Learning and Development Specialist - HR Officer P2(base location: Rome, Italy)

Job Description

Are you passionate about human resources? Are you ready to change and save the lives of the worlds most vulnerable people? If yes, this opportunity is for you!WFP is an Agency of the United Nations and the worlds largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger globally. Every single day, we work worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. At WFP, we are driven and defined by our mission to fight world hunger, save lives, feed people?s dreams of a brighter future, reduce risk and help enable people, communities and countries meet their own food and nutrition needs. WFP goes anywhere it?s needed and does what it takes to get the job done!More than 18,000 people are working in WFP world-wide reflecting the rich diversity of the world in which we work. The vital importance of our shared mission underpins a remarkably close community of purpose.JOB PURPOSEThe incumbent will be a learning and development specialist who will contribute to WFP?s ongoing learning transformation. This role will support a broad range of learning and development activities and interventions which are managed by the team, such as the identification of learning needs across our country offices and functional areas and the design and development of functional learning paths and curricula to continue to build a wide range of technical skills and cross-cutting skills in the organization. Other initiatives include supporting broadly career management and talent related projects and encouraging the sharing of best practices through the internal community of practice network in the area.KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES ( (not all-inclusive)

• Support the provision of learning solutions to internal clients (business functions and Country Offices (COs)) according to the latest learning and development trends and standard methodologies;
• Assist with the identification and development of appropriate design and delivery mechanisms to meet the needs of target audience;
• Provide support to the development of learning needs analysis, and formulation of learning strategies;
• Own the development of a wide-range of learning solutions (online and blended), related to both internal functional learning and cross-functional skills;
• Design and deliver training interventions and sessions, both face-to-face and remotely as needed;
• Provide input to demonstrate the use of online content development tools (e.g. Articulate Storyline/360, Rise, Captivate, Camtasia, standard animation software etc.);
• Assist with the effective operation of a community of practice amongst learning focal points to share tools, methods, and approaches for learning and development and enable effective knowledge management;
• Support the monitoring and analysis of learning and development data, with a view to identify trends and potential opportunities, and proposing eventual solutions;
• Assist with other career management related initiatives such as developing and identifying materials to support career development, contributing to different campaigns and efforts in this area;
• As required, support other talent management and capability development initiatives and projects.???

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