Asociado RAM – G6 – MEAL and VAM

Job Description

Asociado de RAM G-6 | World Food Programme

The Tone:
This is a Fixed Term role at the World Food Programme, with duty stations in various locations across Venezuela, including Maracaibo, Carúpano, and Delta Amacuro. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and fostering peace and stability through food assistance. This role is crucial for providing effective specialized support and technical analysis to programs that address food assistance needs.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Fixed Term
• Location: In-person – Venezuela (Multi Duty Station: Maracaibo, Carúpano, Delta Amacuro, etc.)
• Team: Supports program activities and processes, ensuring harmonization with broader policies.
• Mission: To provide effective specialized support and technical analysis for policies and programs that efficiently meet food assistance needs.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office, Tableau, R, STATA, SPSS, ODK, MODA, Atlas.ti

What You’ll Actually Do
• Technical Support: Provide specialized technical support and assistance for various program processes and activities, ensuring alignment with WFP policies.
• Data & Reporting: Elaborate reports and analyze data on food assistance needs, resource utilization, and program progress, ensuring quantifiable results adhere to corporate standards.
• Team Leadership: Supervise and coordinate field monitoring, accountability, learning (MEAL), and vulnerability analysis and mapping (VAM) teams, including remote coordination.
• Partner & Community Engagement: Coordinate with partners, agencies, NGOs, and local institutions for food security analysis and efficient assistance delivery, and support community feedback mechanisms.
• Capacity Building: Lead training and supervision for implementing partners and field teams on targeting, accountability, monitoring, and data collection processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Completion of secondary education with a post-secondary certificate in a relevant functional area.
• Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible work experience in the relevant field, including general administrative tasks, and experience in data collection, processing, and analysis for programmatic design and decision-making.
• Skills: Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and visualization tools (Microsoft Office, Tableau, R, STATA, SPSS, ODK, MODA, Atlas.ti); basic understanding of indicator construction and design; strong organizational, communication, and teamwork abilities; capacity to work autonomously under pressure with attention to detail.
• Bonus: University degree in Political, Pedagogical, Economic, or Social Sciences (e.g., Sociology, Social Work, Anthropology, Education, Psychology, Political Studies, International Studies, Economics, Statistics); Master’s degree; at least 5 years of experience in qualitative and quantitative monitoring, accountability, learning (MEAL), vulnerability analysis and mapping (VAM); experience in leading multidisciplinary teams.