WFP Volunteer

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 13 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) 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. 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: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok. WHY JOIN WFP?
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We offer
an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT The Systems Analysis for Nutrition team supports WFP Country Offices in assessing the cost and affordability of nutritious and healthy diets. A key requirement is reliable information on how household consumption expenditure varies within and between subnational areas. This assignment will support the development of a harmonised framework for estimating total, food and non-food expenditure distributions at the level of subnational administrative units across low
- and middle-income countries, using publicly available national, spatial, population, inequality and household-survey data. The resulting estimates will support analysis where recent or sufficiently disaggregated survey data are unavailable and help monitor changes between survey rounds. DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Compile and document relevant national, spatial, population, inequality, price and household-survey datasets.
• Clean, harmonise and aggregate source data, including geographic alignment to country-year-ADM1 units.
• Support development of statistical models for estimating subnational total-consumption-expenditure distributions and their food and non-food components.
• Calibrate and validate modelled estimates against household-survey evidence and appropriate benchmark approaches.
• Produce uncertainty measures, quality indicators, diagnostics and standardised analytical outputs.
• Maintain reproducible Python code and concise technical documentation for updating and applying the framework. EXPECTED OUTCOMES
• A documented inventory of relevant datasets and a harmonised country-year-ADM1 analytical dataset.
• Reproducible R and Python code for data preparation, modelling, validation and output production.
• Modelled ADM1 total, food and non-food expenditure distributions, with summary indicators, uncertainty measures and quality flags.
• Concise technical documentation describing the methods, assumptions, limitations and procedures for updating the estimates. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Education:
Final-year Master of Engineering student in Actuarial Science and Economics at ENSAE Paris
- Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science.

Experience:
Experience in economics, statistics, econometrics and applied data science, including predictive modelling, time-series analysis and research. Experience developing analytical applications and working with complex datasets is desirable. Knowledge &

Skills:
Strong quantitative and analytical skills; proficiency in Python and R; knowledge of statistical modelling, machine learning, data visualisation and reproducible analysis; ability to synthesise findings and prepare clear technical documentation. Languages: Fluency in English (level C0 is required. French is an asset. WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission. Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org NO FEE DISCLAIMER The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web. REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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