Business Analyst Business Continuity Management
Business Analyst Business Continuity Management
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13 August 2025-23:59-GMT01:00 Central European Time (Rome)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.
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WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & 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).
JOB TITLE:
Business Analyst Business Continuity Management
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Consultant CST Level II
UNIT/DIVISION:
Business Continuity Management (BCM) Risk Management Division (RMD)
DUTY STATION (City Country):
Rome Italy (until 31 December 2025)
DURATION:
1 September 2025 until 31 December 2025
BACKGROUND:
Established in September 2017 the Risk Management Division (RMD) aims to strengthen embed and achieve continuous improvements in risk management internal control and compliance oversight reporting anti-fraud & anti-corruption measures and donor review management throughout WFP and organizational learning in these areas in line with WFPs 2018 Enterprise Risk Management Policy 2018 Oversight Framework and 2021 Revised Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption (AFAC) Policy. RMD also provides functional leadership to a network of Risk Officers located in regional bureaux (RBx) and higher risk country offices (COs) and AFAC Officers located in 2024 as a result of organizational restructuring RMD also now houses the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Unit and the Evaluation Function Liaison Unit.
BCM is a core element of the UNs mandatory Organizational Resilience Management System (ORMS) policy which has been implemented in WFP and on which WFP has been providing progress reports to the High-Level Committee on Management (HLCM) Procurement Network.
The BCM Unit is responsible for leading WFPs corporate work related to BCM and supporting organizational resilience efforts. The Unit is the custodian of all corporate level business continuity policies circulars and guidance as well as WFPs corporate Business Continuity Plan (BCP). The team supports both Headquarters (HQ) functional areassuch as Finance HR and TEC among others plus all the field offices in the development of their BCPs this by providing templates advising on process mapping preparing and delivering training and awareness materials. Additionally the Unit is also responsible for the development and organization of business continuity maintenance and testing exercises managing WFPs Organizational Resilience Management Group (ORMG) and contributing to UN inter-agency endeavors.
The consultant will cover the role of Business Analyst - Business Continuity Management and will play a key role maintaining BCM in WFP.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The BCM Business Analyst leads key activities and manages the relationship with critical players in the functional areas and field offices (including RBx and COs) involved in the preparation and maintenance of business continuity planning. It plays key role in developing and improving business continuity management in WFP and will report to the Business Continuity Manager who in turn reports to the RMD Director.
Main responsibilities include:
Leading all maintenance and exercise preparatory activities with the RBx HQ and other offices and stakeholders impacted by the corporate BCP such as the Crisis Management
Team (CMT) including identifying business-critical personnel preparing detailed training and exercise schedules instructing ICT resources on the preparation of relevant emergency preparedness roles communication flows and other related activities;
Coordinating with functional area representatives to prepare awareness training and exercise material then schedule and deliver business continuity training (usually on specific skill-sets such as programming treasury etc.) ensuring the quality of delivery;
Delivering training on the business continuity processes and tools to business-critical staff and BC focal points in COs and RBx coordinating corporate BCM training and exercise on- site support which includes ensuring effective coordination of on-site trainers impacted office staff HQ functional area staff;
Delivering training and providing assistance (remotely and/or in person) to HQ units about backend systems support (in particular: TECD TECM and IT Service Desk);
Providing guidance and assistance (remotely and/or in person) to RBx COs and other WFP organizational and functional structures that prepare maintain and exercise business continuity plans;
Supporting as a subject-matter expert in the development and rollout of a BCM digital tool to pilot and launch an efficient replacement of the paper-based BC plan.
Ensure that all process related documentation is up-to-date and meets WFPs business process design methodological requirements including the use of appropriate business process modelling tools and systems;
Performing any additional activities and taking on additional coordination-type responsibilities as requested by management;
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Successful completion of CO BCPs for which on-site and/or remote guidance and assistance was provided;
Successful completion of all training and exercise preparatory activities as described above in line with the schedule defined with the functional areas and the involved organizational structures (e.g. Regional Bureaux);
Other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: University degree in Business Management Economics or any other related field.
Experience: Over 10 years of experience in business and process analysis in different industries including the UN.
Essential Knowledge & Skills:
- Advanced knowledge of UN ORMS policy and WFPs business-critical processes.
- Experience coordinating teams (including with team members for which no rigid hierarchical relationship exists) and engaging with stakeholders autonomously.
- Advanced ability to use and train others in WFPs process design methodology and
tools (including autonomously leading process design and analysis workshops).
- Particularly strong training and coaching skills.
- Exposure to Country Office/Field Level activities in the UN.
- Knowledge of UN/WFP governance organizational structures strategy and major
initiatives. Understanding of UN/WFP rules regulations and policies.
- Willingness and capacity to travel anywhere required by the project and the division also at short-notice.
- Strong user of standard office automation tools (in particular Microsoft).
Languages: Fluency in English and other UN language(s) required.
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate complete and includes your employment records academic qualifications language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed please apply and submit your application.
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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs job requirements merit and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse all forms of discrimination any kind of harassment sexual harassment and abuse of authority. Therefore all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) FAO Finance Committee WFP External Auditor WFP Audit Committee Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
