Research Analyst

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20 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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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.

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WHY JOIN WFP?

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• 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).
  

JOB TITLE: Research Analyst Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular Consultancy

UNIT/DIVISION: Office of Evaluation (OEV)

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome

DURATION: 22 October 2026 – 21 September 2027 (11 months)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The WFP Evaluation Policy (2022) and its amendments aims to contribute to global knowledge and support decision-making and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) achievement at the global, regional, and national levels. It ensures that evaluation evidence consistently and comprehensively informs decisions on WFP policies, strategies, plans, and programmes. The Evaluation Policy and its amendments mandate the Office of Evaluation (OEV) to commission and manage a range of evaluation types—including Country Strategic Plan, Corporate Emergency, Policy, Strategic, and Synthesis evaluations—to generate evidence that assesses performance and informs decision-making on WFP policies, strategies, plans, and programmes. Each centralized evaluation is managed by an evaluation officer and, where possible, supported by a research and data analyst. The analyst provides essential analytical and operational support across the evaluation cycle, including data analysis; process management; knowledge management of evaluation data and documents; preparation of terms of reference; quality assurance of evaluation deliverables; and coordination of the evaluation process and stakeholder engagement. The current and projected OEV programme of work and evaluation portfolio require the existing workforce of Research Analysts within OEV’s Analytics and Research Unit (ARU). Research Analysts operate with a high degree of autonomy, reporting to the Head of ARU and functionally to the evaluation managers responsible for the evaluations to which they are assigned. The Research Analyst that OEV envisages to hire under the present terms of reference is expected to work with a high level of independence. He/she will be assigned to report formally to one of the ARU, while he/she in addition will report functionally to various others, who manage the evaluations for which data management and analysis is undertaken.

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2. Centralized evaluations: research and data analysis (aprox 80%)
   The Research Analyst will conduct research and data analysis in support of centralized evaluations, including Policy and Strategic Evaluations, Country Strategic Plan Evaluations (CSPEs), Corporate Emergency Evaluations (CEEs), and Synthesis Evaluations. Specifically, the consultant will provide research and analytical support for