Programme Associate (VAM) - Amman

About the role

The World Food Programme (WFP) Jordan is hiring a Programme Associate (VAM) for a 12-month service contract based in Amman, Jordan. The Vulnerability, Assessment and Mapping (VAM) function generates and manages evidence to support programme design, targeting, market analysis, monitoring and operational decisions. The post sits in the WFP Jordan Country Office, under the guidance of the Senior VAM Officer, and covers market analysis, assessment design and implementation, household profiling, targeting analysis, evidence generation and capacity strengthening.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning, collection and analysis of market price data with Supply Chain and Field Offices, and prepare monthly, quarterly and ad hoc market monitoring reports and bulletins.
• Act as focal point for technical and operational queries on market analysis, price monitoring and economic trends.
• Lead analysis of the Minimum Expenditure Basket, affordability and household purchasing power, and monitor market trends, inflation and economic risks.
• Support the design and implementation of vulnerability assessments, surveys and monitoring, including sampling, tool development, enumerator training and quality assurance.
• Clean, validate and analyse data using SPSS, R, Excel or similar tools, and carry out household profiling, vulnerability and targeting analyses, including regression analysis.
• Analyse food security, nutrition, markets, vulnerability, resilience and livelihoods indicators with gender, AAP and protection perspectives, and prepare evidence products and reports.
• Disseminate evidence, compile lessons learned, coordinate with government institutions, UN agencies and NGOs, and document business processes and datasets.
• Support technical agreements with national counterparts such as the Department of Statistics of Jordan, and provide capacity building to partners and government counterparts on market monitoring, targeting and food security analysis.

Required profile

• Secondary school completion; a post-secondary certificate in a related field is desirable.
• At least six years of progressively responsible experience, including assessments, data analysis, market monitoring, targeting or food security analysis.
• Previous experience in humanitarian or development contexts, and in conducting assessments, surveys or research.
• Experience working with government counterparts and humanitarian or development partners.

Required skills

• Surveys, assessments and quantitative data analysis.
• Household vulnerability analysis and targeting approaches.
• Proficiency in SPSS, R, STATA, Excel or similar data analysis software.
• Statistical analysis, including regression analysis, and strong report writing and communication skills.