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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
Position Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant
Type of Contract: Regular Consultancy
Duty Station: Area Office, Jijiga, Ethiopia
Duration: 11 months
Assisting 91.4 million people in around 83 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. On any given day, WFP has 5,000 trucks, 20 ships, and 92 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.31. These numbers lie at the roots of WFP’s unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that gets the job done quickly at scale in the most difficult environments. WFP’s efforts focus on emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid, and special operations.
WFP Ethiopia is working with the government and other humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programmes that use food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by climate change, and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food insecurity.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill a consultancy position of Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (International Consultant), based in WFP Ethiopia Jijiga Area Office.
Under the general supervision and guidance of the Head of Area Office, Jijiga and technical guidance from the Head of VAM & M&E, within the delegated authority, the Programme Policy Officer, Monitoring & Evaluation, you will help us discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data, and help us make smarter decisions to become even more effective at serving our beneficiaries.
The Programme Policy Officer, Monitoring & Evaluation will be responsible for managing and supervising the Monitoring & Evaluation function and the technical team at the Area Office Level.
To provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.
Monitoring planning, guidance, and implementation
Coordination of Evaluation and review activities at the AO level
Information Management and Reporting
Education: Advanced University Degree and/or equivalent experience with emphasis in one or more of the following disciplines: political sciences, public health, economics, agriculture, international affairs, social sciences, development studies, or a field relevant to international development assistance.
Experience: At least 5 years working experience focusing on M&E. Experience in WFP specific programmatic areas such as Relief and emergency operations, social protection and resilience strengthening activities, refugees, VAM, etc is an added advantage. Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is an added advantage.
Knowledge and Skills: Strong knowledge of results-based management principles and practices and WFP’s corporate accountability frameworks; Proven knowledge, abilities and skills in the areas of Monitoring and Evaluation; In-depth knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methods, metrics, statistical applications, and reporting systems; Create/use digital media and data visualization platforms, particularly Tableau; Create data mock-ups with an understanding of data visualization and data structures. Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.; Development and maintenance of monitoring database
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Working knowledge of the UN languages is desirable. Excellent writing skills.
Ability to use data to effectively explain complex matters to influence a variety of audiences; Ability to visualize data in creative ways that support scenarios and storytelling; Creative problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail; Can see patterns and trends in data, to pull out insights and connect the dots for others to see; Takes a data-oriented approach to decision making; Self-motivated and results-oriented; Strong track record of delivering results in a complex environment; Possess strong organizational and detail-oriented skills; Demonstrable ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams.
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Partnership
Capability Name | Description of the behavior expected for the proficiency level |
Programme Lifecycle & Food Assistance | Demonstrates ability to identify key variables and contextual factors that affect food assistance problems and programmes throughout the lifecycle to inform quality programme design or re-design. |
Transfer Modalities (Food, Cash, Voucher) | Demonstrates ability to analyze and consolidate quantitative and qualitative information from different sources (e.g., market studies) to inform transfer modality selection and programme development. |
Broad Knowledge of Specialized areas (i.e. Nutrition, VAM, etc.) | Demonstrates the ability to interpret basic data in the context of WFP specialized fields to contribute to technical programme design, implementation and monitoring. |
Emergency Programming | Displays capacity to provide inputs into the development, implementation and realignment of high-quality emergency programmes. |
Strategic Policy Engagement w/ Government | Develops thorough recommendations using multiple inputs (e.g., government counsel, research, own experience) to strengthen national or subnational entities and government-owned food and nutrition security programmes. |
Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero-tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.