General
Description of assignment title: Business Support Assistant (VAM)
Assignment country: Egypt
Expected start date: 08/03/2025
Sustainable Development Goal: 2. Zero hunger
Volunteer category: International UN University Volunteer
Host entity: WFP
Type: Onsite
Duration: 6 months
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Cairo
Details
Mission and objectives
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security, and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty.
In 2020, WFP assisted 115.5 million people – the largest number since 2012 – in 84 countries.
For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
WFP’s efforts focus on emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid and special operations. Two-thirds of our work is in conflict-affected countries where people are three times more likely to be undernourished than those living in countries without conflict.
In emergencies, WFP is often first on the scene, providing food assistance to the victims of war, civil conflict, drought, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, crop failures and natural disasters. When the emergency subsides, WFP helps communities rebuild shattered lives and livelihoods. We also work to strengthen the resilience of people and communities affected by protracted crises by applying a development lens in our humanitarian response.
WFP development projects focus on nutrition, especially for mothers and children, addressing malnutrition from the earliest stages through programmes targeting the first 1,000 days from conception to a child’s second birthday, and later through school meals.
Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading Humanitarian Organization fighting hunger and changing lives worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies, and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. In Egypt, WFP is committed to supporting the Government’s priorities towards the achievement of the SDGs. WFP’s current five-year Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is designed in a way to fully support Egypt’s vision 2030 and ensure food and nutrition security for all Egyptians, as enshrined in both the Constitution and the country’s commitment to the Global Sustainable Development Agenda.
The CSP focuses on five interrelated thematic areas:
- Support the refugees and migrants through food assistance and resilience building
- Improve the nutritional status of Egyptians with a focus on Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women and infants under two years of age
- Support and complement the Government’s social protection programs
- Provide capacity strengthening to the Government and support South-South cooperation between Egypt and neighbouring countries.
As part of WFP Egypt CSP for 2023-2028, WFP is implementing it’s humanitarian response to refugees as well as resilience building activities to refugees and host community members. Through its “One Refugee Policy” WFP targets vulnerable refugees irrespective of nationality with cash-based transfers to ensure they can meet their essential food needs throughout the year. WFP’s approach to food security is two-pronged; it first ensures access to basic food needs for vulnerable populations through immediate support, and secondly, it addresses long-term resilience building for future self-reliance.
Task description
The Egypt office involves supporting various humanitarian and development initiatives aimed at improving food security and livelihoods. The Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit is a cross functional unit that support the different programmes inside the Egypt office in terms of offering economic analysis, leading on beneficiaries targeting, among other activities. Egypt office programmes include: 1. Social Protection and Livelihoods
- Emergency Response
- Climate and resilience activities
Under the direct supervision of the Senior VAM Associate of the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit, the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:
- Support in data collection and analysis for monthly market monitor
- Support in projects coordination and documentation
- Support in reports writing
Eligibility criteria
Age: 18 – 80
Required experience
1 month
Donor priorities
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Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the country of assignment.
Additional eligibility criteria
As this assignment is funded by CYVA, specific eligibility criteria apply. Candidates must be Chinese nationals affiliated with a university participating in CYVA’s programme.
Assignment requirements
Relevant experience
1 month
Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required
Arabic, Level: Working knowledge, Desirable
Required education level
Secondary education
Competencies and values
– Adaptability and Flexibility
– Ethics and Values
– Integrity
– Respect for Diversity
– Working in Teams
Skills and experience
Demonstrated interest in:
- Economic and statistical analysis
- Reports writing
Required education: Secondary Education, with a Bachelor degree or currently studying towards a Bachelor or Master degree in Economics, statistics, or similar social science.
Area(s) of expertise
Development programmes, Economics and finance
Driving license
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Other information
Living conditions and remarks
Cairo, Egypt is a family duty station with a wide range of services (health, education and leisure) and good living conditions. It has long been a center of the region’s political and cultural life, with high levels of tourism. Like other similar cities, Cairo offers good quality of life in terms of access to shopping centers, banks, medical services, educational facilities, cultural events, etc. The Arab Republic of Egypt has a unique geographical position in Northeast Africa, at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, on the Mediterranean and Red Sea, and its connection to Sub Saharan Africa through the Nile Valley.
WFP Egypt County Office is in Hadayek El Maadi, Cairo. It is approximately 11 kilometers from downtown and it takes about 30-40 minutes by car. Maadi, where the office is located, is a safe residential area where many expatriates reside. Transportation is relatively well-equipped, including the metro and taxi (Uber) in Cairo.
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
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More Information
- Job City Cairo, Egypt
