific activities that require thorough understanding of programme/project context, issues and ability to apply a range of guidelines/practices.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Contribute to the development of VAM projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies and guidance.
• Support the development of systems and tools for the monitoring and assessment of food assistance needs in line with innovative methodologies and best practice.
• Support the development of food security and vulnerability analysis and the preparation of 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 with enhanced focus on social protection programmes in the country.
• Provide assistance on the coordination of data gathering and monitoring systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
• Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to conduct vulnerability analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
• Provide support to relevant partners that are focusing on food security and nutrition issues to enable sharing of experience, lessons learned and best practice.
• Support with technical trainings specifically on vulnerability assessment and analysis of partners and government
• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs
• Other responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor
Skills and Qualifications
Education: Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Public Health/Nutrition, Geography or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience: Minimum of three years of relevant professional work experience including food security analysis and mapping.
Languages: Fluency in oral and written communication in English and Somali.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Proficiency in the use of variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods for food security, nutrition and market analysis.
- Developed practical expertise in food security analysis and mapping by participating in multiple assessments in countries, including tool design, data collection, analysis, and reporting of geospatial, socioeconomic food security, and nutrition data; (experience with coordination or substantial participation in an Integrated Phase Classification analysis cycle is an added advantage);
- Competencies in use of statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, R etc.
- Familiar with designing and implementing market analysis in relation to food security.
- Understanding of GIS mapping, geospatial and remote sensing analysis is highly desirable
- Experience in emergency context and flexibility to travel at short notice is desirable.
- Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of WFP vulnerability mapping systems and emergency assessment standards.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Contract duration: 1 year (renewable)
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit online applications through E-Recruitment.
Applications that do not meet the above requirements will be disregarded. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
15 JUNE 2022
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.
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