JPO - Data Analyst (French nationals only) - Rome, Italy

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Junior Professional Officer (JPO)

Data Analyst

Data Services (TECX), Technology Division

WFP HQ Rome, Italy

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is a highly prestigious, reputable and the 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.

We are currently seeking for a Junior Professional Officer to fill the position of Data Analyst within the Data Services branch of WFP’s Technology Division based in Rome, Italy.

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND

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. Data and technology are indeed helping WFP reach vulnerable people more quickly and effectively. Data is a key enabler and the ability to collect, safely store, govern, manage, and transform data to support better decision making for WFP activities and foster new innovations.

The Technology Division (TEC) has embarked on a transformation journey to become a flexible, customer-centric, digital leader. Data Services is a foundation stone of the WFP plan aimed at enabling the business to make data-driven decisions to inform strategic direction, analysing the success of initiatives and impact of WFP operations while ensuring data security and privacy.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Note: The position is advertised through WFP’s Junior Professional Officer (JPO) programme sponsored by the Government of France and is for FRENCH NATIONALS ONLY.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Data Services, the JPO Data Analyst will have the following responsibilities:

Develop process improvement mechanisms for data analytics tasks.

Acquire and clean data from primary or secondary sources and maintain databases/data systems.

Implement databases, data collection systems, data analytics and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.

Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns, using basic machine learning techniques, statistical methods to identify relevant features and variables in structured sources of information and data.