Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant SC4
Qualifications of Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant SC4:
- Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
- Vacancy No: 115863
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: WFP World Food Programme
- Deadline: 21 September 2025
Brief details about Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant SC4:
About
Information about the organization that has offered the job:
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.
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).
TERMS OF REFERENCE
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE JOB.
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant.
Contract Type: SC4.
Level: SC4.
Duration: 12 months, renewable.
Unit: Research, assessment, and monitoring (RAM) / Monitoring & Evaluation.
Country/Department: El Salvador/San Salvador.
ABOUT WFP:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency dedicated to fighting hunger and improving nutrition. Its work focuses on saving lives in emergencies and supporting communities to build resilience and achieve sustainable livelihoods. Through its global presence, WFP works in more than 120 countries and territories, providing food assistance, technical support, and innovative solutions to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger.
In El Salvador, WFP works closely with government institutions, technical partners, and communities to implement programs that promote food security, nutrition, and social inclusion. Its approach combines direct assistance with local capacity building, prioritizing equity, sustainability, and crisis preparedness. WFP’s work is guided by humanitarian principles and international standards of quality, transparency, and accountability.
ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:
Since 2022, the World Food Programme (WFP) in El Salvador has been implementing its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2022–2027, which responds to an in-depth analysis of the factors affecting food security and nutrition in the country. This plan prioritizes building resilience, adapting to climate change, and transforming eating practices, with a focus on the most vulnerable households. WFP interventions are developed in close coordination with national institutions and strategic partners, promoting sustainable solutions that strengthen social protection systems, school nutrition, market access for small producers, and emergency response and preparedness.
Within this framework, the Research, Evaluation, and Monitoring Unit (RAM) plays a key role in generating evidence for decision-making. The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) area contributes to the technical oversight of interventions, ensuring data quality, accountability, and institutional learning.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant provides operational and technical support in the implementation of monitoring activities, data analysis, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders, in line with WFP’s corporate standards and CSP priorities.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
To carry out research and monitoring activities, as well as associated administrative activities, related to the projects and programs being implemented under all modalities used by WFP in the Country Office.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Participate in the development of the annual work plan for the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) area and the RAM Unit, in coordination with M&E staff and other support areas.
2. Design, coordinate, and execute monitoring activities linked to the programs implemented by the Country Office, promoting continuous improvements in procedures, targeting systems, and information management.
3. Lead data collection, processing, and analysis processes within their scope of responsibility, and prepare technical reports (e.g., on food assistance needs, resource use, programmatic progress, and results) that support operational and strategic decision-making.
4. Ensure the rigorous registration, secure storage, and efficient management of RAM technical databases (e.g., food security and vulnerability analyses), in accordance with institutional standards and using established digital platforms.
5. Coordinate spaces for analysis and dissemination of evidence generated by the M&E area, in order to identify opportunities for improvement and facilitate decision-making by implementing teams, management, and country directors.
6. Supervise and provide technical guidance to temporary support staff, ensuring compliance with established objectives in accordance with defined standards and timelines.
7. Apply institutional emergency preparedness practices, ensuring that WFP is prepared to respond in a timely and efficient manner at the onset of a crisis.
8. Collaborate and exchange information with internal counterparts to facilitate the implementation, monitoring, and effective coordination of ongoing programmatic activities.
9. Support the coordination of M&E activities with cooperating partners, allied agencies, NGOs, and public institutions at the local level.
10. Integrate designated administrative committees, in accordance with the delegations granted by the Country Office Director.
11. Provide support, when required, to other work areas within the RAM Unit and other units of the Country Office.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR Lead by example and with integrity
Uphold WFP’s values, principles and standards:
Demonstrate WFP’s values, principles and standards
Respect others and appreciate diversity:
Value diversity by using respectful and inclusive language
Stay focused and calm under pressure:
Stay focused and calm under pressure
Demonstrate humility and willingness to learn:
Show humility, a willingness to learn and share knowledge; seek feedback from others and act on it; and seize development opportunities Delivering results and delivering on commitments
Delivering results with maximum impact:
Taking ownership of results
Delegating tasks appropriately:
Seeking
guidance and assistance when necessary
Adapting easily to change:
Adapting easily to changes and adjusting work as needed
Fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork
Practicing inclusion and collaboration:
Encouraging teamwork, sharing
ideas, and raising issues openly
Providing constructive and timely criticism:
Providing constructive and timely criticism
to others
Building and sharing new perspectives:
Listening to others and sharing points
of view
Using strategic thinking
Communicate and deliver WFP’s vision:
Embracing WFP’s vision and its impact on own role
Encouraging
curiosity and new ways of working:
Showing curiosity and embracing new ways of working where relevant
Analyzing and evaluating data:
Gathering data and sharing knowledge to
guide team activities
Considering the consequences of any decision:
Asking questions to understand the impact of decisions on their Objectives Establishing and maintaining sustainable partnerships
Establish partnerships:
Conduct yourself professionally with external partners
Collaborate to achieve common goals:
Work with partners to achieve common goals
FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:
Specific Capability
Description of expected behavior for the competency level
Strategic Management
Demonstrates a basic understanding of WFP’s monitoring and evaluation policies and strategies and their interrelationships.
Performance Management
Applies knowledge of WFP’s performance management system to manage resources and relationships and to take clear and accurate follow-up actions or assessments of operations, programs, or processes against WFP’s quality standards for monitoring and/or evaluation.
Qualitative versus Quantitative Methodology
Understands established data collection methods and tools and applies them, in appropriate combinations, to monitoring, review, or direct evaluation, in line with WFP’s strategic and operational results frameworks (metrics), guidelines, and technical standards.
Data Analysis and Visualization
Collects and summarizes program data, including information on shipments, distribution site logistics, the status of people in need, and intended and actual beneficiaries for all program assistance modalities and activities. Program
Monitoring and Review
Collects, organizes, and makes available data on program outputs, processes, and outcomes, including distribution plans and the status, quantity, and quality of food and cash distributed and technical assistance provided.
DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE TO PERFORM THIS ROLE:
- Have at least three (3) years of proven experience in monitoring and evaluation activities of programs or projects (design of data collection tools, preparation of field schedules, data collection, statistical analysis, development of visualizations, preparation of reports, activities for disseminating results).
- Having coordinated work teams composed of a minimum of four (4) people, promoting collaboration and the achievement of objectives.
- Experience in effective coordination and communication with specialized technical teams, such as project execution teams, nutrition specialists, resilience specialists, emergency response specialists, among others.
- Active participation in the formulation and monitoring of monitoring and evaluation plans, especially in projects related to food security.
- Having facilitated or co-organized workshops and training spaces related to monitoring, evaluation, and institutional learning.
MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Must have completed at least the third year of one of the following degrees: Economics, Statistics, Agronomy, Nutrition/Health, International Relations, or another relevant field.
Languages: Knowledge of English.
Software package:
- Advanced mastery of Microsoft Office.
- At least intermediate knowledge of a statistical package (SPSS, R, Stata or other).
- At least intermediate knowledge of visualization software (Tableau, Power BI, Excel, or other).
The World Food Programme encourages applications from women for this vacancy.
To improve the accessibility and inclusion of our selection processes, we encourage applicants who require disability-related accommodations or other accessibility assistance to contact us. Please send your applications by email to global.inclusion@wfp.org. Upon receiving your email, the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) team will contact you to confidentially discuss your needs and provide support. WFP is committed to providing a recruitment experience that respects and responds to the unique needs of each candidate.
WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK
WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
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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
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- Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
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