Information Management Officer in Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE)

World Food Programme; Roma; In loco; EUR 45.000 - 78.000; Tempo pieno

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World Food Programme in Rome is seeking an Information Management Officer in Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) on a regular consultant contract. You will strengthen data systems, support early warning, and contribute to nutrition analyses during crises.

You will build knowledge products, coordinate with country offices, and help deliver timely nutrition information for decision makers, working in a fast-paced humanitarian environment.

Competenze

• Minimum 1 year of post graduate relevant working experience in international development.
• Experience in data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Fluency in English and French; strong writing and interpersonal skills.

Mansioni

• Assist NiC team in strengthening nutrition early warning and the production of overviews and analyses of nutrition situations and responses in humanitarian crises.
• Coordinate data gathering from main humanitarian crises and support the creation of a monitoring system to ensure and improve consistent and rigorous data collection.
• Enhance integration of nutrition information into the corporate reporting system and emergency reports.
• Support NiC team for analysis of emerging nutrition risks as part of the Global Report on Food Crisis and related platforms.
• Deploy in country offices during emergencies to strengthen information management and monitoring/evaluation systems.

Conoscenze

Data analysis

Report writing

Emergency response

Formazione

Advanced degree in Nutrition / Public Health

Strumenti

SPSS

Tableau

EN A for SMART

ODK Collect

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DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

24 September 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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• 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).

JOB TITLE: Information Management Officer in Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE)
TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant
UNIT/DIVISION: Nutrition & Food Quality Service
DUTY STATION (City, Country): HQ Rome, Italy
DURATION: 09 October 2026 to 08 September 2027

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The World Food Program (WFP) as the world’s largest humanitarian organisation has a responsibility of fulfilling commitments and expectations in emergency response and recovery in contexts of crisis and disruption. Following the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, WFP also continues to advocate for enhancing the complementarity between humanitarian and development assistance; safeguarding the foundations of humanitarian action; and better serve people in need. WFP Nutrition is committed to support good nutrition before, during and after emergencies, recognizing that the changing nature and frequency of emergencies exacerbate already critical levels of malnutrition.

In a significant number of countries, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is jeopardized by conflict, natural disasters or health emergencies. Hunger and malnutrition are widespread among crisis-affected populations, disproportionately impacting women and children. Forty-five percent of deaths in children under-five are associated with undernutrition, related to both acute and chronic undernutrition. Equally important, poor nutrition also has longer term consequences related to child growth and development – these latter consequences are largely irreversible. Therefore, nutrition is an essential part of the emergency response. However, given the high number of concurrent and complex emergencies, it remains a global challenge within the nutrition community to implement appropriate, well-coordinated and effective nutrition responses at scale.

WFP continues to improve its ways of working to address nutritional needs in diverse and complex emergency settings. Its primary role for nutrition is to ensure those affected by a crisis receive adequate nutrients, not just adequate food. Given the multiple causes of malnutrition, WFP also advocates for a comprehensive response to the underlying and immediate causes of malnutrition to be achieved in partnership (i.e., optimal caring practices, good health services, proper hygiene and sanitation and household food security).

WFP’s Nutrition and Food Quality Service (PPGN) supports WFP country offices in achieving an appropriate, timely, well-coordinated and effective nutrition response in emergencies at the required scale. In line with corporate priorities, the Nutrition in Crisis (NiC) Team of WFP Nutrition Service works to: 1) prepare resources and capacities at all times to ensure WFP leadership in nutrition in emergency response; 2) meet the minimum quality standards for WFP Nutrition response in Emergencies; 3) strengthen partnerships and coordination for Nutrition in Emergencies, and 4) to improve management of information and communication on WFP Nutrition in Emergencies. The Nutrition, School Meals and Social Protection Service (PRGS) is looking to reinforce its Nutrition in Crisis (NiC) team to achieve these objectives.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive):

Assist NiC team in strengthening WFP nutrition early warning and the production of overviews and analyses of nutrition situations and responses in humanitarian crises

• Coordinate data gathering from main humanitarian crises and support the creation of a monitoring system to ensure and improve consistent and rigorous data collection.
• Coordinate efforts to strengthen WFP’s early warning system for nutrition including nutrition data centralisation project and integration of nutrition into corporate tools.
• Stay abreast of nutrition and related information related to humanitarian crises, both internal (programmatic) and external (through humanitarian platforms) and produce as requested briefs and analyses.

Enhance integration of nutrition information into the corporate operational reporting system, and information related to the main emergencies

• Ensure integration of nutrition information (situation, needs, operational challenges, etc.) in internal and external reports on emergencies.
• Track and analyze data from annual reports related to humanitarian crises to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition activities to inform decision making.
• Conduct WFP programme analyses to support decision making and scenario building for funding proposals and high level and strategic meetings.

3. Support NiC team in strengthening of partnership and coordination with internal and external

Stakeholders

• Represent WFP PRGS in the Core Technical Group of the Global Report on Food Crisis (GRFC) and co-chair the nutrition sub-working group.
• Support the NiC team for the analysis of emerging nutrition risks as part of the Corporate Alert System and the FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspot Analysis.
• Assist NiC team for the preparation and participation in interagency/inter-clusters coordination platform and working groups at global level (IPC, GNC, GTWG, IFE, etc.).

4. Support knowledge management of WFP Nutrition in Crisis in close collaboration with relevant units and teams

• Maintain and update the Nutrition in Emergency Toolbox by adding updated resources as needed.
• Contribute actively to the documentation of best practices and lessons learned from surge deployments of Rapid Response Team members.
• Actively contribute efforts to increase visibility of the Nutrition Rapid Response Team globally.
• Support NiC team in revising guidelines and technical briefs relevant to WFP emergency preparedness and response for nutrition.

5. Support Country Offices during emergency response on information management

• Deploy in CO for strengthening their information management system and/or monitoring and evaluation system during an emergency response.
• stakeholders on nutrition and nutrition monitoring as needed.
• Support CO in IPC AFI/AMN analyses.
• Support CO with programme analysis, prioritization exercise, or any other required analysis to improve emergency nutrition response.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Nutrition situation/overviews updated regularly
• WFP nutrition early warning system strengthened
• Alert system in place on potential deterioration of nutrition situation
• Nutrition information reported and sent to the teams needed and featured in relevant reports
• Contribution to GRFC, FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspot report as required
• Communication materials developed and posted regularly
• NiC team represented in internal and external coordination meetings
• Materials and processes to document lessons learned from surge deployment and visibility of RRT developed
• Supported delivered to COs for required analyses (IPC AFI/AMN, programme analyses, etc.)
• Contribution to revision of relevant guidelines on WFP NiE as required

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Advanced university degree in Nutrition, Public Health, or other related field, or first

university degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience:

• Minimum of 1 year of post graduate relevant working experience in international development, preferably with a focus on international public health/nutrition
• Experience working in public health/food security or nutrition related activities
• Experience in data collection, analysis and reporting
• Experience in writing operational reports and communications materials
• Experience and exposure to emergency response is desired

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of global humanitarian architecture
• Strong analytical and writing skills
• Good interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in multicultural setting and teams.
• Good written and oral communication skills required.
• Readiness to work in an emergency setting
• Skills to use necessary data management and analysis tools (SPSS, Tableau, ENA for SMART, ODK Collect, etc.)

Languages:

Fluency in English (level C) and French is required.

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