Research Analyst Consultant

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

29 November 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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WHY JOIN WFP?

• 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 Consultant
UNIT/DIVISION: Office of Evaluation (OEV)
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Rome, Italy
DURATION: 11 Months (November 2026 – October 2027)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The WFP Evaluation Policy (2022) 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.
Centralized evaluations (commissioned by OEV) serve a dual purpose of accountability and learning and are conducted in accordance with UNEG norms and standards to ensure independence, credibility, and utility.
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.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Centralized evaluations: Research and data analysis
   The research analyst will conduct research and data analysis for a minimum of four Centralized Evaluations (CE) comprising of policy, strategic and country strategic evaluations at varying stages of implementation including the partnership strategic evaluation; corporate emergency evaluation of WFP’s response in Palestine and the evaluation of Egypt and Haiti CSPs. The allocation of evaluations may be subject to changes during the course of the consultancy. The research analyst will lead data analytics and support information management; and quality assurance of evaluation’s draft deliverable