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<p>The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, working to save lives and combat hunger globally. In Yemen, one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises continues to drive widespread food insecurity and vulnerability. According to the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), an estimated 22.3 million people require humanitarian assistance, including 18.3 million people in need of food security and livelihood support. WFP's response focuses on saving lives, protecting livelihoods, and improving food consumption among the most vulnerable populations through life-saving food assistance and nutrition interventions. To support evidence-based programming and strategic decision-making, WFP Yemen's Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit leads food security monitoring, assessments, and analysis across the country. The unit conducts large-scale food security and livelihood assessments, market monitoring, beneficiary monitoring, and other analytical activities that generate critical information on food security conditions, market trends, household vulnerabilities, and humanitarian needs. These efforts provide the evidence base for Programme design, targeting, operational planning, donor engagement, resource mobilization, and advocacy. The VAM unit manages and analyzes a wide range of datasets and produces regular analytical products, including monthly food security updates, quarterly food security and market monitoring and market functionality assessments. Through rigorous data collection, analysis, and reporting, the unit plays a central role in informing WFP's response and supporting humanitarian decision-making across Yemen.</p><p>The VAM Officer (Statistician) will support the design, implementation, and analysis of food security assessments and surveys by applying sound statistical methodologies and ensuring the quality, accuracy, and reliability of data collected by WFP Yemen. The position is responsible for conducting statistical analyses and modeling, developing sampling methodologies, managing survey datasets, and producing evidence-based findings to inform food security monitoring, Programme implementation, and humanitarian response. The incumbent will contribute to questionnaire design, sample selection, data cleaning, validation, weighting, and quantitative/qualitative analysis of food security, market, and beneficiary datasets. The role will support the preparation of analytical reports, statistical tables, dashboards, and other information products while ensuring adherence to WFP standards and best practices in survey design, data quality assurance, and statistical reporting. The position will also support the application of innovative statistical techniques including Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning approaches and strengthen the quality and credibility of evidence generated by the VAM unit.</p><strong>Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)</strong><ul><li>Support the design and implementation of food security, market prices and market functionality, beneficiary targeting, and ad hoc assessments by applying appropriate statistical methods and ensuring methodological rigor throughout the assessment cycle.</li><li>Develop sampling methodologies, sample frames, and sample size calculations for household surveys, market assessments, monitoring activities, and other evidence-generation exercises conducted by WFP Yemen.</li><li>Lead data processing activities, including data cleaning, validation, weighting, imputation, and preparation of analysis-ready datasets, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and adherence to established quality standards.</li><li>Conduct statistical analyses of food security, livelihoods, market, beneficiary, and vulnerability datasets using WFP corporate techniques of quantitative and qualitative data analysis.</li><li>Support the development, calculation, and validation of key food security, market, targeting, and outcome indicators used in WFP monitoring and assessment systems.</li><li>Ensure quality assurance of data collection processes through development of validation rules, consistency checks, field monitoring tools, and data quality assessment procedures.</li><li>Contribute to the design, testing, and refinement of questionnaires, survey instruments, and digital data collection tools to improve data quality and operational efficiency.</li><li>Develop and maintain statistical code, automated scripts, and reproducible analytical workflows using relevant statistical software and programming languages to improve efficiency and standardization of analyses.</li><li>Support advanced quantitative analyses, including trend analysis, predictive modelling, small-area estimation, targeting analysis, and other analytical techniques required for food security monitoring and humanitarian response.</li><li>Prepare statistical tables, analytical datasets, metadata, technical documentation, and methodological notes to support reporting and ensure transparency and reproducibility of analytical outputs.</li><li>Support the production of periodic analytical products by providing robust statistical evidence, indicator calculations, and quantitative findings for reports, dashboards, briefs, and other information products.</li><li>Contributes to the integration and harmonization of diverse datasets, including household, market, targeting, operational, geographic, and secondary data sources, to strengthen analytical capacity within the VAM unit.</li><li>Provide technical guidance and training to VAM staff, field teams, cooperating partners, and government counterparts on survey implementation, sampling methodologies, data quality management, and statistical analysis techniques.</li><li>Support emergency assessments and rapid response analytical efforts by conducting timely statistical analysis and ensuring the availability of reliable evidence during crises and sudden-onset emergencies.</li><li>Maintain statistical standards, documentation, and archiving systems to ensure compliance with WFP policies, best practices, and data protection requirements.</li><li>Provide GIS and geospatial data-analysis and management support, including geocoding, spatial joins, administrative boundaries, vulnerability layers, operational locations and map production, where applicable.</li><li>Develop and maintain dashboards and automated reporting products for food security, market prices, assessment results, rM&amp;E/mVAM and other priority VAM indicators.</li></ul><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><p>University degree in Statistics, Applied Statistics, Mathematics, Econometrics, Data Science, or a related quantitative discipline, with strong training in survey methodology, sampling, statistical modelling, and quantitative analysis.</p><p>Total relevant 5 years of experience including 1 year of Professional experience in statistics, quantitative/qualitative analysis, survey methodology, data management, monitoring and evaluation, food security analysis, economics, or a related field.</p><p>Experience in survey design, sampling methodologies, statistical analysis, data quality assurance, and management of large datasets is highly desirable.</p><p>Experience working with humanitarian, development, or socio-economic data and proficiency in statistical software packages like R, STATA, SPSS, Python would be necessary.</p>

