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Senior Budget and Programming Associate at WFP - World Food Programme

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Job Description

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 climate change.



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?


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:      Senior Budget and Programming Associate


TYPE OF CONTRACT:     Service Contract (SC) Level 7


UNIT/DIVISION:     Budget and Programming


DUTY STATION (City, Country):    Kigali, Rwanda

Job Industry

Administrative and Support Services

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

1.  Act as an escalation point in providing procedural and technical support to staff within the areas of budget and programming, to ensure compliance with WFP financial policies, rules and regulations.

2.  Review budget plans, monitor and conduct comprehensive analysis of project financial performance and make recommendations in compliance with WFP financial policies and procedures and best practices, to support financial analysis and optimization of resources.

3.  Review and provide comprehensive analysis on fund and grant balances identifying surpluses and deficits, and suggest corrective measures, to support maximum fund utilization and decision-making process.

4. Support resource management ensuring efficient planning and monitoring, to prevent and address resource shortage and maximize operational effectiveness.

5. Actively participate and contribute to the improvement of internal processes, enhancement of corporate systems and design of tools, to facilitate the overall planning, expenditure forecasting, and budget management and monitoring of resource utilization. 

6.  Coordinate spot checks of cooperating partners to ensure quality and compliance of the service provided.

7.  Review and/or enter project budget plans and revisions in the corporate systems, to ensure data is timely and accurately captured enabling easy access to information and supporting planning and decision-making.

8.  Review and analyze complex data and prepare comprehensive periodic and ad hoc reports including visualization of data, to support accuracy and efficiency of information presented to internal and external stakeholders.

9.  Communicate with a wide range of stakeholders regarding complex project funds management matters and related processes, to resolve any current/potential issues preventing from optimization of funds.

10.  Follow standard emergency preparedness practices, to ensure WFP can quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities
  • Bachelor’s degree in data science, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics or other fields supplemented with additional years of related work experience is required. 
  • At least 5 years in Data management with hands-on experience identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends or patterns in complex data sets. 
  • Relevant work experience as a data analyst or business data analyst. Has provided analytical inputs for the development of budgets, financial plans or analysis.  
  • Demonstrated competence with using standard data analysis and visualization software packages such as Excel (Advanced Level), SAP or other analytical tools. 
  • Strong experience working with large amounts of data: trends analysis, figures, and number crunching. 
  • Strong analytical skills; keen attention to detail and data accuracy with demonstrated ability to enable informed decision-making for management. 
  • Appetite for exploring and experimenting with new ideas and approaches 
  • Excellent communication and writing skills for effective reporting and presentation.  
  • A proactive attitude and an ability to plan work and prioritize competing activities to ensure their completion.  
  • Ability to work independently in an organized manner with good attention to details and and provide guidance to colleagues. 
  • Good interpersonal skills and ability to deal patiently and tactfully with people of different backgrounds.  

LANGUAGE

  • Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Fluency in Kinyarwanda preferred.

Application Process

Close Date

29/10/2025

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