Business & Performance Analyst

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.

Job Title: Business & Performance Analyst

Division: PPF - Private Partnerships and Fundraising Division

Duty Station: Rome, Italy

Type of Contract: full-time regular Consultant

Level: 1

Duration: 11 months

Deadline for applications: 12.02.2023

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency working to create a world with zero hunger. WFP and its partners believe that no child should go to bed hungry and that individual and collective wellbeing can only be achieved if all children, women and men get the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, dignified lives. Each year, WFP assists 90 million people in 83 countries. Every day, some 5,600 WFP-chartered trucks are on the road, 92 planes are in the air and 20 ships are at sea. These numbers speak to WFP’s unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that is often the first on the scene in the most difficult environments. WFP also works with partners to strengthen the resilience of communities most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition through long-term development programmes aimed at boosting food security, local economies, education, employment and gender equality. While hunger and malnutrition are the world’s largest solvable issues, the needs are still immense and growing. 821 million people in the world suffer from chronic hunger.

The Private Partnerships & Fundraising Division (PPF) is responsible for working with the private sector to achieve greater impact in WFP’s work. PPF has embarked on an exceptionally ambitious new strategy to raise an additional one billion dollars for hungry or malnourished people in the next five years and to expand the contribution to WFP from the business sector through effective and sustainable long-term partnerships as well as from private individual supporters around the world. This includes securing new high impact technical partnerships, signing significant new corporate deals and growing existing relationships as well as building a base of one million individual supporters.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

To comply with the divisional responsibilities and the challenges of a very diversified portfolio regarding the overall data management under the Private Sector Partnerships and Fundraising (PSPF) 2020-2025 Strategy, PPF requires a Business & Performance Analyst.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

Within delegated authority and reporting directly to the PPF Head of Finance, the Business & Performance Analyst will be responsible for the following duties:

Business analysis and forecasting

1. Lead on transforming the data analysis processes towards data visualization and insights by creating new and improved data management & optimization tools such as dashboards, stories, and workbooks to ensure more efficient and automated processes for tracking and evaluating divisional performance as measured against the PSPF 2020-2025 Strategy targets.
2. Working independently, deliver regular divisional financial performance reporting and analysis insights that enable data-driven decision-making at all levels of PPF and wider WFP management (when requested).
3. Lead and coordinate the divisional forecasting and planning processes to ensure that the forecasts and yearly plans demonstrate progress towards achieving the PSPF Strategy targets. Specifics include overall guidance on processes, preparation of training materials and technical setup on Salesforce, liaising with team managers on targets and deliverables, analyzing the forecasting data and delivering the final reports to the PPF management.
4. Working directly across the team, coordinate WFP participation in the International Fundraising Leadership Forum by providing detailed private and public sector income reports, with a particular focus on individual giving income, liaising with internal stakeholders and Friends organizations to ensure consistent data delivery across all fundraising streams, and co-representing the division at the annual IFL data insights workshop in London, UK.
5. Prepare and disseminate regular INGO fundraising industry trend analyses, sharing the insights internally and with Friends organizations. Coordinating across PPF and Friends organizations to deliver customized insights to ensure both teams meet financial targets in support of effective implementation of the 2020-2025 PSPF Strategy.
6. Lead on ensuring consistency of fundraising data between different data platforms and tools, such as Tableau, Salesforce, WINGS and Excel, by maintaining the data flow processes and carrying out data consistency checks.
7. In accordance with the WFP Corporate Results Framework, draft the PPF Finance inputs with relevant analyses and content for the WFP Management Plan, Annual Performance Plan, Annual Performance Report, quarterly CCI reporting and other WFP strategic documents to ensure compliance with the requirements of the WFP corporate reporting and process standards.

Individual Giving Specialized Area

8. Maintain the highly specialized investment tracking model that provides processed data for the granular analysis of all Individual Giving KPIs in relation to the board-approved strategy, by working closely with data scientists from both the IG and STM team as well as specialists from the Japan and US EFO.
9. Lead the preparation of the monthly reports to the leadership group in PPF on the top-level metrics to guide investment decisions based on performance of the various investment activities according to individual giving specific characteristics, including working with the PPF leadership group on the quarterly reporting to the Executive Board and senior WFP leadership, particularly in the area of Individual Giving reporting.
10. Under the supervision of PPF Head of Finance, contribute analyses of the individual giving programme portfolio and the underpinning data model to maximize ROI based on the relative contribution of the two main products, STM and the HQ-led IG programme.

Leadership and general

11. Oversee the hiring and onboarding of data analysts as required, including TOR development, screening of candidates and selection process.
12. Supervise and coach junior staff to enable best performance and a well-functioning team.
13. Perform other related duties as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

1. Ensure that all PPF fundraising performance reports and analyses are published and functioning on the WFP Analytics server.
2. Ensure successful completion of the Private Sector annual planning and forecasting exercises by delivering the final version of the plans & forecasts to the division’s leadership team.
3. Successfully participate in the International Fundraising Leadership forum by sharing detailed fundraising data for WFP public and private sector income, attending the yearly workshop and sharing fundraising insights with senior management of PPF and WFP.
4. Contribute to conducting a review of the IG investment model and share actionable insights with the PPF leadership and beyond.
5. Timely submission of the Individual Giving and investment reports
6. Successful creation of specialized modelling tools for investment and performance analysis
7. Guidance on IG data submission and analysis

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Terms and Conditions

Short-listed candidates can be subject to written assessment.

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by role’s responsibilities and deliverables, please be aware that as per UN policy any negotiation based merely on personal cv is not allowed.

This consultancy assignment is renewable upon funding.

Visit the website for detailed information on working with WFP: http://www.wfp.org - Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about our operations.

Qualified female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all qualified candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the Organisation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection & recruitment process, and for work-related needs upon joining the Programme.

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. WFP has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, abuse of authority or discrimination. 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.

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