JOB TITLE Data Systems & Digital Data Collection Specialist (ODKMoDAProgramming) JP RWEE

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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).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The JP RWEE is a partnership initiative of FAO IFAD UN Women and WFP that aims to economically empower rural women in Nepal Niger Pacific Islands (4 countries) Rwanda Tanzania and Tunisia. The JP RWEE focuses on four key economic empowerment outcomes: 1) improved food and nutrition security 2) increased incomes to sustain livelihoods and build resilience 3) enhanced leadership and participation in rural households communities and institutions and 4) a more gender-responsive policy environment for the economic empowerment of rural women.

Following Phase I recommendations a strengthened MEAL system was developed and operationalized for Phase II.

To ensure highquality consistent data management in support of planning performance reporting and beneficiary tracking JP RWEE seeks a technically skilled professional specialized in ODK/MoDa programming digital data collection and data system automation.

The incumbent will support and report to the Global MEAL Coordinator with advanced backend data tasks and country-level system integration.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. DIGITAL DATA COLLECTION & FORM DEVELOPMENT (ODK/MODA/RAPIDPRO)

• Design program and optimize ODK/XLSForm and MoDa survey instruments.
• Conduct full quality checks logic testing and troubleshooting of new and existing forms.
• Support country offices in translating existing paper tools into digital survey forms.
• Develop and maintain automated data pipelines for monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Configure RapidPro flows for specific monitoring needs.

B. DATA SYSTEMS INTEGRATION & AUTOMATION

• Develop scripts or automated procedures to streamline data cleaning and ingestion.
• Contribute to the design and enhancement of existing survey forms where possible

C. DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE & GOVERNANCE

• Develop and apply procedures for data validation completeness and consistency.
• Provide technical guidance to JPRWEE Country teams on data governance and digital data workflows.
• Track and resolve data integrity issues in collaboration with MEALs colleagues.

D. BENEFICIARY COUNTING METHODOLOGY

• Support the implementation of unique direct beneficiary counting systems.
• Ensure standardization and correct application of the counting logic across the six JP RWEE countries.

E. COUNTRY OFFICE SUPPORT

• Deliver oneonone technical support on ODK/MoDa use and troubleshooting.

F. PHASE III SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY

• Translate programme survey tools from Word into fully functional ODK/XLSForm formats.
• Upload and configure digital survey modules in the Designer platform ensuring they are easy for country offices to reuse and adapt.
• Maintain a structured library of standardized JP RWEE survey forms and modules.
• Ensure survey wording structure and logic remain aligned between the Word version and the digital version.
• Develop clean easy to follow Word versions of all finalized survey tools for use by country teams that still require non-digital backup formats.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT (within 60 days):

• Fully functional and quality checked ODK/MoDa forms for monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Operational Beneficiary counting system.
• Regular technical support provided to CTs.
• A data governance and quality assurance 1 pager for JP RWEE Phase III use.
• A system architecture map (data flows rules dependencies dashboards storage).
• Training materials (slides video walkthroughs checklists) for global and country teams.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

University degree (Bachelors or Masters) in a technical or quantitative discipline such as:

Data Science Data Engineering

Computer Science Software Engineering

Information Systems Information Technology

Statistics Applied Mathematics

Engineering or quantitative Social Sciences with a strong computational focus

ODK/XLSForm advanced programming

Digital data collection platforms (MoDa Kobo RapidPro)

Python R SQL or data automation workflows

Database management API integration ETL pipelines

Additional coursework in MEAL information systems or survey methodology is an asset.

Experience:

• Proven experience designing and programming ODK/XLSForms MoDa forms and digital surveys including complex skip logic constraints validation rules and indicator syntax.
• Technical expertise in data engineering data cleaning and automated data pipelines (Python R SQL or similar).
• Demonstrated ability to convert paper/Word surveys into fully functional digital data collection tools and maintain standardized survey libraries.
• Experience developing and documenting indicator syntax calculations and metadata for MEAL systems.
• Solid understanding of beneficiary counting systems data integrity and governance standards.
• Ability to integrate data from multiple platforms (ODK MoDa COMET RapidPro databases).
• Experience in humanitarian or development MEAL systems is an asset.

Knowledge & Skills

• Excellent command of both quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods.
• Communication skills to support technical troubleshooting with country teams and nontechnical users.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to interact with team members in a remote working setting and in diverse cultural contexts.

Competencies

• Able to plan and organise workload in an efficient manner and complete tasks with adherence to deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills fostering inclusive and collaborative teamwork.
• Able to build and maintain effective working relationships remotely.
• Uphold ethics in data management
• Leads by example with integrity.

Languages

• Fluency (level C) in Oral and written English. French desirable

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