<p>DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 7 September 2026-23:59-GMT+03:00 Arabian Standard Time (Aden) WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is 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. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube , LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , TikTok . WHY JOIN WFP? WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. WFP invests in the personal &amp; professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities. A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe. We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). GENERAL INFORMATION: JOB TITLE: Programme Policy Officer (FLA Management) TYPE OF CONTRACT/LEVEL: Fixed Term NOA SUPERVISOR: Programme Officer UNIT/DIVISION: Programme DUTY STATION (City, Country): Aden, Yemen DURATION: 12 Months ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger and food insecurity. WFP's mission is to help achieve Zero Hunger by ensuring that vulnerable populations have access to adequate, safe, and nutritious food. Every day, WFP works globally to support people affected by conflict, disasters, climate shocks, and economic crises, with particular attention to women, children, and other vulnerable groups. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: To support and strengthen the management of Cooperating Partner (CP) engagements, performance, compliance, risk management, partnership agreements, and capacity development. The incumbent will ensure effective partner onboarding, oversight, accountability, and compliance with organizational policies and donor requirements while maintaining strong coordination with technical units, field offices, and external partners. Key Responsibilities 1. Cooperating Partner and FLA Management Lead and manage the end-to-end Cooperating Partner (CP) engagement and onboarding process through UN Partner Portal (UNPP)/Partner Connect, including Expressions of Interest (EOIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), direct selection processes, due diligence, capacity assessments, and Cooperating Partner Committee (CPC) submissions. Review due diligence, capacity assessment, and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) documentation, identify risks and gaps, and ensure quality assurance and completeness of CPC packages and onboarding requirements. Manage the contracting process, budget review, FLA amendment, extension, suspension, and closure of Field Level Agreements (FLAs) across all programme activities, ensuring compliance with corporate and donor requirements, and provide regular progress updates, identifying bottlenecks and recommending corrective actions to management. Support the rollout and adoption of Partner Connect digital modules and provide technical guidance and user support to partners and staff to enhance partnership management efficiency and compliance. 2. Cooperating Partner Performance Evaluation Lead the planning and implementation of annual and periodic CP performance evaluations in coordination with Field Offices and cross functional units. Review and update evaluation tools and methodologies for different programme activities. Ensure timely completion of CP evaluations and follow up on outstanding inputs. Oversee the consolidation of evaluation findings, generate overall performance ratings, and prepare analytical reports for management. Provide regular updates on evaluation progress, challenges, and required management actions. 3. Capacity Strengthening and Improvement Planning Develop and disseminate partner improvement action plans based on performance evaluation findings. Review and strengthen recommendations from Field Offices and technical teams to address identified performance gaps. Coordinate capacity-strengthening initiatives covering PSEA, integrity, gender, protection, supply chain, risk management, compliance, and other organizational requirements. 4. Risk Management, Assurance and Compliance Oversight Support the development and regular updating of CP risk assessments and mitigation plans. Coordinate risk-based assurance and spot-check plans in collaboration with relevant units. Liaise with audit firms and partners during spot checks, audits, and assurance reviews. Monitor corrective actions arising from audits and spot checks and ensure timely resolution. Disseminate donor compliance requirements and partner accountability standards. 5. Knowledge Management and Cross-Cutting Compliance Ensure the integration of cross-cutting priorities, including PSEA, gender, protection, environmental and social safeguards, into partnership processes and agreements. Develop guidance materials, standard operating procedures, templates, and communication tools to support staff and partners. Maintain accurate records, trackers, correspondence, and knowledge management repositories. Support management reporting, coordination meetings, stakeholder communications, and other ad hoc assignments as required.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Desired Candidate Profile</strong></p><ul><li>Advanced university degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Public Administration, Project Management, Humanitarian Affairs, or related field.</li><li>Total relevant 5 years of experience including 1 year of Professional experience.</li><li>Minimum 4 years experience in CP management, programme management, compliance, risk management, or humanitarian/development operations.</li><li>Sound CP and stakeholder and FLA management skills.</li><li>Risk management and compliance oversight skills.</li><li>Analytical and reporting skills.</li><li>Capacity strengthening and facilitation skills.</li><li>Strong coordination and communication abilities.</li><li>Knowledge of UN partnership frameworks, due diligence, donor compliance requirements, and Partner Connect/UNPP platforms systems.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively with cross-functional teams.</li><li>English-Arabic language proficiency.</li></ul>