Data Analyst, CFOFC

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JOB TITLE: Data Analyst

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultant level I

UNIT/DIVISION: CFOFC, CFO Division

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Remote

DURATION: until 31.12.2026 extendable to 11 Months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Cash-based transfers (CBT) are one of the modalities WFP uses to deliver humanitarian assistance. These include transfers made through physical banknotes, e-money, mobile money, vouchers, or debit cards. By providing sufficient cash to meet food and other essential needs, the World Food Programme (WFP) aims to ensure that families are not forced to reallocate limited resources at the expense of their food security. The Finance function, through the Business Development and Cash-Based Transfers Branch (CFOFC), supports the effective implementation of CBTs by developing corporate tools and guidance, offering technical advice to Country Offices, and leading staff capacity-building initiatives. Several teams within CFOFC conduct CBT-related assessments at separate phases of the CBT business process. These assessments play a critical role in the FSP selection and contracting process, including identifying risks and mitigation measures relevant to the FSP's proposed payment solution. Using the DOTs platform, the key indicators from the different assessments have been made available and are being used in the monitoring of risks of FSPs. The use and expansion of the database will facilitate CFOFC’s analytical oversight capabilities and empower users and managers to query the data to solve operational problems and answer a range of CBT business-related questions.
The Data Analyst will lead the design, program, document, test, deploy, and maintain the connection between the different databases for CFOFC on DOTs, Microsoft Excel, SAP HANA, or other appropriate platforms. Some of the roles and responsibilities include:

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

➢ Conduct technical need analysis based on the inputs provided through the Business Requirements document (BRD) in line with CFOFC requirements.

➢ Design and develop the necessary relationship database and dashboards based on the WFP-approved technology stack guidance provided by the WFP TEC division.
➢ Populate the database, monitor data accuracy, and update when required with the past data currently existing in Microsoft Excel, Word, PDF, and various other formats, manually or using code to extract information
➢ Create a central repository for storing all past and future assessment documents while linking them to the necessary tables/ attributes within the database and help visualize key indicators using Tableau or other approved solutions.
➢ Develop demand-based queries to address some key business questions and analyze the data available in the database and other WFP data sources like WINGS.
➢ Coordinate with all sub teams within CFOFC to identify suitable solutions for the development of demand-based queries to provide a comprehensive overview.
➢ Ensure compliance with TEC Architectural Principles, Standards, and Guidelines while ensuring compatibility with existing corporate solutions and databases.
➢ Follow the necessary WFP TEC requirements in handing over all related sources, codes, and related documentation of the CFOFC Database.
➢ Support the WFP initiatives on Automated and Secure File Transfers and associated solutions and technologies.
➢ Develop professional reports, dashboards and related technical guidance documents, and presentations with analytic observations supported by data evidence.
➢ Provide training and knowledge-sharing sessions for users for accessing and using the reports.
➢ Perform any other duties as assigned.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

➢ Database and common repository linking all past and future assessment documents.
➢ Various variety of analytical and statistical reports related to the Database project and scale-up activities.
➢ Presentations and technical guidelines materials relate to all the dashboards and Databases
➢ Handover of all related source code, if applicable
➢ Handover of the project along with all related documentation, such as functional requirements, architectural materials, and technology framework maps of the project.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

University degree (or its university equivalent) in computer science, mathematics, software engineering, or related fields

Knowledge & Skills:

➢ Knowledge and hands-on experience of relationship database management systems (RDBMS) such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.

➢ Knowledge and hands-on experience of containerization tools and virtual machines such as Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), AWS (Amazon Web Services) Fargate, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Docker.
➢ Knowledge and hands-on software skills using Python (Flask or Django or Pyramid Framework), and/or PHP (Zend or Laravel or Symfony framework), and/or Node.js and/or NET. Preferably Python.
➢ Familiarity with data warehousing and business intelligence concepts.
➢ Experience using interactive data visualization tools such as Tableau.
➢ Data storing and retrieving skills on cloud platforms.
➢ Ability to capture business requirements and translate them into business insights.
➢ Additional certifications in software development and DB management are a plus.
➢ An analytic mind, a passion for detail, while covering the bigger picture
➢ Ability to work independently.

Experience:

Between 4 and 5 years of software development and data management experience, including conceiving, specifying, designing, programming, documenting, testing, and bug fixing, involved in creating and maintaining applications, frameworks, or other software components within the basis on the required Knowledge and skills listed above.

Languages:

Fluency in oral and written English

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