[Hiring] Nutrition Analyst (Data Scientist) @World Food Programme

Role Description

The Nutrition Analyst (Data Scientist) will play a critical role in the MIMI team, within the WFP Nutrition and Food Quality Service. Under the supervision of the MIMI Team Lead, and working as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of nutritionists, data scientists, policy and advocacy specialists, this position will contribute to the development and application of analytical methods, data analysis and data visualisation, and engage meaningfully and present outputs to diverse stakeholders at the country- and global-level.

Qualifications

• Masters degree or higher in Data Science, Epidemiology, Medical Statistics or a related field.

Requirements

• 3-4 years work experience, some of that on informing health or nutrition programmes a plus.
• Experience supporting research projects or analyses with diverse stakeholders and data inputs, including research design, data analysis and write up.
• Familiarity cleaning, merging and processing large, complex datasets, ideally Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys.
• Experience analysing primary and secondary data.
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and relevant collaboration tools (issue trackers, shared repositories, etc.).
• Experience presenting analysis findings to diverse audiences, including government stakeholders, programme staff and academic partners, in a digestible and context-relevant format.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment, especially with colleagues from diverse backgrounds.

Benefits

• 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).

Deliverables at the End of the Contract

• Peer-reviewed articles, topic briefs and other external-facing materials as required to present methodology, analysis and validation of results.
• Training materials for use during in-country capacity strengthening activities.
• Analysis of data inputs from priority MIMI countries to estimate risk of inadequate intake of individual micronutrients and micronutrients overall.
• Intervention modelling for priority MIMI countries to estimate the contribution of different micronutrient interventions to reducing the risk of inadequate micronutrient intake.
• Data pre-processed for visualisation on the HungerMapLive platform for all MIMI countries.
• Relevant analysis, synthesis and thematic presentations and publications developed.
• GitHub repository and data infrastructure maintained.
• Presentation of methodology and results to diverse stakeholders nationally and internationally.