Statistician, Data Curator & Content Manager

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ABOUT WFP

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.

At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP

• 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 Food Security and Nutrition Analysis (PGRF) Service Geospatial and Intelligence Unit (PGRFG) seeks to fill a statistician position based at the Headquarters of the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome Italy.
The PGRF Service in WFP HQ leads WFPs food security analysis and vulnerability monitoring supporting a large network of analysts in regional bureaux and country offices. Food security analysis is a cornerstone of the organizations work. It provides WFP governments and partners with the essential information to identify populations in need and target the most appropriate type and scale of interventions as well as the necessary knowledge to inform policy decisions and advocacy efforts. Analyses span emergency assessments in-depth household surveys spatial analysis early warning information economic and market trends analyses and food security monitoring. Programme monitoring includes a wide range of data collection and analysis exercises that provide a continuous and timely understanding of the outcomes outputs and level of compliance of operations.
The Programme Division is the custodian of large portions of WFPs operational data including information generated through assessments food and cash assistance activities planning processes and field operations. As data owner the Division is responsible for ensuring that these data assets are trustworthy wellstructured and suitable for reuse across the organization.
This stewardship role involves:

Defining data standards and governance expectations

The Programme Division establishes the classifications definitions documentation requirements and quality thresholds that apply to operational data. These standards ensure consistency across countries enable comparison between contexts and create a shared understanding of what each dataset represents.
Ensuring quality and completeness of data provided by field operations
Because data routed through WFPs operational processes is often collected under challenging conditions the Division plays a key role in guiding country offices on correct data capture validation and routine updates. This includes flagging quality issues supporting corrections and ensuring that operational datasets remain reliable over time.
Authorizing access and responsible use
As owner the Division determines which users or systems may view or use specific operational datasets in line with corporate data protection practices and any conditions associated with partnerships or datasharing agreements.
Maintaining the longterm value of data
The Division ensures that datasets remain usable for future analysis by encouraging appropriate documentation versioning and preservation of the contextual information needed to interpret data correctly.

By fulfilling these responsibilities the Programme Division enables the organization to build analyses and decisionsupport tools on top of consistent and wellgoverned operational data.

The Intelligence Unit ensures that operational data managed by different teams can be combined shared and used efficiently across the organization. Its role focuses on enabling systems and datasets to work together without manual intervention. Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating integration across platforms by establishing common connection patterns shared identifiers and consistent metadata so that data from different domains aligns naturally.
• Maintaining interoperability standards that allow information to move smoothly between tools reducing duplication and the need for bespoke integrations.
• Improving discoverability and documentation by promoting clear metadata cataloguing practices and coherent data descriptions so users can easily locate and understand available datasets.
• Bridging business and technical requirements to ensure that the way data is structured and exchanged reflects operational needs while remaining compatible with enterprise data architecture.
• Promoting reuse by guiding teams to adopt shared structures and avoiding parallel or redundant data pipelines. Through this combined implementation and coordination role the Intelligence Unit ensures that operational data becomes a reliable and reusable resource for analysis reporting and decisionmaking across functions and levels of the organization.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Programme Divisions Lead Statistician and in close coordination with the relevant product teams the Content Manager & Data Curator will ensure that operational data is consistently documented well-structured and ready for reuse across systems and analytical processes.
Strengthen data documentation structure and quality

• Maintain and continuously improve metadata data dictionaries dataset descriptions and validation rules to ensure completeness and clarity.
• Work with data owners and field teams to apply standard classifications reference data and naming conventions to operational datasets.
• Review incoming datasets for quality coherence missing documentation and alignment with defined standards.

Support discoverability and governance of operational data

• Ensure datasets are properly catalogued tagged and indexed in relevant repositories and registries.
• Maintain links between datasets their documentation their lineage and relevant business processes.
• Ensure the required access rules sharing conditions and license information are properly reflected.

Coordinate content preparation for interoperability

• Collaborate with the Intelligence Unit to apply shared metadata structures identifiers and schema templates.
• Assist in preparing datasets for integration into standardized access layers and cross-domain analytical workflows.

Provide guidance and capacity support

• Train and support country offices and thematic teams in applying documentation standards and maintaining high-quality metadata.
• Develop simple reference guides examples and templates for data owners and producers.

Contribute to continuous improvement

• Monitor the usage feedback and gaps in dataset documentation and propose enhancements.
• Work closely with business teams to ensure evolving operational processes are reflected in dataset documentation.
• Support audits reviews and data governance assessments as needed.

Perform additional tasks

• Undertake any other related duties required to maintain a high-quality data catalogue and ensure effective stewardship of operational data.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Standardized Metadata and Documentation

• Complete metadata templates for all prioritized operational datasets including definitions classifications lineage notes and usage context.
• A harmonized set of data dictionaries and controlled vocabularies aligned with corporate standards.

Structured and Catalogued Data Assets

• Fully documented datasets entered into the designated data catalog or registry with complete metadata tags and access conditions.
• A maintained index of available datasets including updates version logs and data quality flags.

Quality Review Outputs

• Periodic quality-assessment reports summarizing gaps inconsistencies and recommended improvements for data owners.
• A formalized process for dataset onboarding including review checklists and documentation completeness assessments.

Interoperability-Ready Dataset Packages

• Datasets prepared according to shared schema templates and reference data enabling smooth integration across systems.
• Mapping tables and structural alignment notes developed in collaboration with system coordinators.

User Guidance and Training Materials

• Easy-to-follow guides on dataset documentation metadata standards and maintenance workflows.
• Training sessions delivered to country offices and business teams on how to document catalogue and maintain operational data.
• Continuous Updates and Feedback Mechanisms
• A maintained feedback log capturing user input on documentation gaps discoverability issues or metadata improvements.
• Updated artefacts reflecting changes in operational processes or new data sources.

Periodic Reporting to the Programme Division

• Quarterly reports summarizing documentation progress dataset coverage and outstanding risks related to data quality or governance.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced university degree in statistics information technology data science or similar relevant discipline.
Experience:

• At least three years of relevant post-graduate experience in information technology and economic and/or food security analysis including:
• Data management metadata creation and documentation workflows.
• Structuring and curating datasets (preferably operational programme or humanitarian data).
• Applying data quality standards validation processes and classification systems.
• Working with data catalogues or knowledge management platforms.
• Experience collaborating with technical teams programme units or monitoring functions.
• Field experience or exposure to operational contexts is an asset.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong understanding of metadata standards data governance concepts and documentation best practices.
• Proficiency with tools for data documentation cataloguing or informationmanagement workflows.
• Good command of MS Office; familiarity with SQL XML/JSON schemas or similar structureddata formats is an advantage.
• Abiility to analyse dataset structures and identify inconsistencies gaps or alignment needs.
• Excellent writing skills with the ability to produce clear concise userfriendly documentation.
• Strong organizational skills accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within crossfunctional teams.
• Ability to engage with colleagues of diverse cultural and technical backgrounds.

Languages:

• Fluent written and spoken English (level C);
• Working knowledge (level B) of French Arabic or Spanish is required.

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