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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. Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operates in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do, and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high-performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The World Food Programme has developed and is continuing to enhance and maintain a set of digital solutions to manage:

the identities and entitlements of its beneficiaries,
the operational parameters of the programmes that transfer benefits to them, and
the interfaces with financial service providers and other delivery mechanisms that process actual last mile transfers to beneficiaries.

This includes SCOPE, WFP’s beneficiary and transfer management platform that supports the WFP programme intervention cycle. The SCOPE platform is a web-based application used for beneficiary registration, intervention setup, distribution planning, transfer and distribution reporting. While there is a current focus and scale-up/enhancement related to cash-based transfers, SCOPE currently supports all WFP transfer modalities: in-kind, voucher and cash for a variety of project activities.

As an extension and over the next couple of years, WFP also plans to develop a broad array of digital assistance services (DAS) beyond those related to the current SCOPE capabilities.

In addition to this, other data-focused initiative are taking place in WFP, for instance DOTS. DOTS pulls information from across WFP into one central place. This enables staff to make more informed decisions, anticipate problems in advance and find ways to work around them. It has tools to deal with the data, but also to create reports, dashboards, and applications. Integrated information available in DOTS provides end-to-end visibility on operational activities, helping WFP to become more transparent and accountable.

DOTS is complemented by the features of Tableau Software, which allows staff to create compelling stories on data with dashboards, using Tableau’s advanced visualization tools. DOTS and Tableau work in tandem for staff who need to access information in DOTS, and then drag, drop, and visualize data in a self-serve manner – in minutes.

Most of the work will take place in Dakar, Senegal, but there will be missions to Country Offices of the region eventually, to gather requirements, train, participate in operations, implement, create dashboards, etc. These missions most of the time last a week but may sometimes be longer.

Under the direct supervision of the lead Regional Data Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for Business Intelligence providing:

Enhanced Business Intelligence to support decisions making at country level.
Operational time savings and lower IT support cost solutions.
Enhanced Data Quality and Consistency.
Enhanced Historical Intelligence.

The activities will be focused mostly on SCOPE data but will have to deal eventually with all sorts of data managed at WFP, ranging from corporate data repositories to ad-hoc data collected in the field.

Education:

You have

First university degree (Bachelor's degree equivalent, BAC +3), recognized by https://www.whed.net/home.php) in Computer Science, Data Management, Statistics, Information Management or another relevant field.

Should you not find your university degree in this link kindly note that it will be your responsibility to obtain a formal letter from your Ministry of Education stating their recognition of the university and degree

Experience:

You have:

At least three (3) years of progressively responsible professional experience in the design and development of information management and database solutions, data analysis, data product/solution development in technology-focused teams.

Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or HTML5.
Experience working with teams and team processes.
Experience in working with SharePoint and Office 365
Experience with Data Collection tools

Languages:

Fluency (level C in reading, writing and speaking) in English and French.

Deadline for application: 16 January 2023

WFP Value Proposition

Meaningful and impactful careers - Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve.
Continuous learning and training - We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers.
Multicultural and stimulating working environment - We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger.

All employment decisions are made based on organisational 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, Join 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.

Female 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.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance

Special Notice on WFP RBD office relocation:

WFP and other UN Agencies will be moving to the new United Nations House, presently under construction in Diamniadio, 30 kilometers from downtown Dakar. The name of the duty station for this position will remain Dakar, Senegal.

Special recommendation:

Before you apply, please confirm that both (i) your on-line profile and CV are accurate and up to date, (ii) your CV should include your employment history, academic qualifications, and language skills.

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