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ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

All applications must be received by 02 October, 2023.

CONTRACT TYPE AND DURATION

Eligibility: Turkish nationals or those holding a valid Turkish residency permit Type of Contract : Service Contract (SC8) Contract Duration : 12 Months Duty Station : Mersin, Turkey Number of employees required: 1

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The United Nations World Food Program is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. 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. In 2020, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic. In Syria, WFP provides food assistance to more than 4.8 million people each month. This includes families who require emergency assistance when affected by conflict and displacement and those who need help to improve their nutrition and food security. WFP supports children across Syria with healthy meals and snacks at school, mothers with nutritious diets, and families and communities with sustainable livelihood projects.

WFP Syria Country Office’s Mersin Field Office operates cross border to assist around 1.5 million people residing in Northwest Syria (NWS) each month, through its cooperating partners via various assistance modalities.

JOB PURPOSE

To deliver standard business support processes for a specific professional area of work, to facilitate effective service delivery as well as to perform specialized and/or standardized policy and programme-related processes and activities to support the effective targeting of beneficiary households and to provide support to policy and programme activities that effectively meet food assistance needs.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the supervision of the Head of M&E, VAM, and AAP, the incumbent will be responsible for:

•  Supporting the development of the permanent NWS beneficiary database system including the development of dashboards for end users.
•  Designing, drafting, and maintaining the beneficiary registration questionnaires (XLS Form with all constraints, calculations, and media files).
•  Performing regular data cleaning and analysis on existing and incoming data in the beneficiary database.
•  Supporting the design, rollout, and implementation of a targeting methodology, referral process, and appeals process for NWS.
•  Designing quantitative and qualitative assessments on thematic interests related to better understanding the vulnerabilities of WFP NWS beneficiaries.
•  Conduct regular capacity trainings for implementing partners to improve their processes for data collecting and beneficiary management.
•  Producing periodic reports on WFP NWS beneficiary vulnerability status based on the beneficiary database results.
•  Designing any survey forms needed by the Unit, as well as other Mersin FO units
•  Performing other relevant duties, as required by the Head of Unit.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Economics, or Data Analytics or First Level degree in the above areas with two additional years of experience.

Experience: – With an Advanced University Degree: One year of experience in the Humanitarian or Development sector, with experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation and/or targeting, assessments, database management .

– With a First University Degree: At least three years of experience in the Humanitarian or Development sector, with experience working in Monitoring & Evaluation and/or targeting, assessments, database management .

Language: Fluency in oral and written communication in English, Turkish, and Arabic.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

•  Fluent in at least one programming language e.g., Python, SQL, Java Knowledge of food security vulnerability indicators.
•  Advanced skills in designing XLS Forms and using ODK (Open Data Kit)
•  Knowledge in targeting practices and managing a beneficiary database.
•  Knowledge and experience in statistical data analysis using tools like SPSS, R, MS Access.
•  Knowledge and experience in building dashboards using TableauThis section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

•  Please upload your professional CV in English in PDF format making sure to include the following in terms of “Experience”:
•  Company/Organization name and scope of work of the organization
•  Exact Position Title
•  Contract type: part-time, full-time, volunteer, consultant, or freelancer
•  Start and End date of Employment for each position: From (dd/mm/yyyy) to (dd/mm/yyyy)
•  Responsibilities: To mention the main responsibilities that highlight your gained skills and experience
•  A proof of your experience will be required in the final stage of recruitment.
•  Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to the next stage of the selection process.
•  Candidates must get an auto confirmation email once application is submitted.

HOW TO APPLY

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and 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 requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.