WFP recruits 01 Regional Data Coordinator

WFP recruits 01 Regional Data Coordinator

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Are you an Information Technology Officer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you!!! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

Who we are

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters, and the impact of climate change.

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Why join us?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training,
  accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and
  global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that
  effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section)

About technology division at WFP

WFP Technology Division (TEC, formerly known as the IT Division) is the digital business engine of the World Food Programme, providing the business with multi-pronged and resilient technical capabilities able to respond with the agility required in humanitarian operations. Technology and connectivity are rapidly reaching some of the most vulnerable people and places affected by crisis, but they are also increasingly expanding to the services responding to those same crises. As one of the main humanitarian actors, WFP has the opportunity and the obligation to leverage data and technology to better know and serve those in need by digitally transforming the way it works.

Technology and connectivity are rapidly reaching some of the most vulnerable people and places affected by crisis, but they are also increasingly expanding to the services responding to those same crises. As one of the main humanitarian actors, the World Food Programme (WFP) has the opportunity and the obligation to leverage data and technology to better know and serve those in need by digitally transforming the way it works. Such ambition led to a plan aimed at establishing, integrating, and mainstreaming the core elements of an end-to-end digital business process.

The Regional Bureau Dakar (RBD) is committed to enable end-to-end digital implementations across Country Offices (COs) as part of its efforts to increase efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. The vision is to incrementally achieve digital management of beneficiaries and cash-based transfer (CBT) and in-kind transfers, providing coordinated frameworks for access to data to enhance programme design, integration and implementation.

Interested in understanding more the regional context? Please check this video: https://youtu.be/YftjrNE774c

The role

The position calls for an experienced mixed-profile professional that holds hands-on technical expertise in data collections, analysis, integration and visualization, as well as proven ability to engage with diverse stakeholders ranging from WFP’s senior level management (Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director, Country Directors and heads of Units) to technical experts across various units. The candidate needs to demonstrate ability to effectively capture business process flows and technical requirements at the country office level (also known as “data mapping”) and translate analysis to tangible project and product roadmaps tailored to the country office needs. In the implementation of the roadmaps, the Regional Data Coordinator for Dakar will be supervising delivery of technical training, and support activities being delivered by data analysts and data engineers.

The role calls for a candidate that is able to both deliver advanced training on tools like Tableau, facilitate complex data virtualization projects, drive data quality and governance efforts and standardize a product offering across digital transformation product lines.

Key accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

Data solutions portfolio management

• Manage the regional data workplan and associated budget, working closely with the Regional TEC team and the Field and HQ data teams to identify regional priorities and align activities with the global workplan
• Work closely with data owners, and stakeholder to identify data pain points and data visualization needs for country operations in the region, by carrying out Data Mapping Missions to identify local demand
• Engage with the business units to understand strategic objectives, gather requirements, and analyze capabilities with the objective of shaping demand for technology products, offering opportunities to improve business processes and stakeholder alignment
• Manage recruitment, planning, and supervision of new talent based on evolving regional needs. Ensure that regional data coordinators and analysts are aligned on the global data strategy
• Engage and manage the work of operational data analysts on delivery of solutions outlined in the country office data roadmaps
• Data solutions training and rollout
• Coordinate the rollout and adoption of DOTS (WFP’s Data Integration Solution) in the region. Work from the bottom up by identifying use cases from the field and supporting their development in collaboration with HQ. Work from the top down, supporting HQ led use cases for rolling out in the field.
• Coordinate the rollout and adoption of Tableau as a corporate business intelligence and data visualization solution in the region. Facilitate a regional training program for Tableau and data visualization based on country-office demand.
• Coordinate the rollout and adoption of MODA, a mobile data collection platform for several identified use cases.

Business Engagement

• Organize and facilitate a regional data event that would promote global best practices, local digital solutions and use cases focused on data, and build capacity for the wider network of data fellows and champions in RBD
• Working closely with a wide network of WFP partners, existing CO champions and the wider data team, develop and implement a data literacy training program for diverse roles and profiles within WFP field operations

Data governance

• Coordinate the work of the Regional Data Working Group
• Provide support to the Regional Senior Management team in preparing and actively participating in the Data Management Committee

Reporting

Report progress and issues to Regional Bureau relevant heads of units, Regional Directors and Deputy Regional Directors and the Technology Division senior management team.

Standard minimum qualifications

Education

Advanced University Degree in Business Administrations, Data Management, Statistics, Marketing, Communications, Information Management other relevant discipline

Experience

5 years or more of relevant progressive work experience in information management, information systems, web management, data management, GIS mapping, data visualization or project management.

Knowledge & Skills

• Proven experience working in a busy analytical environment and handling complex analysis.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including substantive report writing skills. Experience working with teams and team processes.
• Ability to work in multi-cultural and multi-ethic environments.
• Strong data analysis skills
• Ability to think strategically and create points-of-view, propositions, and solutions to help clients gain value and solve complex.
• Conceptualizing of technology-based solutions.
• Ability to operate in distributed / decentralized teams, engage with and support partners
• Ability to perform under pressure, to multi-task, to navigate through multiple priorities and conflicting requests
• Ability to work independently through appropriate personal initiative and regular follow-ups
• Proficient in written and oral communications with the ability to influence and adapt communication styles to different situations and individuals
• Collaborative hands-on team member and relationship-builder with a facilitative nature and strong business partnering skills towards colleagues and stakeholders
• Positive and resilient, passionate about change and driven to exceeding client’s expectations through exceptional delivery

Languages

• Fluency (level C) in English language.
• Fluency (level C) in French language.
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (A WFP’s working language)

Terms and conditions

• This is an International Professional position and is open to all nationalities.
• Mobility is and continues to be, a core contractual requirement in WFP.
• The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.
• WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel, visa and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance. For more information, visit https://icsc.un.org/
• The selected candidate will be required to relocate to Dakar, Senegal to take up this assignment.

Deadline for applications: May 6th, 2022.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational 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, 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.Postuler