JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB PURPOSE:

Under the direct supervision of the Head, RAM and Evaluation Unit, the position will be responsible to support the team in undertaking research and evaluation on the impact of rice fortification across multiple States in India. S/He will independently handle wide range of specialized and/or standardized research and evaluation-related processes and activities to support the effective delivery of planned activities

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Not all inclusive)

Contribute to conceptualizing, developing, and implementing the planned evaluation and research on the impact of rice fortification in multiple States, including preparation of concept notes, research protocols, applications for Health Ministry’s Screening Committee (HMSC) and ethical Institutional Review Board (IRB), development of terms of reference, drafting and finalization of data collection tools, and design of data entry systems in compliance with WFP’s guidelines, support the training of enumerators, quality assurance, data cleaning, analysis, and reporting.
Provide guidance and technical oversight to external agencies/ vendors/ service providers/ research partners who are hired to undertake the research and evaluation studies on rice fortification.
Provide coordination, research, and analyses support to the research on impact of rice fortification through review of relevant secondary literature, analysis of secondary data including data/information flowing to/from various government portals on a periodic basis as well as national survey datasets including NSSO, NFHS, CNNS and Census and prepare briefs, updates based on new research and findings for reference.
Undertake advanced quantitative analysis of the data collected through the research on impact of rice fortification, and contribute to development of technical reports, presentations, and other relevant products for internal and external stakeholders.
Provide effective coordination with various stakeholders including governments/ departments, donors, research partners, WFP colleagues, etc.
Support in reporting and sharing the knowledge products with various stakeholders within WFP and externally with donors, research partners, government stakeholders, etc.
Support in report writing and presenting the research, analysis, and monitoring outputs into variety of evidence products such as policy briefs, peer-reviewed research papers, working papers, thematic papers, books etc.
Other duties as required.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

Demonstrates excellent knowledge about food security and nutrition issues, especially on large-scale staple fortification, and is familiar with government policies and data sets on food security nutrition.
Demonstrates ability to analyse, visualize and interpret data to contribute to technical programme design, implementation, and monitoring.
Demonstrated ability to develop concept notes, design and conduct surveys, preliminary scoping on upcoming research areas, to produce research material and organize technical consultations.
Capacity to communicate effectively orally and in written formats to a variety of audiences.
A natural discussion partner for both younger and more established academics.
Works effectively and collaboratively in support of building a team-based culture of work.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

Completion of secondary school education. Second level university degree in Economics/ Demography/ Population Studies/ Social Science/ Public Health, or similar field relevant is desirable

EXPERIENCE

Minimum seven years of work experience in the field of food security, nutrition, poverty, health, staple fortification, and related areas, including undertaking various research and evaluation related activities, research studies and analytical work using modern analytical software such as Stata, R, Python or SPSS. Experience in writing concept notes, proposals, reports and other knowledge products for research projects. Experience in providing inputs into designing studies and programmes and has provided inputs for policy discussions

KNOWLEDGE & TOOLS

High level of proficiency with MS office package. Knowledge of GIS tools such as QGIS, ArcGIS and data visualization tools such as Power BI/Tableau will be useful.

LANGUAGE

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Working knowledge of Hindi is preferred.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements