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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
\n9 December 2025-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Dar es Salaam)
\nWFP 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.
\nABOUT WFP
\nThe World Food Programme is the world\u2019s 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.
\nAt 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 WFP\u2019s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
\nTo learn more about WFP, visit our website: https:\/\/www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.
\nWHY JOIN WFP?
\nWFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
\nWFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
\nWFP 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.
\nA 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.
\nWe offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
\nBACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
\nAs per the WFP Tanzania Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2022\u20132027), the Country Office provides humanitarian assistance to the refugees, and is implementing various programmes aimed at enhancing resilience, improving nutrition, strengthening smallholder productivity, and building national capacity in adaptive social protection, emergency preparedness and response, and sustainable food systems.
\nConsidering projected funding constraints and ongoing operational challenges, there is an urgent need for robust targeting and prioritization processes to ensure that the most vulnerable people are assisted timely and in a transparent manner. In addition, the WFP Targeting Assurance Framework and the 2022 Executive Director\u2019s Circular on Management of Targeting Processes by WFP offices require country offices to strengthen targeting processes to meet predefined, time-bound benchmarks.
\nTo better meet these demands, WFP Tanzania is recruiting a Programme Assistant (Targeting), to assist in providing technical support in design and implementation of targeting and prioritization across all CSP activities in Tanzania and tracking the implementation of targeting assurance benchmarks, to strengthen in country processes.
\nPURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
\nThe Programme Assistant will work under the direct supervision of the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Office, and under overall guidance of the Head of Research, Assessment & Monitoring (RAM), and in close collaboration with RAM and Programme unit. This position will support the design, implementation, risk mitigation, monitoring of targeting decision-making and processes across WFP operations, and perform other activities related to vulnerability analysis and mapping. The Programme Assistant will also support the development, testing and evaluation of targeting methodologies, and document assessment findings and operational lessons learned.
\nKEY ACCOUNTABILITIES\/RESPONSIBILITIES:
\nSupport design and implementation of targeting and prioritization methodologies, as per established guides and strategies, ensuring that WFP assistance is delivered in a transparent, accountable, and equitable manner.
\nWork in close collaboration with RAM and Programme units, CFM Manager, and Sub and Field Offices to ensure that targeting decisions are evidence-based, people-centred\/inclusive, contextually appropriate, and responsive to evolving needs.
\nIn collaboration with Monitoring and Programme teams, support targeting verification by checking the beneficiaries\u2019 list provided by partners for coherence against eligibility criteria and triangulating data from community feedback mechanisms (CFMs) and appeals.
\nContribute to designing electronic beneficiary targeting tools and ensure digital tools and IDM practices used for beneficiary identification and registration support the enrollment of the right people for WFP programmes
\nParticipate in conducting vulnerability and food security assessments and support targeting\u2010related assessments and innovation efforts for the advancement of targeting processes and methods.
\nEstablish systems for regular monitoring of targeting processes and outcomes for assisted and non\u2010assisted populations to refine targeting and prioritization decisions; and provide visualized reports in the form of Tableau dashboards.
\nProvide direct support to the roll out and implementation of targeting assurance standards, working with RAM and other teams in the Country Office to track Country Office progress towards key standards.
\nEnsure that assessment findings, operational best practices and lessons learned are well documented and archived to inform strategic recommendations, operational guidance and tools, and learning.
\nSupport producing learning materials and facilitate targeting\u2010related capacity strengthening initiatives of cooperating partners.
\nSupport other RAM related activities when needed.
\nQUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
\nEducation:
\nCompletion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree in a relevant field such as social sciences, statistics, economics, development studies, or data management is highly desirable.
\nExperience:
\nAt least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in conducting food security assessments, vulnerability analysis, and targeting vulnerable populations, especially in food assistance or social protection programmes.
\nExperience in programme support, preferably in humanitarian and development contexts.
\nFamiliarity with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) activities is a strong asset.
\nKnowledge & Skills:
\nGeneral knowledge in targeting methods and strategies of beneficiary selection, and experience in targeting process in the humanitarian\/development sector.
\nKnowledge of food security vulnerability indicators and analysis.
\nExperience in planning, conducting and overseeing quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, including through household interviews, Focus Group Discussions, key Informant Interviews etc.
\nAbility to design XLSForms and use digital data collection platforms (e.g. ODK, KoboToolbox) and GIS tools is advantageous.
\nStrong skills and experience in statistical data analysis using tools like SPSS, R, Stata is required and background in advanced statistical analysis for targeting is desired.
\nKnowledge and experience in building dashboards using Tableau.
\nProficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
\nExcellent writing and presentation skills.
\nStrong analytical skills, problem solving skills innovative and creative thinking.
\nAbility to work independently, interacting with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders.
\nLanguages:
\nStrong written and oral English skills and Kiswahili.
\nStrong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with communities, partners, and field teams.
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