Consultant Internal Audit

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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:
Junior Data Consultant – Data Analyst
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Regular consultancy
UNIT/DIVISION:
OIGA
DUTY STATION (City, Country):
Fully remote from PPR
DURATION:
February December 2026

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We aspire to the highest standards of accountability and transparency. Within WFP the Office of Internal Audit (OIGA) conducts internal audit and other assignments in order to provide assurance to the Executive Director on risk management, governance and control processes.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Assist in the design, development, test, and maintenance of OIGA's database;
2. Assist in the identification of diverse data sources within the organization's IT ecosystem, and in the creation and maintenance of data pipelines to feed OIGA's database;
3. Identify solutions to improve data integration, reliability, efficiency, and quality;
4. Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements for automating manual activities, optimizing data delivery, and re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability;
5. Understand and interpret data, analyse results using statistical techniques, and provide ongoing reports that inform oversight activities;
6. Assist specific oversight assignments with analytical products, including quantitative approach to risk assessments, computation of key risk indicators, and sample selections;
7. Help in developing procedures for continuous risk assessment and continuous auditing;
8. Help in identifying potential use of advance data techniques, such as machine learning, to solve analytical problems within the oversight landscape of activities.
DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Queries, scripts, and dashboards developed during the activities will be stored in OIGA's source code repository, together with the associated detailed documentation. If called to assist with internal audit activities, the consultant will: (a) agree with the audit supervisor on the audit approach and methodology at the planning phase; (b) execute the audit programs and audit tests under the guidance of the OIGA audit team leader, working on a remote basis; and (c) finalize audit conclusions.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
University degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in one of the following disciplines: DataScience, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field.
Experience:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience as a Data Analyst, Data Scientist, and/or Data Engineer, either in a professional role or in advanced academic studies with direct Data Science applications.

• Experience writing scripts in the context of Data Science.

• Experience with visualization tools for Data Science.

• Experience with databases and data modelling.

• Experience in ETL design and implementation.

• Desirable: Experience in Data Analysis applied to audit and oversight activities.
Knowledge & Skills:

•Deep knowledge of Python and/or R.

• Deep knowledge of SQL.

• Excellent knowledge of data visualization techniques and tools (e.g. matplotlib, ggplot, Tableau), with strong visualization skills.

• Excellent knowledge of OLTP databases and data modelling techniques, applied to structured and unstructured sets of data.

• Ability to design and implement ETL processes.

• Knowledge of Machine Learning algorithms and tools.

• Analytical skills and ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to understand key risk indicators, trends, and emerging risks that could impact WFP operations.

• Good communication skills.

• Client/service oriented, ability to understand needs formulated by non-technical staff.

• Comfortable in a rapidly changing environment, with competing and shifting

• Desirable: Experience analyzing data to support audit and oversight activities.

• Desirable: Ability to write technical papers, reports, or documents, and to map processes.
Languages:

• Fluency (C level) in oral and written English.

• Desirable: Intermediate knowledge (B level) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working
language).
 

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