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Job Title: Junior Consultant (Business Intelligence & Data Analyst, CBT Assurance) – UN WFP Uganda Jobs 2022
Organization: UN World Food Programme (WFP)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
UN World Food Programme (WFP) Profile:
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) 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. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.
Brief description of WFP in Uganda
WFP delivers food assistance in emergencies and works with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP provides life-saving food assistance and livelihood opportunities to refugees in Uganda. In addition, WFP assists the most vulnerable in Karamoja with food and nutrition assistance. Finally, WFP works with smallholder farmers and links them to markets. WFP is also supporting Uganda in its objectives to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and become a middle-income country by 2040.
Job Summary:
The Junior Consultant will join the Operational Information Management & Performance Reporting unit’s team in Kampala under the direct supervision of the Head of Unit.
The WFP Uganda Country Office has committed to building systems and capacity towards two major but critical operational capabilities; (I) end-to-end transfer reconciliation at the household level for all GFA (General Food Assistance) modalities (II) the Comprehensive GDT (Global Distribution Tool) data analytics to inform changes in program implementation, monitoring, and oversight.
To this end, the CO (Country Office) seeks a junior consultant who will work to deliver these operational capabilities of the Beneficiary Information and assistance management system (BIAMS) team. In the first 3 months, the consultant will be the Kickstarter of the process bringing tangible products to the discussion and testing data architecture solutions which s/he will later translate into clear UGCO (Uganda Country Office) needs to the HQ (Head Quarters) team. The last 3 months of the consultant will be focused on building the GDT Analyst role (G8) capacity to run the system leaving the ability for analysis adjustment within the CO team (key for the long-term utility of the System).
In summary, the role will: Kickstart the collation/gathering of the multiple data sets needed; Do a static mock-up of the queries and re-structuring of some dataset to allow for linking and later validation/triangulation; Produce the first dashboards with analysis to present to senior management, compliance, and reporting teams at CO to define the analysis needs and show possibilities; Work with the HQ DAT (Data Assurance Tool) team to build the live system (now with clear data structure, and analysis needs); Build the capacity of the local staff (GDT Analyst) to modify analysis as per future management/reporting needs.
Roles and responsibilities of UN WFP Uganda Jobs 2022:
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Qualifications for UN WFP Uganda Jobs 2022
Education: University degree in information Management, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, economics, social sciences, data science or related fields
Experience: At least one year of experience in information management, data analytics, data analysis and survey methodologies. Field experience is an asset.
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All interested and suitably qualified candidates should submit their applications through the link below.
Closing Date: 2nd February 2022
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