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• Actively contribute to the continuous analysis of food security and
  nutrition of Uganda and participate actively in internal decision making
  for the strategic and technical alignment of WFP’s activities to the
  hunger realities of the country;
• Foster partnerships with the government of Uganda, UN partners and
  non-governmental organisations to improve vulnerability analysis, pursue
  consensus and strengthen capacities;
• Lead and manage all VAM projects (including assessments, analysis,
  reporting and training) and ensure high quality and timely execution;
• Supervise the Vulnerability and Mapping (VAM) team, including the
  development and tracking of individual and team work plans and performance
  of other project management functions, including budget tracking;
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders, including Outcome Managers
  and Activity Managers, on information and analysis requirements and
  actively contribute to continuous improvements to WFP’s programme design,
  strategic planning and the implementation of activities;
• Provide leadership on all AME-led capacity strengthening and other
  collaborative efforts with government ministries, departments and
  agencies;
• Act as a resource person and lead in the design of outcome
  measurement studies across the WFP Uganda programme portfolio;
• Ensure the collection of relevant, valid and high quality nutrition
  data, through implementation of recommended field procedures and
  conducting technical checks on data;
• Continuously build team capacity in Food Security and Nutrition
  Analysis, and provide leadership in innovative approaches to communicate
  results in support of evidence-based programming;
• Ensure that a robust database of indicators relating to Food
  Security and Nutrition is maintained;
• Assist in preparing/updating of early warning, risk analysis and
  contingency planning in order to respond to humanitarian crises;
• Provide guidance on market analysis conducted in the unit and act as
  a technical resource person in discussions on food assistance modalities particularly
  regarding cash transfers;
• Other as required.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) Officer job placement
  should hold an advanced University degree in any of the following areas:
  Agriculture,  Economics, Food
  Security, Statistics, Data Science, Nutrition, Geography, Geospatial
  Mapping, Rural Development or other related field
• A minimum of four years of working experience in development, food
  security, Nutrition or related field
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of statistical tools and methods
  for quantitative food security analysis, and in the use of database
  software and information management tools
• excellent report writing skills
• Good working knowledge and experience in using MS Office
  Applications
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of several statistical tools and
  methods for food security analysis.
• Developed practical expertise in food security analysis and mapping
  by participating in multiple assessments in countries, including the
  design, data collection and analysis.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge and understanding of WFP
  vulnerability mapping systems and emergency assessment standards.

• Food Security Analysis: Demonstrates ability to conduct structured food security
  analysis—Identify underlying macro and micro factors impacting food
  security of communities and countries. Provides findings and
  recommendations for the programmatic response.
• Food Security Monitoring: Manages the implementation of food security monitoring systems.
  Investigates any observed anomalies in the datasets and informs program
  management for operational response.
• Technical Specialized Knowledge (e.g., Economics, Statistics, Public Health, Remote Sensing, GIS,
  etc.) Provides managerial and technical guidance for designing and
  conducting analyses, including computation, interpretation, and
  presentation of results for food security surveys and key indicators
  (comprehensive food security and vulnerability surveys, food security
  monitoring, implementing mobile surveys, market analysis, food consumption
  scores, coping strategies indices. data disaggregation, etc.)
• Food Security Assessment: Leads all aspects of surveys including design, implementation,
  analysis, findings and reporting. Ensures that assessment findings are
  easily translated into operational programmatic response.
• Strategic Operational Understanding:
  Demonstrates strong understanding of country operations to participate in
  response analysis exercises to improve the cohesion between analytical
  findings and programmatic response. Constructs evidence base underlying
  technical and policy advice given to stakeholders.

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