DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
10 February 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)
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:
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).
WFP has recently implemented Workday Human Capital Management and is currently looking for a dynamic Business Analyst to support Workday Recruiting, Workforce Planning and the deployment of Talent Management functionalities.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Partner with HR units (HQ and Field) to understand their business needs,



support the digital transformation and leverage fully on Workday HCM functionalities.
- Participate actively to the deployment of Talent Management functionalities of Workday (Performance Review, Promotion, Probation )
- Work closely with Workday Product owner, functional lead, and key business stakeholders to drive prioritization of requests in Workday HCM and maintain Workday HCM configuration in collaboration with Workday configurators.
- Be pro-active and provide thinking out of the box. Resolve complex tasks and requirements. Provide Workday expertise, promote and facilitate Workday best practices.
- Work with the Change Management team and various stakeholders to growth the knowledge around Workday Recruiting and Talent Management.
- Identify opportunities for Workday configuration improvements and contribute to the enhancement of the platform.
- When necessary, in collaboration with Workday configurators,



prototype and configure solutions in Workday HCM following high quality standards liaising with the security and reporting experts when it is required.
- Partner with our Workforce Planning team and maintain the configuration of Workday Adaptive Planning.
- Prepare, manage and deliver training sessions on both systems, remotely and in person, as circumstances require.
- Support test scenarios development efforts in coordination with the Functional lead and the various stakeholders.
- Support the unit and regression testing, integrations testing, and user readiness testing.
- Monitor and manage defects in relationship with the other team members.
- When Workday HCM cannot accommodate the business need, work closely with the business units, IT and various stakeholders to identify and implement the best technical solution (market research, tender or inhouse development depending on the case) that can be integrated with Workday HCM.
- Other tasks as required.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:




University’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Information Technology or other relevant field of study
Experience:
- 5+ years of postgraduate relevant professional experience as Business Analyst or HRIS consultant.
- Minimum 3 years of working experience in relation to Recruiting or Talent/Career Management or Workforce Planning.
- Proven experience in Business Process Mapping, development of Business requirements, System testing
- Experience with solution design, system configuration/administration and implementation of changes within SAAS HRIS platform such as Workday, Adaptive Planning.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical solutions within Workday.
- Proven experience in developing Learning content and providing trainings.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Advanced use of HCM and/or Talent Management systems (ideally Workday HCM).




- Excellent knowledge of HR business processes especially related to Talent and Recruiting or Workforce Planning, and best industry practices.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Able to document and analyze HR business process.
- Able