Consultant HR (Business Analyst and Technical expert)

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

15 August 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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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.

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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: Consultant HR (Business Analyst and Technical expert)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST REG

UNIT/DIVISION: HRMOI/HRM

DUTY STATION (City, Country): HQ Rome, Italy

DURATION: 17 August to 31/12/2026 - with possibility of extension

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger. WFP’s HR Technology and Analytics Branch (HRMOI) powers the digital backbone of HR, delivering smart tools, data, and strategy to streamline processes, drive decisions, and elevate experience.

HRMOI leads the development, implementation, and maintenance of the HR technology strategy and roadmap, ensuring streamlined, effective, and compliant HR processes across the organization. It provides data, analytics, and digital tools to employees, managers, executives, HR practitioners, and external partners — supporting evidence-based decision-making, improving productivity, and enhancing employee and customer experience.

The HRMOI Branch consists of six workstreams:

(STREAM 1) Payroll, time & audit systems

(STREAM 2) Talent, learning & recruiting systems

(STREAM 3) People analytics & reporting

(STREAM 4) Organization, positions & security

(STREAM 5) HR capabilities, system adoption & experience

(STREAM 6) HR technology implementations

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the general supervision and guidance of the Team Leader of HR Technology Deployment, the Consultant HR will be responsible for the following key duties:

1. Act Technical lead and managing two developers. Review business priorities and manage team member workload. 2. Work with HR units (especially the Reassignment and Performance team) to support and provide evolutive maintenance of the existing HR business applications. 3. Maintain and improve the data interfaces between the web-based applications and other HR systems including the HR core system (SAP/Workday). 4. Maintain the hosting environment and deployment pipelines used for HR web-based applications. Perform upgrades and migrations when required. 5. Work and partner with TEC on improving HR Systems architecture and proceeding systems decommissioning when required.

6. Lead the migration from Oracle database to Postgres (including data migration activities) in collaboration with TEC. 7. Work collaboratively with the functional team leaders, security lead and HR Business stakeholders to maintain the Workday HCM configuration. Configure new functionalities/modules when it is required. Support the testing and the deployment of new configuration or configuration updates across the various tenants. 8. Act as Workday Studio expert. Develop and maintain a set of integrations (e.g. Boomerang integrations) when required. 9. Provide support to end-users as Case solver for various case types. 10. Provide and maintain the documentation (business process, architectural diagram, product specifications, business requirements, data models…) required for quality insurance and future maintenance of the system. 11. Other tasks as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

1. End-users support provided and Workday HCM configuration completed successfully

2. Integrations for Talent up and running

3. Support and evolutive maintenance of HR web-based applications provided with high quality and responsiveness

4. Oracle database replaced by Postgres

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field of study.

Experience:

Minimum Six years of progressive professional experience as software developer.

Knowledge & Skills:

Web Application Development Experience in PHP including MVC framework (Laravel, CodeIgniter), AJAX/JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, XML.

Experience in Java server-side programming.

Experience through the different stages of the Software Development Life Cycle.

Good knowledge of Cloud technologies (such as OpenShift, AWS).

Excellent and demonstrated capability to work collaboratively within a team.

Good knowledge of MySQL and Oracle Databases (Procedures, Data modeling).

Knowledge in configuring Workday HCM configuration and Workday Studio

Experience configuring/administrating application servers such as Apache and Tomcat considered a plus.

Languages:

Fluency in oral and written English with an intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages).

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

 

WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework

 

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

 

WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact:  global.inclusion@wfp.org

NO FEE DISCLAIMER

 

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.

 

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.

• We strongly recommend that your Workday profile is accurate and complete, and that all sections are filled in, including your employment history, academic qualifications, language skills, and UN grade (if applicable). Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.

• If you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org. Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application - unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.

• At the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.