Share Point and Front-End Developer

Deadline for Applications

14 October :59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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 extreme weather shocks. 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: and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.

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.

Why Join WFP?

• 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.
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  an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

Context and background

The United Nations World Food Programme, hereinafter referred to as “WFP”, with its Headquarters in Rome, Italy, is the leading humanitarian organisation 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 impacts of climate change. The mission of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is to provide WFP stakeholders with assurance on the adequacy and effectiveness of WFP’s governance, risk management and control processes; to detect and deter fraud, waste and abuse through independent and objective oversight activities; to conduct inspections and investigations into allegations of wrongdoing and misconduct; and to facilitate the adoption of United Nations, humanitarian-sector and private-sector good practices related to assurance and oversight.

OIG consists of three functional branches: The Office of Internal Audit (OIGA), which provides independent assurance and advisory services on governance, risk management and internal controls. The Office of Inspections and Investigations (OIGI), which investigates allegations of misconduct including fraud, corruption and sexual misconduct by WFP employees and partners and conducts inspections into areas of heightened risk. Professional Support Services (PSS), which provides shared analytical, technology, digital forensics, intelligence, administrative and business support services, enabling OIG to operate as an integrated, modern and data-driven oversight function.

Purpose and scope of these Terms of Reference

Professional Support Services is seeking a SharePoint and Front-End Developer to design, develop, enhance and maintain secure, accessible and user-friendly digital solutions that support OIG’s audit, investigation, professional practices, knowledge-management and administrative processes. The consultant will combine strong SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 development expertise with modern front-end development skills to translate business needs into intuitive, responsive and maintainable solutions. In particular, the consultancy will support OIG in:

• Designing, developing and maintaining modern SharePoint Online sites, pages, lists, libraries, forms, web parts and extensions;
• Developing responsive and accessible user interfaces using modern front-end technologies and the SharePoint Framework (SPFx);
• Integrating SharePoint solutions with Microsoft 365 services, Microsoft Graph, Power Platform and approved corporate systems;
• Automating business processes, notifications, approvals and recurring tasks;
• Improving information architecture, navigation, search, metadata, content management and user experience;
• Supporting the management and further development of OIG websites, porta