VAM Officer – NOA Garowe

World Food Programme (WFP)

Job Details

  • Aug 24, 2026 Posted date
  • Sep 7, 2026 Expire date
  • Category
  • Garowe, Somalia Location
  • Postgraduate Degree Education Level
  • 1 - 2 years Experience Level
  • Full Time Job Type

Job Description

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

6 September 2026-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Mogadishu)

WFP 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.

ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s 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.

At 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’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To 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.

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 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).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP’s mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works globally to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable— particularly women and children—have access to the nutritious food they need.

The food insecurity situation in Somalia remains fragile due to the combined effects of below average and poorly distributed rainfall, limited household access to income opportunities, elevated and stagnant high food prices, ongoing insecurity, and conflict. WFP Somalia’s five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2026–2030 emphasizes a focus on saving lives while building resilience and self-reliance; prioritizing the most vulnerable, especially women; children, and marginalized groups; shift form project-based to integrated, people centred programming and emphasis on localization, transparency, and accountability, with robust field-level oversight and digital solution.

Currently, WFP Area Offices in partnership with its cooperating partners is implementing various programmes to assist the most vulnerable people in terms of food security, safety nets and nutrition. The total assistance is provided through the following programmes: – Unconditional lifesaving humanitarian food assistance through unconditional food/ cash transfer to the most vulnerable people during emergency and crisis

  • Unconditional safety nets programme: assistance to the urban poor through a safety nets programme and Safety Nets for Human Capital Project (Baxnaano)
  • Nutrition programmes: Moderate acute malnutrition treatment (TSFP) for children under 5, pregnant and lactating mothers; stunting malnutrition prevention amongst children under 2 and pregnant/ lactating mothers (MCHN), and malnutrition prevention during the crisis and lean seasons for the same targets (BSFP).
  • Conditional safety nets programme: support to livelihoods consisting of life skills/ vocational training and assets creation; and School Meals Programme
  • Capacity strengthening for government and other local institutions as part of the localization agenda.

To run properly the above programmes and in an accountable way to the beneficiaries, the government, the donors and the stakeholders, WFP Somalia is seeking staff with the right skills to perform various tasks. These include delivering high-quality, timely, and effective food security analysis and evidence generation to inform operational decision-making, lead geographical and household targeting, and advocacy efforts. The incumbent will serve as the focal point for Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping, targeting, markets, and economic analysis at the Area Office, in close consultation with the Country Office’s Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) team. This position also entails responsibility for strengthening the capacity of local staff and partners on food security analysis, targeting and inter-agency referral management systems.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the overall supervision of the Head of Area and the direct supervision of the head of Programme in at the Area Office, the incumbent is responsible of the following tasks:

  • To lead and/or manage the generation of the VAM evidence base that supports food security and nutrition analysis and programmes (e.g. IPC seasonal food security assessments, SMART surveys, emergency food security assessment, rapid needs assessment, programme design, cost-effectiveness analysis, and operational efficiency).
  • Lead/conduct complex food security, nutrition, markets, and resilience analysis (community based participatory planning) and prepare timely reports on food assessment needs in line with wider VAM policies, processes, and guidance to enable effective decision-making.
  • Lead the implementation of data driven targeting in all humanitarian life-saving food assistance programmes implemented by WFP Somalia and provide technical expertise on assistance prioritization in consultation with the Country office VAM team.
  • Provide technical GIS mapping support for event-based food security surveillance and monitoring, and mapping of risks, especially during emergencies, natural disasters, and civil conflicts.
  • In consultation with CO GIS focal, lead digitization, maintain and update CO Geo-database and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and provide timely geo referencing information for programme operation.
  • In Consultation with the head of CO VAM, participate or coordinate with partners for food security data collection, analysis, and dissemination, particularly with the Government of Somalia FSNAU, FAO, and Food Security Cluster and work closely with partners to strengthen data quality, accuracy and consistency to build credible performance evidence.
  • Keep up to date with and advise on food assistance developments and issues and the potential impact upon WFP activities to enable timely and appropriate programme evolution and intervention.
  • Provide expert advice and support to WFP Area Office and its partners on food security and nutrition strategies, policies, programmes, and ensure the timely and productive use of related outputs in a manner that complies with WFP standards and processes.
  • Work with Identity Management, AAP, Protection, Gender and Monitoring and Evaluation functions at the Area and Country Office to ensure effective mainstreaming in the unit’s practices, analytics and, and tools. Ensuring the significant contributions to the programme efficiency and accountabilities.
  • Liaise Programme Managers at the field level and CO level regularly to support analytics required on programme implementation to the most vulnerable under each SO of the CSP.
  • Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners, and national and local government to conduct vulnerability and food security analysis to effectively inform preparedness and response activities.
  • Provide support to relevant partners focusing on food security and nutrition issues to enable sharing of experiences, lessons learned, and best practices.
  • Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs TERMS OF REFERENCE Page 3 of 4
  • Coordinate with the monitoring and evaluation activities in the Area office, including supervision of 3rd party and WFP monitoring for all activities including nutrition, livelihoods, relief, safety nets and school feeding programmes.
  • Manage market price database at the area office level by ensuring data quality, integrating new parameters (commodities, markets, etc.) and following up the systematic trends using visualization method such as Tableau applications or dashboards.
  • Collaborate with the CO VAM team and provide inputs to closely monitoring the cost of essential needs and the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB).
  • Participate and contribute to the field level food security cluster, referral management systems, Area Based Coordination (ABC) and Cash Working Group (CWG), food security working group and Operational Information Management (OIM).
  • Supervise the VAM associates, data collection staff and the field monitoring assistants, elaborate their workplans, conduct regular capacity strengthening, coaching and performance assessment.
  • Perform other duties as requested by the Area Coordinator and the Head of Programme

Skills and qualifications

Education: Advanced university degree in economics, nutrition/ health, Social Sciences, statistics, agricultural economics, business administration or international development, OR First university degree with additional years of related work experience and/ or trainings/ courses.

Experience: At least one (1) year of relevant experience with advanced degree Or First degree with a minimum of three (3) or more years of experience in development, project management, food or non-food assistance management. Professional experience in monitoring, evaluation,
capacity –building and reporting of development/humanitarian projects would be and added advantage.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language and Somali Language.

This position is open for qualified Somali national candidates only. Female candidates are highly encouraged to  apply. WFP offers female friendly spaces in the workplace.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

 

WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

 

WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact:  global.inclusion@wfp.org

How to apply

NO FEE DISCLAIMER

 

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.

 

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

  • All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.
  • We strongly recommend that your Workday profile is accurate and complete, and that all sections are filled in, including your employment history, academic qualifications, language skills, and UN grade (if applicable). Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
  • If you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org. Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application – unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.
  • At the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.
  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

 

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