Asociado de RAM G-6 (Multi Duty Station)
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace and prosperity through food assistance. WFP operates in complex environments, striving to reach millions affected by conflict, disasters, and climate shocks. The organization values diversity, inclusion, and a commitment to its mission, fostering a high-performing workforce.
Job Purpose
The RAM Associate (G6) will provide specialized support and technical analysis for WFP's food assistance programs, ensuring effective implementation and alignment with organizational policies. This role involves contributing to project management, data analysis, and reporting on food needs, resource utilization, and program progress. The Associate will ensure data quality, maintain stakeholder collaboration, and support capacity building for partners and government counterparts. Key responsibilities include coordinating monitoring, accountability, learning, and vulnerability analysis activities, ensuring compliance with WFP's policies, and contributing to evidence-based decision-making for program design and improvement. The position also involves supporting the implementation of policies against sexual exploitation and abuse, and facilitating learning activities with communities and key stakeholders.
Responsibilities
The Associate RAM position involves providing specialized technical support and analysis for food assistance programs. Key responsibilities include assisting in the development and implementation of program activities, ensuring alignment with WFP policies, and managing projects to meet established goals. This role requires generating reports and data analyses on food needs, resource utilization, and program progress, highlighting trends and issues. Accurate data recording for food assistance, food security, and vulnerability analysis is crucial. The position also entails collaborating with internal counterparts and external partners like NGOs and government institutions to conduct thorough food security assessments and ensure efficient food aid delivery. Furthermore, the role supports capacity building for WFP staff, cooperating partners, and national governments in specific technical areas. It serves as a point of contact for operational queries and issues, and may involve supervising support staff, providing guidance to ensure timely completion of tasks. The role also emphasizes preparedness for emergencies to enable rapid response and resource deployment. Additional duties include supervising MEAL and VAM teams, coordinating monitoring and analysis activities, ensuring implementation of policies against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), and leading training for partners and field teams on data collection and program standards. The position also involves coordinating learning activities, reporting on program status, providing tools for beneficiary engagement, supporting data analysis for vulnerability mapping, and managing confidential data. The role requires leading activities related to community and household vulnerability analysis and reporting, conducting community consultations, and providing feedback on team performance. Finally, it supports the production of evidence-based analysis and the establishment of community feedback mechanisms.
Work Experience
Requires at least 5 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative monitoring, accountability, and learning (MEAL), vulnerability, analysis, and mapping (VAM). Experience in data collection, processing, and analysis for programmatic decision-making and program implementation monitoring is essential. Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and visualization tools (e.g., Microsoft Office, Tableau, R, STATA, SPSS, ODK, MODA, Atlas.ti) is necessary. Experience supervising data collection and analysis is also required. Desirable experience includes leading multidisciplinary teams and knowledge of indicator construction and design.
Skills
Data analysis, Project management, Reporting, Team supervision, Capacity building, Community engagement, Policy implementation, Emergency preparedness, Data collection, Quality assurance