Programme Assistant (Targeting), SC5 at WFP Tanzania

9 December 2025-23:59-GMT+03:00 East Africa Time (Dar es Salaam)

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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:

As per the WFP Tanzania Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2022–2027), the Country Office provides humanitarian assistance to the refugees, and is implementing various programmes aimed at enhancing resilience, improving nutrition, strengthening smallholder productivity, and building national capacity in adaptive social protection, emergency preparedness and response, and sustainable food systems.

Considering projected funding constraints and ongoing operational challenges, there is an urgent need for robust targeting and prioritization processes to ensure that the most vulnerable people are assisted timely and in a transparent manner. In addition, the WFP Targeting Assurance Framework and the 2022 Executive Director’s Circular on Management of Targeting Processes by WFP offices require country offices to strengthen targeting processes to meet predefined, time-bound benchmarks.

To better meet these demands, WFP Tanzania is recruiting a Programme Assistant (Targeting), to assist in providing technical support in design and implementation of targeting and prioritization across all CSP activities in Tanzania and tracking the implementation of targeting assurance benchmarks, to strengthen in country processes.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Programme Assistant will work under the direct supervision of the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Office, and under overall guidance of the Head of Research, Assessment & Monitoring (RAM), and in close collaboration with RAM and Programme unit. This position will support the design, implementation, risk mitigation, monitoring of targeting decision-making and processes across WFP operations, and perform other activities related to vulnerability analysis and mapping. The Programme Assistant will also support the development, testing and evaluation of targeting methodologies, and document assessment findings and operational lessons learned.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support design and implementation of targeting and prioritization methodologies, as per established guides and strategies, ensuring that WFP assistance is delivered in a transparent, accountable, and equitable manner.
• Work in close collaboration with RAM and Programme units, CFM Manager, and Sub and Field Offices to ensure that targeting decisions are evidence-based, people-centred/inclusive, contextually appropriate, and responsive to evolving needs.
• In collaboration with Monitoring and Programme teams, support targeting verification by checking the beneficiaries’ list provided by partners for coherence against eligibility criteria and triangulating data from community feedback mechanisms (CFMs) and appeals.
• Contribute to designing electronic beneficiary targeting tools and ensure digital tools and IDM practices used for beneficiary identification and registration support the enrollment of the right people for WFP programmes
• Participate in conducting vulnerability and food security assessments and support targeting‐related assessments and innovation efforts for the advancement of targeting processes and methods.
• Establish systems for regular monitoring of targeting processes and outcomes for assisted and non‐assisted populations to refine targeting and prioritization decisions; and provide visualized reports in the form of Tableau dashboards.
• Provide direct support to the roll out and implementation of targeting assurance standards, working with RAM and other teams in the Country Office to track Country Office progress towards key standards.
• Ensure that assessment findings, operational best practices and lessons learned are well documented and archived to inform strategic recommendations, operational guidance and tools, and learning.
• Support producing learning materials and facilitate targeting‐related capacity strengthening initiatives of cooperating partners.
• Support other RAM related activities when needed.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree in a relevant field such as social sciences, statistics, economics, development studies, or data management is highly desirable.

Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressively responsible experience in conducting food security assessments, vulnerability analysis, and targeting vulnerable populations, especially in food assistance or social protection programmes.
• Experience in programme support, preferably in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) activities is a strong asset.

Knowledge & Skills:

• General knowledge in targeting methods and strategies of beneficiary selection, and experience in targeting process in the humanitarian/development sector.
• Knowledge of food security vulnerability indicators and analysis.
• Experience in planning, conducting and overseeing quantitative and qualitative data collection methods, including through household interviews, Focus Group Discussions, key Informant Interviews etc.
• Ability to design XLSForms and use digital data collection platforms (e.g. ODK, KoboToolbox) and GIS tools is advantageous.
• Strong skills and experience in statistical data analysis using tools like SPSS, R, Stata is required and background in advanced statistical analysis for targeting is desired.
• Knowledge and experience in building dashboards using Tableau.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving skills innovative and creative thinking.
• Ability to work independently, interacting with a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders.

Languages:

• Strong written and oral English skills and Kiswahili.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with communities, partners, and field teams.

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at [email protected] in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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.

Desired Skills and Experience

Partnership Management; Program Management; Data Visualization; Customer-Oriented; Data Analytics; Learning Agility; Technologically Savvy; Emergency Programs; Teamwork; Strategic Thinking; Communication; Results-Oriented; Waterfall Model; Professional Integrity; Broad knowledge and application of specialised areas and transfer mondalities; Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)