Programme Policy Officer (M&E), NO-A
Qualifications:
- Location: Dili
- Vacancy No: JR117683
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: WFP World Food Programme
- Deadline: November 24, 2025
Brief details:
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).
JOB PURPOSE
The M&E Officer is expected to support the development and implementation of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation Plans aligned to WFP corporate standards to generate quality evidence on the lives of beneficiaries and inform policy, strategy and programme design and implementation. This includes coordinating monitoring activities, managing or supporting the management of decentralized evaluations, supporting thematic/mid-term reviews and positioning WFP as a reliable partner for governments to build monitoring and evaluation strategies. He/she may also support the formulation of country monitoring and evaluation strategies and contribute to policy development and various initiatives.
Within delegated authority, the M&E Officer will be reporting to Head of Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) and accountable for:
Overall responsibilities:
- Provide inputs to the development of Monitoring, Review and Evaluation plans that will provide the most relevant and strategic information toward achieving expected results (as set out in the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and other global and regional plans), while being compliant with WFP evaluation and monitoring requirements. Support the budgeting for M&E costs and advocate through line manager for both appropriate financial and human resourcing.
- Support evidence-based decision-making on programme design and implementation, notably through making monitoring, review and evaluations findings accessible, developing innovative, user-friendly and informative products.
- Support WFP Management in addressing recommendations from monitoring, reviews and evaluations to ensure that follow-up actions are taken as required.
- Contribute to building M&E capacity of WFP staff and partners through training and information sharing. Manage junior staff members and guide as required to enable high performance.
- Support integrating protection and gender perspectives in all areas of work, to ensure equal participation of women and men.
- Streamline data collection, ensuring accurate and timely entry into corporate software, including baselines and follow-up values, and manage data editing, validation, and viewing procedures.
- Lead data analysis for Process monitoring for all the projects and develop a recommendation response plan which will guide the field monitors to follow up issues in the field.
- Support in data analysis for Post Distribution Monitoring as applicable and support the report writing end of project reports.
- Work in liaison with Head of RAM and programme colleagues in ensuring that office monitoring systems and tools are in place and compliant with corporate standards including the minimum monitoring requirements (MMR), standard operational procedures (SOP) and establishment of baselines and targets in alignment with the updated corporate results framework (CRF).
- Draft regular monitoring reports on status of results and implementation progress and contribute to the data analysis.
- Others as required
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Education: Advanced University degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation or other related fields, or First University degree with two years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience and Skills:
- Minimum of one year of relevant professional work experience including monitoring and evaluation activities.
- Experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods.
- Experience conducting food security and nutrition assessments, analyzed data and drafted recommendations for programme.
- Good communication skills and experience in the field of communication in a UN organization or NGO is an asset.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate insights to stakeholders in WFP.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Tetum. Knowledge in Portuguese is a plus.
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
WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org
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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
- 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