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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.A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across various country, regional and global offices around the world.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 UN World Food Programme (WFP) is one of the leading global institutions helping to measure and alleviate malnutrition. WFP supports national food and health systems across more than 80 countries as they strive to provide access to healthy, nutritious diets and reduce micronutrient deficiencies. A key part of this work is the generation of data on food and nutrition security and status, dietary diversity and access to nutritious foods.
The WFP specializes in using innovative data approaches to support governments in making informed decisions about the design and effective implementation of food security and nutrition policy and programs.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The Senior Researcher will be responsible for the MIMI workstream on estimating inadequate micronutrient intake and modelling fortification scenarios using HCES data to answer relevant policy questions. The incumbent will supervise and guide 2-3 analysts contributing to this workstream.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead the MIMI workstream on estimating inadequate micronutrient intake.Supervise a small team of nutrition analysts.Oversee work to clean, process and analyze household food consumption and food composition data.Design and lead on work to model the potential contribution of fortification and other nutrition intervention scenarios.Support the display of data from the project on an interactive, sub-national dashboard.Lead on the writing and submission of relevant academic manuscripts.QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Education:
Masters degree or higher in Nutrition, Public Health or a related field.Experience:
5-8 years of working experience in a related position.Leading research activities or analyses with diverse stakeholders.Knowledge & Skills:
Sound understanding of the global landscape for micronutrient data.Advanced proficiency in the analysis of quantitative data using R statistical software.Languages:
Advanced professional level of written and spoken English.Professional knowledge of French is an asset.
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