Oversight Accountability Support Analyst

Deadline for Applications

7 October 2025 23:59 GMT +01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

Employment Information

Job Title: Oversight Accountability Support Analyst

Type of Contract: Regular Consultant Level I

Unit / Division: Risk and Accountability Branch (RMDR), Risk Management Division

Duty Station: Remote

Duration: 21 October – 31 December 2025

Organizational Context

Established in September 2017 the Risk Management Division (RMD) aims to strengthen embed and achieve continuous improvements in risk management internal control and compliance oversight reporting anti‑fraud & anti‑corruption (AFAC) measures and donor review management throughout WFP and organizational learning in these areas in line with Internal Control Framework (approved by the Executive Director in 2015) WFP's 2018 Enterprise Risk Management Policy 2018 Oversight Framework and 2021 Revised Anti‑Fraud and Anti‑Corruption Policy. RMD also provides functional leadership to a network of Risk Officers located in regional offices and higher risk country offices (COs) and AFAC Specialists located in Regional Offices.

As part of the division's portfolio the Risk and Accountability Branch (RMDR) serves as a steward for risk management and internal controls providing guidance and training to colleagues at all levels as well as consolidating evidence‑based analysis and reporting on risk management internal controls and oversight findings.

Purpose of the Assignment

The incumbent will conduct analysis of oversight reports, collect and synthesize information from functional and operational management, prepare governing body reports and produce summaries, briefings and presentations to support organizational processes (e.g. consolidated internal and external oversight reporting, annual Executive Directors Assurance Exercise which produces the Executive Directors Statement on Internal Control, etc.). She/he will support strategic engagement on evaluation recommendations, facilitate quality Management Responses to centralized evaluations and track these Management Responses and actions, and support the preparation of the annual Implementation Status for Evaluation Recommendations report and the management response to the Annual Evaluation Report. The incumbent will also contribute to Branch technical advisory services. The staff member will report to the Risk and Accountability Officer and Head of Oversight Accountability Support Unit (OASU) or their delegate.

Key Accountabilities

• Coordinate WFP activities related to evaluation matters, including: the preparation of Management Responses to centralized evaluations, facilitation of stakeholder workshops, removal of barriers to evaluation uptake, and sharing of lessons learned across the organization via SOPs, technical notes and guidance.
• Support the preparation of high‑quality reports for senior management on evaluation recommendations implementation status.
• Support the preparation of reports to the Executive Board on evaluation recommendations, including management responses, implementation status of evaluation recommendations, and the annual evaluation report.
• Follow up on outstanding evaluation recommendations and agreed actions, maintaining effective relationships with WFP recommendation owners.
• Participate in the resolution of oversight issues, including issues for which action has not been taken within a reasonable timeframe.
• Provide support and/or participate in relevant system implementations, including user acceptance testing of risk management tools and quality review of system databases such as oversight recommendation tracking workflow and risk management questionnaires and surveys.
• Prepare datasets, summaries, briefings and presentations to support organizational processes such as the annual Executive Directors Assurance Exercise; propose solutions and communicate with key internal actors. Identify and propose escalation of issues that merit executive management attention/decision.
• Provide support to the Risk and Accountability Officer and Head of OASU on branch technical advisory services.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, statistics, development economics, performance management, monitoring and evaluation, business/public administration, finance, economics, international development, audit or other relevant field.
• Alternatively, a first university degree with additional years of relevant work experience and/or training/courses in monitoring and evaluation, audit, performance and risk management or related fields.

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional work experience, including international development or humanitarian work, and strong experience using a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools and methods at the country level.
• Experience in the coordination and management of corporate processes and platforms related to evaluation, both in headquarters and field locations, is desirable.
• Knowledge of UN/WFP governance organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives.
• Understanding of UN/WFP rules, regulations and policies.
• Excellent English writing skills and ability to independently prioritize and plan.
• Analytical, evaluative and problem‑solving skills; resourcefulness, initiative, good judgement, tact, diplomacy and strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into digestible summaries tailored to stakeholder needs.

Desirable

• Writing for governing body and senior management audiences; preparing input for inter‑agency processes and supporting inter‑agency discussions.

Languages

• Fluency (Level C) in English.
• Intermediate knowledge (Level B) of at least one second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish or Portuguese.

Additional Information

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