WFP Beirut Country Office – Head of Information Management, Reporting and GIS

WFP Lebanon encourages female candidates and people with disabilities to apply.

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Position deadline:

This position will close on 14 January 2024, 11:59 PM Rome time.

Terms and Conditions:

• WFP offers a competitive benefits package including salary, various types of leaves including maternity and paternity, medical and life insurances, provision of breastfeeding rooms for new parents, and various wellness platforms.
• WFP Lebanon offers flexible working hours schedule upon prior approval.
• Our premises are accessible, and we are committed to accommodate to any required reasonable accessible needs to remove barriers in the workplace.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Organizational Background:

Assisting more than 115.5 million people in 120 + countries each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by

2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of

the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.

WFP Lebanon provides humanitarian assistance to over 2 million vulnerable persons for food and other essential needs through cash-based transfers and in-kind food. WFP Lebanon also provides food assistance in the form of snacks and fresh food to school aged students and promotes resilient livelihoods and sustainable food systems. In addition to direct assistance to the most food insecure and vulnerable people, WFP also supports government institutions, partners, and other entities to strengthen their capacity to deliver social assistance.

To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video:
https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/

Key Responsibilities (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive):

Within the assigned unit and delegated authority, the Head of OIM will be responsible for the following duties:

• Provide full support to the Country Director and Deputy Country Director, serving as the first port of call for all information requests pertaining to WFP’s Lebanon operations.
• Work closely with WFP Programme as well as vulnerability analysis and mapping (VAM)/Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) to develop clear analysis for the Country Director and Deputy Country Director, which would then feed into key reports, publications, and talking points for both internal and external consumption.
• Oversee the collation, analysis, and communication of political and humanitarian analysis pertaining to WFP current or future responses, to provide operational awareness and understanding of events that may have humanitarian and/or operational impact and to ensure country-specific input to WFP’s operational reporting.
• Ensure consistency of monthly and annual performance reporting into WFP corporate systems, including COMETCOMET (Country Office Tool for Managing (programme operations) Effectively) and other information management systems.
• Coordinate the Annual Performance Planning process for the Country Office.
• Lead the country office reporting processes, including the Annual Country Report (ACR), internal and external Situation Reports, factsheets, briefing material and other reports as required, in collaboration with respective country office units and/or external sources and using data analysis/mapping generated by the Unit.
• Support staff in assigned area and across functions to ensure an aligned and consistent approach to, and drive the quality and consistency of, information management, analysis, and performance reporting.
• Collaborate with counterparts internally and with other UN agencies to ensure consistency in humanitarian information and to complement WFP analysis and information.
• Coordinate the development of systems and tools that support effective information management, knowledge management, and performance reporting in line with WFP and UN policies and practices. Identify gaps and challenges in existing information management systems and contribute to solutions to be implemented, including strategic guidance to the Technical Data Working Group and support to identity management and assurance processes.
• Collaborate with VAM/M&E, Cash Based Transfer (CBT), and other functional units to support CBT assurance processes, including trend analysis and transfer reconciliation, detection of operational anomalies, and analytical reports to support business requirements.
• Enhance capacity and provide support for country office units on data visualization, analytics, and analysis, including through the development of dashboards (namely through Tableau and ArcGIS), infographics, and reports.
• Ensure appropriate Geographic Information System (GIS) support to mapping and information needs of country office functional Units, including (but not limited to) VAM/M&E, Programme, Communications, and country office Management.
• Contribute GIS products and support to operational data analysis/reporting for internal and external use.
• Establish links with other agencies and networks to ensure an appropriate level of inter-agency data and maps exchange, and participate in inter-agency meetings as appropriate.
• Manage a team of information management/data analyst and GIS staff, providing coaching and guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
• Other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Advanced University degree in Political Science, Economics, Statistics, Information Management, Business Management, Social Sciences or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience: At least six (6) years of postgraduate professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in humanitarian and/ or development.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of Arabic is an added advantage.

Required Experiences for entry into the role:

• Excellent writing and communication skills, including experience with targeted written or visual communication materials and presentations.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in the use of statistical concepts and tools to analyze and interpret information and draw out key messages.
• Experience working with qualitative and quantitative data from different sources including geospatial to produce operational and/or programmatic analysis and evidence to inform decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain effective collaborative relationships with stakeholders at all levels to drive results
• Experience to lead, motivate and develop a small team of junior staff
• Experience supporting and guiding staff with complex analysis and queries, and cross-tabulation/analysis among various data sets.
• Understanding of the project management life cycle, including CBT programming, and WFP operational reporting requirements is desirable.
• Knowledge of WFP vulnerability assessments/surveys concepts and principles, with some knowledge of best practices, techniques and processes. Prior experience working in WFP Vulnerability Assessment Mapping and/or data analysis field is desirable

WFP Leadership Framework: Common Standards of Behaviour

• Leads by Example with Integrity
• Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards
• Respects others and values diversity
• Stays focused and calm under pressure
• Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn
• Delivers results for maximum impact
• Delegates appropriately
• Adapts readily to change
• Is inclusive and collaborative
• Gives timely and constructive feedback
• Builds and shares new perspective
• Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision
• Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things
• Analyses and evaluates data
• Considers the impact of decisions
• Builds partnerships
• Collaborates to deliver common objectives
• Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments
• Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative
• Applies Strategic Thinking
• Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships