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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:
Oversight Accountability Support Analyst

TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Regular Consultant Level I

UNIT/DIVISION:
Risk and Accountability Branch (RMDR), Risk Management Division

DUTY STATION (City, Country):
Rome, Italy

Duration
11 months – 17 January – 16 December 2026

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
Established in September 2017, the Risk Management Division (RMD) aims to strengthen, embed and achieve continuous improvements in risk management, internal control and compliance, oversight reporting, anti-fraud & anti-corruption (AFAC) measures and donor review management throughout WFP, and organizational learning in these areas, in line with Internal Control Framework (approved by the Executive Director in 2015), WFP's 2018 Enterprise Risk Management Policy, 2018 Oversight Framework and 2021 Revised Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption Policy. RMD also provides functional leadership to a network of Risk Officers located in regional offices and higher risk country offices (COs) and AFAC Specialists located in regional offices.
As part of the division's portfolio, the Risk and Accountability Branch (RMDR) serves as a steward for risk management and internal controls, providing guidance and training to colleagues at all levels, as well as consolidating evidence-based analysis and reporting on risk management, internal controls and oversight findings.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The incumbent will conduct analysis of oversight reports, collect and synthesize information from functional and operational management, prepare governing body reports, and prepare summaries, briefings, and presentations to support organizational processes (e.g., consolidated internal and external oversight reporting, annual Executive Director's Assurance Exercise which produces the Executive Director's Statement on Internal Control, etc.). She/he will coordinate matters related to the conduct of Joint Inspection Unit and External Auditor reviews and reporting of Internal Auditor recommendations. In this role, the staff member will focus on the monitoring and reporting of Internal Auditor recommendations to senior management, as well as provide support to Branch technical advisory services. The staff member will report to the Risk and Accountability Officer and Head of Oversight Accountability Support Unit (OASU) or designee.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Not all inclusive, within delegated authority): Coordinate WFP activities related to JIU and External Audit matters, and Internal Audit recommendations reporting, including but not limited to the following:
1. Preparation of high-quality reports for senior management on internal and external oversight recommendations implementation status.
2. Preparation of the annual report to the Executive Board on JIU reports relevant to the work of WFP and External Auditor recommendations implementation status (annex to the audited annual accounts report of the External Auditor), including coordination with relevant operational and functional management of WFP responses/information in response to JIU and External Auditor recommendations, to ensure consistency and accuracy.
3. Preparation of WFP input to inter-agency comments on JIU reports, collecting and consolidating feedback from functional management and initiate discussions as needed.
4. Coordinate JIU reviews from planning to reporting phase.
5. Support the follow up of outstanding oversight recommendations and agreed actions from External Audit reports, including the preparation of correspondence with internal clients, and External Auditor.
6. Monitor and report on the results of key performance indicators related to oversight for management and Board reporting purposes.
7. Relevant system implementations including user acceptance testing of risk management tools, encoding of data and quality review of system database such as external oversight recommendations and risk management questionnaires and surveys.
8. Preparation and/or coordination of analysis, datasets, summaries, briefings, and presentations to support organizational processes including oversight recommendation synthesis, evaluation liaison and the annual Executive Director's Assurance Exercise, as necessary. Make proposals, develop solutions, and communicate with key internal actors. Identify and propose escalation of issues that merit executive management attention/decision.
9. Provide support to the Risk and Accountability Officer and Head of OASU on Branch technical advisory services.
10. Other duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
First University degree in business/public administration, finance, economics, international development, audit or other relevant fields.

Experience:
Three years of relevant experience in cross-functional coordination, reporting, data management and/or use of IT systems to meet business needs.
Knowledge of UN/WFP governance, organizational structures, strategy and major initiatives. Understanding of UN/WFP rules, regulations and policies. Excellent English writing skills and ability to independently prioritize and plan. Analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills; resourcefulness, initiative, good judgement, tact, diplomacy and strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to establish effective working relationships with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds. Ability to synthesize complex information into digestible summaries tailored to stakeholder needs.

DESIRABLE: Writing for governing body and senior management audiences; preparing input to inter-agency processes and supporting inter-agency discussions.

Language:
Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP's working language, Portuguese.

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