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Are you a Lead Data Engineer interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organisation investing in its people?
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.
Applications must be submitted by Thursday, March 28th, 2024 (11:59 PM CET)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, operating in more than 120 countries and territories, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies, building pathways to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods for a world with zero hunger.
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: UN World Food Programme (WFP) and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.
WFP country offices deliver assistance to beneficiaries through a variety of digital platforms and service providers. WFP works in partnership with several commercial Financial Service Providers (FSPs), including banks, micro-finance institutions, mobile money operators and money transfer agents, in addition to using WFP’s own delivery platform, SCOPE. One of WFP’s corporate objectives is to increasingly digitize the delivery of both in kind and cash assistance, to achieve greater efficiencies and provide greater accountability and traceability of assistance delivered. Therefore, WFP seeks to build its corporate capacity to centrally receive, store, process and analyze digital operational data for the purpose of promoting accountability, controls, and efficiencies as part of cash-based transfers and in-kind assistance. There is also the opportunity to better inform WFP’s programme design through the analysis of digital data emanating from operations.
Several challenges exist in streamlining digital analysis globally, including the tasks of receiving and maintaining amounts of varied operational data from different systems and modalities, processing and generating meaningful analysis of data, and ensuring that data privacy and security standards are upheld. The Delivery Assurance unit within the Supply Chain and Delivery division plays a crucial role in supporting the implementation of cash and in-kind assistance programs, offering end-to-end or standalone data services to meet corporate identity management and reconciliation standards.
To achieve the objectives outlined above, WFP is recruiting Lead Data Engineer to be part of the Delivery Assurance team established in the Supply Chain and Delivery division, in support of WFP’s operations globally. The selected candidate would be reporting administratively to the Head of Data Assurance Services in the Delivery Assurance team, while (s)he would be technically reporting to an IT Officer in the TEC (Technology) division.
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Advanced University degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science or other related fields, or a First University Degree with additional years of related work experience.
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These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.
Leads by Example with Integrity | Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments | Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative Teamwork | Applies Strategic Thinking | Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships |
Lives the WFP values and shows humanity and integrity by role modelling care for others | Delivers on commitments and adapts readily to change | Is inclusive and collaborative, and contributes to a culture of learning and personal growth | Demonstrates commitment to gather perspectives, analyse options and risks, and propose new ways of doing things | Builds and nurtures external partnerships and collaborates with partners to deliver common objectives |
WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment
WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.