Assistant for Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping

About the role

The World Food Programme (WFP) is hiring an Assistant for Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping in La Paz. The position supports the Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Unit (VAM/RAM) by collecting, processing and analysing data on food security, nutrition and vulnerability. It produces statistical and geospatial analyses, maps, dashboards, reports and other analytical products that feed programme targeting, emergency response and decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Process, clean, validate and analyse data from surveys, evaluations, remote monitoring and official secondary sources.
• Support food security in emergencies (EFSA), household surveys, market analyses and targeting exercises.
• Analyse indicators of food security, nutrition, livelihoods, coping strategies, markets, threats and exposure to risk.
• Help design and update questionnaires, digital data collection tools and quality control processes.
• Produce thematic maps, vulnerability profiles and geospatial analyses with QGIS and/or ArcGIS Pro.
• Support geographic and population-based targeting, territorial prioritisation and coverage analysis.
• Prepare analyses, dashboards and inputs for reports, briefs and technical notes.
• Contribute to corporate products and reports, support rapid analyses in emergencies and join field missions.
• Coordinate with other WFP units and partners to harmonise information.

Required profile

• Bolivian nationality or a valid work permit at the time of application.
• Degree in development, economics, food security, geography, social sciences, agronomy, territorial planning or related fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in data analysis, food security assessments, vulnerability, markets or targeting.
• Experience with survey and database processing, mapping and geospatial products.
• Experience with public institutions, international cooperation, humanitarian organisations or the UN is valued; emergency and field experience is valued.
• Excellent Spanish and intermediate English.

Required skills

• GIS, preferably QGIS and/or ArcGIS Pro.
• Advanced Excel and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Statistical software or languages such as SPSS, Stata, R or Python.
• Survey sampling, questionnaire design and quantitative and qualitative data analysis.