Economist and Targeting Analyst

Organizational Context

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and using food assistance to build peace and prosperity. WFP operates in emergencies and supports people recovering from conflict, disasters, and climate change impacts. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and a high-performing workforce committed to its mission.

Job Purpose

The Economist and Targeting Analyst will strengthen the Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) Unit in Ukraine by applying expertise in macro and microeconomic principles, data analysis, and visualization. This role is crucial for understanding the economic situation in Ukraine and its impact on household food security, informing WFP's operational response. The analyst will conduct advanced statistical and analytical work to improve targeting processes and methods for various WFP activities, including emergency food distributions and resilience projects. Responsibilities include monitoring economic trends, assessing market dynamics, integrating household data for affordability analysis, and supporting research and innovation in targeting. The position requires close collaboration with the RAM team to ensure evidence-based decision-making, contribute to programme design, and document best practices for strategic recommendations and operational guidance.

Responsibilities

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity through food assistance. WFP is committed to diversity and equal employment opportunities, encouraging applications from all qualified individuals. The organization values integrity, collaboration, commitment, humanity, and inclusion. WFP offers a multicultural and inclusive work environment with significant investment in employee personal and professional development through training, coaching, and mentorship. A career with WFP provides opportunities to work globally with passionate colleagues dedicated to delivering effective humanitarian aid. The role involves strengthening the Research, Assessment, and Monitoring (RAM) team by applying expertise in macro and microeconomic principles, data analysis, presentation, and visualization. Responsibilities include monitoring macroeconomic trends in Ukraine, analyzing economic impacts on food security, integrating market and household data for targeting and prioritization, and supporting research and innovation in targeting processes. The position requires conducting advanced statistical analysis, establishing monitoring systems, documenting findings, and ensuring alignment with WFP policies. Crosscutting activities involve training data collectors, contributing to survey design and analysis, supporting evidence-based decision-making, and visualizing findings. The role requires strong analytical and conceptual skills, proficiency in statistical software, and excellent English and Ukrainian language abilities.

Work Experience

Requires at least one year of post-graduate, progressively responsible, and relevant experience in an analytical function. Specific experience in quantitative evaluation techniques, economic modeling, econometric techniques, market price and time-series analysis, analysis of household survey data, food security analysis, field data collection and enumerator training, or project monitoring and evaluation is necessary.

Skills

Macroeconomic analysis, Microeconomic principles, Data analysis, Data presentation, Data visualization, Economic modeling, Econometrics, Statistical analysis, Quantitative evaluation techniques, Market price analysis, Time-series analysis, Household survey data analysis, Food security analysis, Field data collection, Enumerator training, Project monitoring and evaluation, Problem-solving, Creativity, Teamwork, Willingness to learn, English language proficiency, Ukrainian language proficiency

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