Research, Assessments, Monitoring (RAM) Officer - NOB

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ABOUT WFP

Assisting more than 160 million people in 123 countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. WFP Turkiye provides humanitarian assistance to nearly 1.6 million vulnerable persons in 2023, in the form of in-kind and cash-based transfers. Our beneficiaries remain at the very heart of everything we do in Turkiye. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• JOB TITLE: Research, Assessments, Monitoring (RAM) Officer
• TYPE  AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Fixed Term - NOB
• UNIT/DIVISON: Programme 
• DUTY STATION:  Ankara
• DURATION: One year 
• TYPE OF VA: Internal and External
• DATE OF OPENING: 16 April 2024
• DATE OF CLOSING:  30 April 2024

WHY TO JOIN WFP

SAVING & CHANGING LIVES ❤
Make a difference, and the world will notice.
We are driven by our mission to fight world hunger and feed people’s dreams of a brighter future.

GLOBAL COMMUNITY 🌍
Build bridges that unite people across the world.
Being part of a global, diverse, and multicultural community like WFP, will continuously expose you to new ideas and perspectives.
How we deliver our mission in a deep respect for personal and cultural differences and close collaboration between every member of our global team, will certainly enrich your experience and knowledge on so many levels. 
 

UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES 💡
Unlock possibilities you never thought you'd find.
WFP goes anywhere it is needed and does whatever it takes to get the job done.
 

LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE ⭐
Reach beyond yourself and discover your true potential.
WFP offers the kind of life-changing experiences you’re unlikely to find in many other organizations.

Join us to make a difference.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Türkiye hosts the highest number of refugees in the world – 3.7 million people. Around 63,000 of the most vulnerable of them live in eight camps in the southeast, while the majority live in cities and villages throughout the country. The Government of Türkiye has demonstrated leadership and generosity in hosting this large number for close to a decade. Since June 2014, a temporary protection regime has granted Syrian refugees access to basic services such as healthcare and education. Asylum seekers from other countries continue to benefit from International Protection status. WFP re-established a presence in Türkiye in 2012, in response to the Syria crisis and transitioned its programmes from basic needs assistance to livelihood support as the needs of the target population evolved. WFP Türkiye’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2023-2025) seeks to continue assisting refugees in camps, provide services to humanitarian and development partners, and implement sustainable livelihood programming to build the self-reliance of vulnerable Turks and refugees alike. The CSP has been revised to integrate the recovery efforts following the devastating earthquakes of February 2023, focusing on restoring and revitalizing the food value chain in the earthquake-affected regions.

The Research, Assessment, and Monitoring (RAM) unit aims to provide credible, relevant, and timely evidence that forms the basis for the design of WFP operations. The RAM unit provides the necessary information for strategic and operational decision-making, resource mobilization, and accountability to beneficiaries.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Within the assigned unit and delegated authority, the RAM OFFICER will be responsible for the following duties:

Lead and manage the unit that is responsible for: 

1. Tracking, collecting and analyzing programme performance to inform decision-making;
2. Maintaining operational focus on results, and;
3. Generating data for outcome/impact analysis and evaluations.
4. Monitoring macro and micro economic events that may have implications for WFP or its beneficiaries, conducting analysis to understand their localized impact on people and our ability to respond with appropriate assistance. 
5. Developing approaches and tools to assess the ability of households to meet their essential needs (including food, health, shelter, education and other basic needs), strengthening national capacities. 
6. Supporting Programme Unit to embed evidence acquired through monitoring to be utilized throughout the Programme Cycle. 
7. Ensure that the use of evidence is used to support a more holistic, coherent, and strategic approach to programme development and; 
8. Enables WFP to determine whether lives have been successfully saved and changed as a result of interventions from WFP and others, including national governments, NGOs and UN agencies

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:    

Advanced University degree in Economics, Food Security, Statistics, Data Science, Geography or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses

Experience:    

• Minimum Three (3) years of postgraduate experience or Five (5) years after first university degree.
• Demonstrated ability to provide managerial and technical guidance for designing and conducting analyses, including computation, interpretation, and presentation of results for food security surveys and key indicators (comprehensive food security and vulnerability surveys, food security monitoring, implementing mobile surveys, market analysis, food consumption scores, coping strategies indices. data disaggregation, etc.)

Knowledge and Skills: 

• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of several statistical tools and methods for food security analysis. 
• Developed practical expertise in food security analysis and mapping by participating in multiple assessments in countries, including the design, data collection and analysis. 
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of WFP vulnerability mapping systems and emergency assessment standards

Language: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Turkish
 

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

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

Qualified Female candidates and Individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply.

WFP is committed to an accessible, inclusive recruitment process. Please contact us at global.inclusion@wfp.org to advise us of any disability-related reasonable accommodation or accessibility requests you may have. A member of the reasonable accommodation team will contact you to discuss your needs. This email is only to be used for any disability-related accessibility requirements, and not for sending the application itself. Due to the volume of applications, any applications or CVs sent through this email address will not be considered as a formal application and will not receive a reply from WFP.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation, abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority, and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment.

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any payment requests should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.