Asistente de Análisis de Vulnerabilidad y Mapeo
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 stability. WFP uses food assistance to help people recover from conflict, disasters, and extreme weather. We are committed to fostering diverse, skilled, and high-performing teams in an inclusive environment, guided by our values of Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion.
Job Purpose
The Assistant for Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM/RAM) provides crucial technical support by collecting, processing, and analyzing data related to food security, nutrition, and vulnerability. This role is instrumental in generating evidence to guide program targeting, enhance emergency preparedness and response, and inform decision-making. The position involves conducting statistical and geospatial analyses, creating maps, dashboards, and reports to support these objectives. The Assistant will process and validate data from various sources, support VAM assessments, analyze key indicators, assist in designing data collection tools, and produce thematic maps and territorial analyses using GIS software. This contribution is vital for effective program implementation and humanitarian action.
Responsibilities
The VAM Assistant, under the RAM Unit Supervisor, is responsible for supporting vulnerability analysis, food security, nutrition, and targeting processes. This involves processing, cleaning, validating, and analyzing data from various sources, including surveys, assessments, and secondary data. The role includes assisting with VAM assessments, such as emergency food security assessments (EFSA), household surveys, market analyses, and targeting exercises. Key responsibilities include analyzing indicators related to food security, nutrition, livelihoods, coping strategies, markets, and risk exposure. The assistant will also support the design and quality control of data collection tools, create thematic maps, vulnerability profiles, and geospatial analyses using GIS software (QGIS/ArcGIS Pro). Furthermore, the position aids in geographic and population targeting, territorial prioritization, and coverage analysis for programs and emergency responses. The role requires preparing analytical outputs, dashboards, visualizations, and inputs for reports and decision-making documents. Collaboration with other WFP units and external partners for information integration is essential. The assistant may also participate in rapid emergency analyses and field missions for data collection and validation, and perform other related duties as assigned.
Work Experience
Requires at least 5 years of relevant experience in data analysis, food security, vulnerability, market, or targeting assessments. Demonstrable experience in processing and analyzing surveys and databases is essential. Experience in map creation, territorial analysis, or geospatial products is also required. Experience working with public institutions, international cooperation, humanitarian organizations, or the UN is valued, as is experience in emergency contexts and field work.
Skills
Data Analysis, Geospatial Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Survey Processing, Database Management, Cartography, QGIS, ArcGIS Pro, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SPSS, Stata, R, Python, Sampling Methods, Survey Design, Data Cleaning, Data Validation, Quantitative Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Food Security Analysis, Nutrition Analysis, Market Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, Targeting Methods, Emergency Response, Field Data Collection, Spanish Language Proficiency, English Language Proficiency