• Country: Ukraine
• No of vacancies: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
• Organization: WFP
• Gender: Both 
• Deadline: 2024-01-08

How can you make a difference?

The consultant will act as the lead for assessments and market analysis and will report to the Head of RAM. Tasks include:

1. Assessments, targeting and research activities
2. Act as technical and managerial lead for needs assessments, including food security, essential needs, markets, livelihoods analyses and vulnerability profiling
3. Lead on survey design for household needs assessments, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches
4. Oversee the development of household and market analysis data tools in accordance with corporate standards
5. Act as RAM lead on targeting including design of appropriate vulnerability profiling methodologies, advise on targeting approaches and contribute to the targeting framework of the CO
6. Seek out opportunities for new methodological developments and assessment methods as appropriate for the Ukrainian context
7. Coordinate assessment activities, including food security, livelihoods and market analyses, across the Country Office and Field Offices in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro and Odesa
8. Provide support and capacity building to WFP staff and partners on food security and other relevant analytical areas
9. Develop relevant research concepts
10. External engagements

1. Represent WFP in various analytical coordination platforms and inter-agency working groups
2. Facilitate collaboration and joint projects with external research bodies, e.g. academic institutions, third party monitoring companies and research partners
3. Crosscutting RAM activities
   1. Supervise staff as required
   2. Support the development of the Interim Country Strategic Plan and provide internal and external processes and presentations with assessment data and analysis
   3. Contribute to the development of programme activities, providing technical analysis, interpretation and recommendations to enable effective programme design
   4. Any other assigned task

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

Education: Advanced university degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Statistics, economics, development economics, public policy, social science, food security, or similar relevant discipline, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or coursework/trainings. Coursework/trainings in statistics, econometrics, database management, data visualisation, household economics or other relevant topics is an advantage.

Experience:

At least six years of postgraduate professional experience with increasing levels of responsibility in an analytical function.

Solid experience in the following areas is essential:

• Data cleaning, management and analysis of household survey data;
• Management of household assessment;
• Food security and related methodologies;
• Market assessments;
• Targeting;
• Report writing and dissemination;
• Supervision of technical teams.

Experience in the following areas is a strong asset:

• Poverty methodologies
• WFP’s analytical frameworks and suite of indicators
• Collaboration with academic institutions and other knowledge providers

Knowledge & Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent data management and analytical skills;
• Strong command of Excel and either one of STATA, SPSS or R;
• Problem-solving mindset and creativity;
• Team player attitude and the ability to effectively collaborate across teams and functions;
• Ability to establish effective working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds;
• Willingness to participate in field missions.

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