• Country: Ukraine
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: WFP
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-15

What will you do in this position? 

The Economist will work with different topics and methodologies in the area of economic and market analysis.

Why work with us?

The war in Ukraine has had drastic consequences, both for people inside the country and for those around the world dependent on its huge grain supplies. It is inflicting untold suffering on civilians, displace families, and disrupt 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 5.1 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 do not have reliable access to nutritious food.

WFP uses a flexible mix of food and cash assistance to support communities affected by the war wherever they are. This includes working with local partners to distribute food rations in areas near the frontline and providing cash transfers wherever people have access to banks and markets to buy food. Since March 2022, WFP has distributed food and cash assistance equivalent to 2.4 billion meals to families displaced and affected by the war, partnering directly with local responders.

➡️     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 trainings, 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 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.

➡️      WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, leave plus a medical insurance.

How can you make a difference?

Markets and economic analysis

1. Develop market assessment tools materials in accordance with corporate standards and support market data collection and analysis
2. Analyse price data, inflation and exchange rate trends
3. Upload of food prices on to WFP’s price database
4. Draft monthly briefs about the economic outlook, agricultural production and market developments for Ukraine
5. Visualise data in easily digestible graphs, tables etc. and prepare analysis briefs and reports in succinct language
6. Participate in market assessments to assess market functionality across different areas of Ukraine and write assessment reports based on findings

Crosscutting RAM tasks

1. Support the training of data collectors including preparation of materials
2. Support the development of survey concept notes, methodologies and analysis plan preparations as required
3. Support RAM colleagues across functional areas with data and analysis as requested
4. Contribute to evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making assessment and monitoring findings accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products
5. Any other assigned task

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have for…

Education: Completion of secondary education. Coursework/trainings in statistics, econometrics, database management, data visualisation, household economics or other relevant topics is an advantage.

Experience: A total of six years of work experience, which may include:

• three years of total work experience and a Master’s degree or
• four years of experience and a Bachelor’s degree.

At least one year of experience in a data analysis function.

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

• Data cleaning and management
• Food security analysis
• Economic and market analysis
• Dashboard building and/other types of data visualisation
• 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
• Visualisation skills (such as Tableau) are 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

Language: fluency (Level C) in English and Ukrainian language is essential.

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