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JOB TITLE: ECONOMIST

TYPE OF CONTRACT: REGULAR CONSULTANT

UNIT/DIVISION: Economic and Markets Unit, Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service, Programme Division (PRGFE) / PRG Division

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome

DURATION: Until Dec 31 2026

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Economic and Markets Unit (PRGFE) in the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Service (PRG-F) of the Programme Division (PRG) of the World Food Programme (WFP) seeks to fill an economist position, which will be based at the Headquarters of the United Nations World Food Programme in Rome, Italy.

The PRGF Service in WFP Headquarters leads WFP’s food security analysis, supporting a large network of analysts in Regional Offices (ROs) and Country Offices (COs). Food security analysis is a cornerstone of the organization’s work. It provides WFP, governments and partners with the essential information to identify populations in need and target the most appropriate type and scale of interventions as well as with the necessary knowledge to inform policy decisions and advocacy efforts.

Analyses span emergency assessments, in-depth household surveys, food security monitoring, early warning and forecasting, spatial analysis and economic and market analysis.

PRGFE leverages economic analysis to support operational decision-making and evidence-driven advocacy. The unit provides tools, guidance and support to WFP COs to enhance their capacity to monitor food prices, assess markets, analyze essential needs and adjust programmes in contexts of economic volatility, ensuring that interventions are both timely and effective. PRGFE further monitors economic trends and risks, analyzes food security implications of global economic shocks and runs scenario simulations, based on cutting-edge economic research.





PRGFE is recruiting an economist who will contribute to the work of the unit in general and, more specifically, to the unit’s portfolio on prices and currencies, including price database management, price analysis and publication of monthly market monitors as well as improving the unit’s price-related products to better serve CO needs; and support essential needs analysis, in particular development of minimum expenditure baskets.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the PRGFE economist overseeing the workstreams described below, and in close collaboration with the Head of Unit, the economist will have the following responsibilities:

- Support price and exchange rate monitoring activities a. Manage the global price database, and backstop and guide COs and ROs on price monitoring and data upload through Data Bridges platform to the database;

b. Ensure data quality, adding new parameters (commodities, markets etc.) when required to the price database;

c. Maintain and update the online Global Market Monitor every two weeks, ensuring data quality, analytical accuracy and functionality of underlying scripts.

d. Prepare the monthly Prices & Currencies Brief; and e. Provide economic analyses for divisional and executive management as requested.

- Lead the implementation of a strategy to boost the usefulness of price-related products and services to COs, in collaboration with other team members a. Identify key user needs, challenges and gaps through engagement with Regional and Country Offices.

b. Update the project plan and keep track of progress.

- Under the overall guidance of the head of unit, lead the unit’s Essential Needs Analysis activities and tasks a. Support COs in the construction of Minimum Expenditure Baskets and gap analyses in support of cash-based programmes;

b. Coordinate and contribute to the refinement and expansion of Essential Needs Analysis methodological package;

- Deliver training modules to ROs or COs.
- Support COs and ROs with economic analyses and field missions as required.
- Any other assigned task.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

− Advanced university degree in economics, statistics, household or agricultural economics, food security or another relevant field

Experience:

− Experience in quantitative analysis

Experience working with price, economic and household survey data

Knowledge & Skills:

− Exceptional analytical and conceptual skills

− Excellent command of MS Office and statistical software such as Stata or R

− Experience with data management and data processing automation

− Good command of SQL and working with relational database

− Strong econometric skills highly desirable

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

- Up-to-date price database
- Monthly Global Market Monitor dashboard published online
- Monthly Prices & Currencies Brief sent out
- Price upload issues through Data Bridges solved as required
- Increased uptake of the price-related products by COs
- Minimum Expenditure Baskets constructed as requested by COs
- Methodological refinements of Essential Needs Analysis contributed to
- Essential Needs Analysis training modules and guidance notes delivered as requested by ROs or COs
- Economic analyses contributed to or prepared as requested

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education

− Advanced university degree in economics, statistics, household or agricultural economics,



food security or another relevant field

Experience

− Experience in quantitative analysis

Experience working with price, economic and household survey data

Knowledge & Skills:

− Exceptional analytical and conceptual skills

− Excellent command of MS Office and statistical software such as Stata or R

−Experience with data management and data processing automation

− Good command of SQL and working with relational database

− Strong econometric skills highly desirable

− Strong writing skills with a demonstrated ability to research and draft clear, concise analytical briefs

− Attention to detail

− Problem-solving attitude and creativity

− Ability to work both with minimal supervision and as part of a team

− Ability to establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds

− Willingness to participate to field mission

Languages:

− Fluent written and spoken English

− Working knowledge of French, Arabic or Spanish is an advantage

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