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• 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:
Library Consultant
TYPE OF CONTRACT:
Junior Consultancy
UNIT/DIVISION:
WFP Library and Research Centre / PRG
DUTY STATION (City, Country):
DURATION:
Rome, Italy
11 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: In the context of continuous improvements of WFP Library services, which include an increased collaboration with other UN Agencies through a common ILMS platform, the WFP catalogue requires a more attentive curation and reinforcement of its collections. The Library and Research Centre has also identified the need to address targeted information on newly published resources to WFP staff in different WFP areas of work. Strictly defined metadata of catalogue records along with DOIs allow regularly programmed creation of topic-related reading lists that can be shared through different communication channels with automated procedures and tracking of publications usage. In addition, the Library and Research Centre has recently become the focal point for external students group visits to HQ Rome that require accurate organization and management. .
SPECIFIC TASKS: To accomplish some of these objectives and tasks, the WFP Library and Research Centre requires the services of a junior consultant in carrying out the following duties:

• Identify journal articles and books of interest to WFP area of work from the LRC’s subscriptions or open access resources to be added to the existing catalogue collections

• Following strict cataloguing rules support the creation of thematic collections of journal articles and books in the LRC catalogue to be distributed as topic reading lists
• Liaise with research units within WFP to retrieve publications authored by WFP to create a comprehensive collection of WFP research publications
• Participate in the compilation and curation of monthly newsletters with LRC suggestions for reading

• Participate in responding to service requests made to the LRC by WFP staff and external partners
• Manage the organization of external students group visits

Other related duties as required.
The incumbent will work under the general supervision of the Head of Library and in collaboration with other unit staff.

TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOR SHORT-TERM/CONSULTANCY CONTRACTS
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DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:
Positive progress in the WFP library collections, regular issue of newsletters and other tasks as listed
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
University degree in the field of international communication and cooperation, international relations and development, political science
Experience:

• At least 1 year of experience working with library management tools and relevant research platforms (e.g. familiarity with ILMS platforms, classification tools, cataloguing rules and research databases)
• Experience with group events management and public presentations
• Knowledge & Skills:
• Good research skills and a methodical and systematic mindset,
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Capacity to work in high autonomy
• Familiarity with WFP structure and operations is desirable.

Languages:
Fluency in written and spoken English required. Knowledge of one or more official UN languages is a strong asset.
Certified by Hiring Manager (name/title) & signature):
Asja Hadzihasanovic / Head of Library and Research Centre 15.01.2026.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Date: ………………………
Accepted by Short-term/Consultancy contract holder (name & signature):
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Date: ………………………

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