Food and Nutrition Security Analyst/Report Writer

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The 2024 CFSVA will be conducted jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), the National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR), the Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) and the National Child Development Agency (NCDA). Technical inputs will also be received from the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC), the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF).  

As per previous assessments, WFP and partner organizations will conduct the CFSVA in April 2024. It will provide a relatively favorable snapshot of the food security situation in the country as many households will be expected to still have food stock from current  harvest. Based on the analysis, specific recommendations will be drawn for social protection, food security and nutrition interventions, including geographic and household level targeting criteria. In addition to the main report output, the 2024 CFSVA will avail data that will be compiled for policy briefs to inform government and partners’ food and nutrition security programmes.

Through an in-depth data collection and analysis exercise, the CFSVA will provide the Government and the development partners with information on: 

• Levels of household food insecurity including the identification and characterization of socio-economic groups (based on demographic characteristics and livelihood/rural labour patterns) most vulnerable to food insecurity.
• The areas and population groups that are the most food insecure, including: how many they are, their geographic distribution, causes why they are food insecure, and how external assistance can make a difference in reducing hunger and supporting their livelihoods.
• Malnutrition among children and mothers of sampled households, health conditions (including mortality) and care practices with the aim to analyze root causes of malnutrition as well as linkages between food security and nutrition.
• Changing importance of agricultural production to household livelihood strategies; analysis of food production constraints; extend of post-harvest losses and their impact on the food security situation; and how improved crop production, livestock restocking, and market initiatives can contribute to improve the food security situation.
• Provide recommendations on the development of national food security and assistance strategies.
• Strengthened utilization of the findings for use in the social protection sector.

It is under this context that WFP Rwanda seeks the service of a senior food and nutrition security analyst to lead the report writing of this assessment.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The Senior Food & Nutrition Analyst will work under the supervision of the Head of VAM/M&E in the WFP Rwanda country office and supported by the Data Analyst, in close cooperation with survey counterparts, in particular NISR and MINAGRI, to undertake the secondary literature review, data cleaning and analysis and draft the report for the assessment. In detail the candidate will be responsible for the following tasks: 

• Conduct literature review and secondary data analysis of related existing documents.
• Lead the report writing in accordance with the survey objectives and the data analysis.
• Work with WFP team and partners to carry out data cleaning and analysis of community, household, child nutrition, health and mortality data.
• Provide technical support in data analysis and ensure appropriate result outputs are generated in the expected CFSVA formats.
• The report writer is expected to produce a high-quality comprehensive CFSVA report, and an accompanying Brief which are ready for validation and publication. Summaries of district profiles, PowerPoint presentation of the key findings and recommendations are also expected outputs.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Education: Postgraduate degree in social science, statistics, geography, economics, public health, or related fields.
• Languages: Proven excellent writing and communication skills in English.
• Experience: At least 8 years of relevant work experience in food and nutrition security data analysis and report writing. The applicant will be asked to provide 2 of the latest report they wrote.
• Knowledge & Skills: Strong analytical skills in SPSS and ENA for SMART, Word, Excel. Proficiency in data visualization tools will be an added advantage.

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