Vulnerability, Assessment & Mapping Intern

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SAVING LIVES. CHANGING LIVES.

BEGIN  YOUR HUMANITARIAN JOURNEY WITH WFP

The World Food Programme, Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa based in Nairobi is looking for vibrant, innovative, and multi-talented students.

 An internship at WFP is a great opportunity to acquire practical work experience while contributing to the goal of reaching Zero Hunger

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, color, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status, physical or mental disability.

ABOUT WFP

WFP works to save lives and change lives through the provision of food assistance and resilience-building programs. In line with SDGs 2 & 17, WFP operations have ventured into different modalities of food transfer and capacity-strengthening to end hunger by 2030 and to revitalize global partnerships for sustainable development.

The WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa (RBN) is based in Nairobi and provides strategic direction, technical guidance, resource mobilization, and management support to WFP operations and activities in ten countries: Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Uganda.

JOB PURPOSE

The Research, Assessment and Monitoring unit serves WFP with the expertise in the areas of Monitoring & Evaluation, Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping. We have the corporate knowledge on the related processes and we provide the guidance to Country Offices on application of methodologies, tools and processes on a daily basis.

We are seeking to fill the position of Vulnerability, Assessment & Mapping Intern based in Research, Assessment and Monitoring Unit  of the Regional Bureau, Nairobi.

The intern will  be trained to fill the gaps and produce a web-based visualization of market prices for all the RBN countries.
 

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Currently enrolled in the university and have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies; currently enrolled in a graduate programme (Master's degree) from a recognized university; or have graduated from an undergraduate or graduate programme within the last 6 months, preferably in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, IT/ computer Science, Software Engineering, data sciences, Data Visualization, Economics or other closely relevant field or equivalent.
• Currently enrolled in a graduate programme (Master’s degree) from a recognized university, undertaking the programmes mentioned above, and have attended classes in the past 12 months.
• Fluent in English (both oral and written) is a must; knowledge of a second UN language, preferably French, would be an asset.
• Training and/or experience utilizing computers including word processing, spreadsheet, and other software packages.
• Extremely proficient in online dashboard platforms and data visualization tools, including R, Stata, Tableau, and SPSS, R, BI
• Working knowledge of basic statistics, databases, data mining and analytics

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

• Basic knowledge on GIS
• Knowledge in survey methodologies/basic tenets in survey processes (design, development of questionnaires, conducting data collection)
• Skills in literature search/secondary data review
• Experience in database management, digital/ web-based interactive analytical applications, visualizations, tableau etc
• Experience working in the food security/ humanitarian sector is an advantage, but not prerequisite
• Working knowledge of basic statistics, databases, data mining and analytics.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including basic analysis and report writing skills.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

What you will do:

• Making use of in-house learning opportunity from the VAM/M&E team, and developing the regional food security dashboard using Tableau;
• Learning from WFP online courses (We-learn) on the basics of food security, and updating the food security and nutrition database including populations in need of assistance, also in collaboration with the Nutrition unit;
• Learning mVAM basics and assist in developing of systems and tools for mVAM monitoring and support country offices in roll-out and conducting mVAM;
• Update the data for the regional Atlas and prepare data for the web-based application;
• Learning integrated food security phase classification (IPC) and compile IPC dataset to determine populations in need;
• Document lessons learnt in food security monitoring and success stories.

TRAINING COMPONENTS & LEARNING ELEMENTS

• Learn the basics of food security and  food security analysis using various methodologies (on-the-job training)
• Database management (on-the-job training)
• Food Security dashboard development
• Food Security Analysis
• Market analysis
• Tableau
• SQL/ databases

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP depending on the duty station of assignment (i.e. Nairobi).
• WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas, and related costs.
• WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognized institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education.
• The internship duration is 8 months, full-time.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

• The deadline for receiving applications for this position is March 14 , 2022
• Applications for this position will close at 11:59 p.m. (East African Time) on the deadline date.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• The World Food Programme does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
• WFP embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that celebrates diversity and inclusivity in all ways. 
• Employment is decided on the basis of competitive selection, qualifications and merit.

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.