Consultancy Assignment - Instructional Designer (Rome, Italy)

Instructional Designer

Consultancy Assignment

We are looking for candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. We select our candidates on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organisation delivering food assistance to over 90 million beneficiaries in over 120 countries and territories on a yearly basis. With over 5000 trucks, 50 ships and close to 100 planes on the move every single day, WFP, together with its partners, operates a global network to deliver life-saving food assistance to the most hard-to reach places.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 to the World Food Programme for its efforts to combat hunger and its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline humanitarian agency addressing hunger and malnutrition worldwide. WFP tackles poverty and hunger through a range of interventions: saving lives and protecting livelihoods in emergencies; investing in the prevention and mitigation of disasters; restoring and rebuilding lives and livelihoods in post-conflict or post-disaster situation; and other interventions to tackle hunger. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in over 120 countries and territories.

Supply chain management is at the core of WFP’s humanitarian response and therefore an area of constant strategic focus. Over 4,000 supply chain staff work around the clock to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries in some of the most complex environments. Empowering our staff with the right expertise and skills is critical to our success. The Supply Chain function is committed to offer an innovative and effective learning journey to all of its workforce.

We are looking for an innovative and creative thinker, a passionate individual committed to excellence, who will strategically develop and drive global Supply Chain training initiatives, assure effective learning experiences and continuous enhancement of the Supply Chain Training approach.

The objective of the position of the Instructional Designer is to implement the training strategy and act as project lead and main focal point for the design and development of technical trainings. The Instructional Design Consultant will work closely with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to develop on-demand training resources and, design and produce learning experiences.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in the development of divisional and functional learning and development (L&D) strategic plans and processes and lead the delivery of Instructional design requests meeting global objectives and supporting WFP strategic goals, ensuring alignment with wider WFP HR policies
• Provide advice to multiple stakeholders (Chief, Head of Unit, Small Medium Enterprise) on L&D issues, understanding their needs and providing recommendations that are supported by corporate practices; working closely with subject matter experts to identify target audience’s training needs
• Lead and evaluate analysis to draw conclusions and develop insightful recommendations and solutions for capacity building
• Serve as a partner to the business in analyzing information resulting in developing online learning and blended learning deliverables and tools, using WFPs official learning platform (WeLearn); creating engaging learning activities and compelling course content
• Monitor the accurate and compliant recording of Learning & Development (L&D) data; coordinate and prepare timely statistics and conduct analysis, identifying trends and potential issues, and proposing solutions to stakeholders
• Utilize data and reports from the division-wide Learning and Development Dashboard
• Lead the production of complex documentation or reports applying an advanced knowledge of O365 including Forms, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel in order to analyze data using a variety of tools.
• Actively maintain, analyze, and apply knowledge of trends and best practices in learning technologies and instructional design that support the development and implementation of new/improved L&D platforms and practices that support WFP effectively
• Lead the virtual reality (VR) pilot and make recommendations for the VR as a learning option for Supply Chain and present the outcomes of the pilot to the wider UN
• Keep abreast of industry developments
• Visualize instructional graphics, ensuring compliance with corporate and functional standards, to create the user interface and the finished product; create supporting material/media (audio, video, simulations, role plays, games etc)
• Curate the Supply Chain Learning Channel and its sub-channels on WFP's learning platform; liaise with technical team on Learning Management System (LMS) integration requirements
• Facilitate global trainings both in person (face to face) and remotely
• Other, as required.

Education

You have:

an advanced university degree in Human Resource Management Capability Development, Adult Education, Public or Business Administration Management, or any other relevant field.

Experience

You have:

• At least 5-years of professionally relevant experience, including demonstrated design and delivery of learning solutions.
• Demonstrated experience in working with subject matter experts to build learning programs and performance support tools.
• Solid experience in leveraging learning technology and learning management systems in the design and delivery of learning programs.
• Ability to work with and develop relationships with identified external vendors.
• Work experience in the UN System is desirable.

Language

• You are fluent in oral and written English and have technical writing skills;
• Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP:

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Application deadline: 26 June 2022 (midnight Rome time)

Your CV must be submitted in English

Women applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply. WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. 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.