Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) Officer

Details

Mission and objectives

WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization. WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve zero hunger by 2030 as per Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2. It works to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. Since 1979, WFP has provided support to the Cambodian people to meet their emergency needs and enhance the long-term food and nutrition security of vulnerable households and communities. Across Cambodia, WFP has supported the building and rehabilitation of rural infrastructure and productive assets, implemented programmes to support the nutrition of vulnerable people, assisted disaster-affected households and promoted children’s education and health through its school feeding programme and scholarships to children from poor households.

Context

The WFP Country Strategic Plan (2019-2023) aims to complement and contribute to the Government of Cambodia’s efforts to achieve zero hunger through supporting school feeding programmes, strengthening resilient local food systems, enhancing government capacities on crisis management and disaster risk reduction, promoting digital transformation, enhancing food security, nutrition and social protection governance and providing supply chain services. The Country Strategic Plan is aligned with the Government’s Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity and Efficiency Phase IV (2019-2023), and priorities identified in the National Strategy for Food Security and Nutrition (2019-2023), National Social Protection Policy Framework (2016-2025), National Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (2019-2023) and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (2019-2023).

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of the head of Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UN Volunteer RAM Officer will: RAM systems • Support the development of building blocks of the WFP Cambodia evidence value chain including a research agenda and an evidence communication plan; • Support the development/update of the CO RAM strategy; • Contribute to the development and maintenance of data infrastructure, including standardized and automated data collection, cleaning, analysis, reporting, and visualization templates using statistical/programming software, automated scripts, and machine learning approaches (if applicable); Evidence generation • Assist in the development of guiding questions, methodologies and analytical frameworks for assessments, research studies and monitoring exercises, including advanced research and monitoring designs such as longitudinal studies and high-frequency surveys, etc. • Support the timely generation and dissemination of quality evidence from assessments, research, and monitoring exercises to inform national policy/programmes/counterparts, based on identified information needs; • Conduct advanced quantitative and qualitative analysis on data pertaining to food security, nutrition, (urban) vulnerability, climate change, shocks and social protection, etc.; • Prepare frequent and high-quality internal briefs/reports based on monitoring and assessment data to inform programme adjustments and enable evidence-based decision-making; Learning & Capacity Strengthening • Support the setup and improvement of internal systems and processes to generate and leverage institutional learning including lessons learned and challenges; • Contribute to internal and external capacity strengthening initiatives of WFP around vulnerability analysis and M&E, in particular for the WFP Area Office (AO) as well as national counterparts. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: • Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); • Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; • Provide annual and end of assignment self- reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. • Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; • Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers; • Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering, or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs • As an active WFP team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to WFP and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: • Relevant assessment, monitoring, and research studies conducted, and high-quality knowledge products disseminated, based on relevant stakeholder information needs • CO data infrastructure upgraded including enhanced (and automated) data analysis, visualization, and reporting templates for different recurring data collections and strengthened capacity of CO/AO staff on utilization • System and processes for internal learning in place • CO RAM strategy developed/updated including an updated evidence value chain validated internally and with national counterparts • Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment • A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed