AIMS Service Manager
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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
24 September 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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The World Food Programme is the worlds 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.
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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:
AIMS Service Manager
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Consultant Level II
UNIT/DIVISION:
APP: Analysis Planning and Performance Division
DUTY STATION (City Country):
Rome Italy
DURATION:
6 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The GIS and Remote Sensing unit in the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service part of the Analysis Planning and Performance Division (APP-FG) undertakes analysis of climate and satellite data to provide evidence for food security and resilience related applications. Among its activities the AIMS Service (Asset Impact Monitoring System) provides objective assessment and quantification of the Ecosystem Community Infrastructure & Livelihoods (ECL) Unit of theProgramme Policy and Guidance (PPG) Division. AIMS establishes not only proof of the resilience assets implementation and maintenance over the years using VHR (Very High-Resolution data) but it also provides objective evidence of the long-term positive impacts of the ECL interventions onlandcover soil moisture and expansion of livelihood resources using a variety of satellite data fromMODIS NDVI data to Sentinel-2 biophysical indicators. AIMS has supported 35 Country Offices to monitor over 5500 asset creation projects since its the last two years the Service has expanded its offerings to include access to an interactive platform and the provision of two AIMS indicators to be included in WFPs core reporting (ACR/CRF). The overall direction of AIMS is to expand the service and become one of WFPs prominent services for evidence generation and advocacy for corporate natural resource management activities. As part of the expansion initiatives AIMS plans to increase the number of participating COs develop a regional AIMS service and embark on new strategic directions by extending the service to other functional areas within the organization and beyond to third parties. APP-FG is seeking an experienced scientific consultant with a strong background in Earth Observation analytics solid experience in the management of complex Earth Observation related projects and knowledge of World Food Program resilience interventions. The consultant will provide strategic direction to AIMS widening the scope of the services and leading an increase in adoption of AIMS by WFP Country Offices and manage the daily operations of AIMS including the supervision of a team with over four more junior consultants.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
The consultant hired under these ToRs will be a technical member of the GIS and Remote Sensing Unit of the APP Division at WFP HQ in Rome. The consultant will work under the direct technical supervision of Giancarlo Pini head of the GIS & Remote Sensing Unit. The consultant will reportperiodically on the progress of the required analytical work.
Strategic direction
Formulate the strategy for AIMS and other documents to support resource mobilization;
Define project scope goals deliverables and required resources.
Project management
Overall management and coordination the AIMS Service from 360 degrees including informationmanagement analysis and product delivery (reports platform access trainings);
Manage the budget and ensure efficient use of financial resources for achievement of setobjectives;
Liaise with the focal points in RAM PRO-RL Country Offices and Regional Bureaus for regularcoordination of AIMS activities including the acquisition and management FFA project locationdata;
Coordinate the development of legal agreements between commercial imagery suppliers WFPLegal and Procurement units to ensure reliable imagery access for AIMS monitoring.
Lead and provide first level supervision for four or more AIMS consultants to achieve goals thatcontribute to the growth of the AIMS Service.
Scientific / analytical guidance
Provide guidance in the development of methodologies and operational processes for the analysisof satellite data with particular focus on analysis of FFA project completion.
Lead quality assurance on analytical briefs produced and FFA completion reports for FFA locationsidentified by participating COs.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced University degree in physical geography biology physics orrelated field
Experience:
Six or more years of experience in Geospatial Analysis with emphasis onRemote Sensing;
Earth Observation related project management and with staff supervision;
Experience managing institutional co-operations with both humanitarianand private sector partners and developing legal agreements.
Good familiarity with WFP Asset Creation projects their types scope andexpected outputs
Experience in a humanitarian or development context is a plus
Knowledge & Skills:
Proven knowledge of project management of complex EO projectsmanagement of large budgets identification and hiring of staff;
Capacity to pitch AIMS clearly and concisely to senior management bothorally and in writing;
Good presentation and team working skills with the ability to follow anddevelop a given scope of work;
Proven knowledge of using GIS and remote sensing to monitorhumanitarian or development operations;
Expert knowledge of GIS and Remote Sensing software (ARCGIS Q-GIS);
Experience in early warning and remote sensing (interpretation andanalysis) and familiarity with the specialized software applicationsassociated with them;
Proficiency with modern high level programming languages / analyticalsystems in particular R and Python as applied to the processing ofgeophysical data;
Languages:
Strong written and oral English skills (proficiency/level C)
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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:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
