Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping Officer P3 Short-term Professional (VAM Officer P3)

Women Applicants are highly encouraged to apply 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are seeking to fill a position of Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping Officer Short Term at the P3 level, based in Bujumbura, Burundi. The VAM Officer will report to the Head of Programme and will head the Assessment and Monitoring & Evaluation team of Burundi Country Office.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

In collaboration with the team the successful candidate will be responsible for the following key duties:

Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping:

1. Lead and/or participate in food security and vulnerability assessments as well as other joint assessments.
2. Strengthen the operational capacity of WFP staff and partners to conduct food security and nutrition assessments and analysis at the Country and Sub-Office levels.
3. Collect, analyse and interpret primary food security data to support emergency preparedness i.e. risk analysis, early warning and contingency planning, including in preparedness activities, organize and conduct emergency needs assessments and support operational planning.
4. Generate useful information products which describe food insecurity and vulnerability in Burundi and which will inform decision making by WFP’s programme units, as well as other country stakeholders including civil society organizations, bilateral donors and UN agencies.
5. Foster partnerships with government and civil society that build upon and strengthen existing capacities for vulnerability analysis.
6. Oversee and approve the collation, drafting and dissemination of political and humanitarian analysis pertaining to WFP current or future responses and donor policies, trends and preferences to ensure country specific input to WFP’s humanitarian and operational reporting.
7. Collaborate with counterparts and other UN agencies to ensure consistency in humanitarian information and to complement WFP analysis and information.
8. Generate useful information products which describe food insecurity and vulnerability in Burundi and which will inform decision making by WFP’s programme units, as well as other country stakeholders including civil society organizations, bilateral donors and UN agencies.
9. Manage a small team of VAM and M&E staff, providing coaching and guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

1. Provide technical support and guidance to the maintenance and analysis of project monitoring and evaluation systems designed to measure the performance of WFP projects in Burundi.
2. Contribute to the development of systems and tools that support effective operational information management, performance reporting and inter-agency information management in line with WFP and UN policies and practices.
3. Provide technical advice, governance and oversight to CO on the integration of VAM and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) policies and guidance into established systems to drive the quality, consistency, standardisation of information management and performance reporting across WFP.
4. Oversee and approve data collection and the information collated from monitoring and local internal and external sources to facilitate and maximise the exchange of information and data flow between functional area networks in WFP, to provide operational awareness and understanding of events that may have humanitarian and/or operational impact.
5. In collaboration with the various programme units, manage the evaluation process, including reviewing the terms of reference, identifying and selecting independent consultants to lead and conduct evaluations, following up on in-country missions, ensuring quality control of summary evaluation report and technical reports.
6. Enhance the capacity of WFP staff, partners and governments to effectively assess food security needs, conduct of disaster management simulations, and manage operational information and performance reporting through and provision of the relevant VAM and M&E training.
7. Provide evaluation feedback into policy/project/programme design, including comments on various documents.
8. Follow up on the implementation of evaluation recommendations; evaluate the responses and actions taken by management and provide advice or clarification to managers and staff on evaluated issues.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: