Data Associate (Analyst) – Statistical Analysis

Job Description

Monitoring Data Associate (Analyst) SC-6 | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is a Service Contract role at World Food Programme, located in Kyiv, Ukraine. WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity for people recovering from conflict and disasters. This position is vital to strengthening the monitoring function through robust data management, statistical analysis, data quality assurance, and the production of high-quality analytical outputs to support evidence-based decision-making and learning for WFP Ukraine’s operations.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Service Contract
• Location: Hybrid – Kyiv, Ukraine
• Team: Research, Assessment and Monitoring Unit / WFP Ukraine
• Mission: This person strengthens the monitoring function through robust data management, statistical analysis, data quality assurance, and the production of high-quality analytical outputs.
• Tech Stack: Excel, STATA, SPSS, R, Kobo, ODK, Tableau, Power BI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Data Collection Support: Provide technical support for monitoring data collection, including sampling and tool design, developing, programming, testing, and translating data collection tools.
• Data Management: Maintain structured data management processes from collection to analysis and archiving in accordance with corporate standards.
• Data Analysis: Conduct validation, consolidation, cleaning, and quality assurance of monitoring data, then analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, patterns, and emerging issues using appropriate statistical methods.
• Reporting & Visualization: Develop data visualizations, dashboards, infographics, and other visualization products that effectively communicate monitoring results, contributing to the preparation of monitoring reports and presentations.
• Capacity Strengthening: Support the training of data collectors and the capacity strengthening of WFP staff in data management, analysis, visualization, and interpretation of monitoring findings.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Completion of secondary school education, with coursework or trainings in statistics, econometrics, database management, data visualization, household economics, or other relevant topics being an advantage.
• Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible relevant work experience, including at least one year of data analysis, with specific experience in data cleaning, analysis of household survey data, analysis of project monitoring data, and dashboard building or other types of data visualization.
• Skills: Excellent command of Excel and either STATA, SPSS, or R; familiarity with digital data collection tools (e.g., Kobo, ODK) and coding/translation of surveys; attention to detail; problem-solving attitude and proactiveness; ability to work both with minimal supervision and as part of a team; fluency (level C) in both English and Ukrainian languages.
• Bonus: Visualization skills (such as Tableau or Power BI); willingness to participate in field missions; understanding of the Ukrainian humanitarian context.