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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).
➡️ Jobs Title: Information Management Officer
📌 Type of Contract: Service Contract, SC L9
📍 Duty Station (City, Country): Gaza, Palestine
➡️ Duration: 6 months (renewable)
The position is only open to nationals or residents with a legal permit/ID to work in Gaza.
❗You are required to fill in all mandatory fields on Workday in English and upload your English CV. Your application would be otherwise disqualified.
What will you do in this position?
The ETC Information Management Officer will serve as an active member of the ETC Palestine team, based in Gaza and will be responsible for three main activities:
1. Sharing of Operational Information: focused on providing information related to implementing IT operations in the ETC Palestine conflict emergency.
2. Monitoring and Reporting: focused on documenting and reporting on the performance of the ETC in the Palestine conflict emergency.
3. Advocacy: focused on the mobilization of resources and increasing awareness of the ETC Palestine both in the country and on a global level.
Why work with WFP Palestine?
For decades, Palestine has been facing a protracted and complex protection and humanitarian crisis. The humanitarian situation worsened alarmingly after an upsurge in violence from October 2023.
WFP, through our dual mandate in humanitarian and development, provides life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable and food insecure non-refugee Palestinians.
WFP provides logistics support to humanitarian and development partners, allowing them to reach more people faster, and at a lower cost to donors and the environment. By offering our cash-based transfer platform to the wider humanitarian and development community, coordinating logistics, and developing an inter-agency common feedback mechanism, WFP contributes to wider humanitarian efforts.
At WFP Palestine, we offer a wide range of benefits and entitlements for Service Contract holders. Some of them are:
✅ Competitive salaries per job level
✅ Pension contribution added to net salary
✅ Medical insurance with the possibility to enroll eligible dependents
✅ Applicable danger pay (reviewed on quarterly basis)
✅ Annual leave - 30 days per year
✅ 16 weeks of parental leave for birth mothers and 4 weeks of parental leave for non-birth parent
✅ Learning & development opportunities
How can you make a difference?
Under the supervision of the ETC Coordinator, the Information Management Officer will be responsible for the following duties:
1. Coordinate reporting activities relating to the ETC Palestine operations as necessary.
2. Write regular Situation Reports, factsheets, infographics and other IM and advocacy products summarizing ETC activities in Palestine;
3. Assist the ETC Coordinator to write and edit other reports or documentation such as Concept of Operations (ConOps), project documents, concept notes, presentations and funding appeals;
4. Provide inputs to OCHA and WFP Palestine Country Office products, including internal and external SitReps;
5. Manage content of ETC Palestine country operations page, ensuring all information is up to date and accurate;
6. Establish and maintain the ETC Palestine country mailing lists;
7. Advise on internal information sharing mechanisms, documentation formats and templates, central file store, according to ETC guidance and ensuring consistency;
8. Coordinate global and local ETC Palestine working group meetings with partners as well as internal WFP TEC Task Forces including scheduling meetings, and writing and distributing meeting minutes;
9. Monitor the shared ETC Palestine email account and direct requests for information as appropriate;
10. Develop and distribute ETC Palestine User Feedback Survey including compilation, analysis and presentation of results;
11. Prepare and edit ETC Palestine content for news releases, feature articles, stories, briefing notes, and other materials for use in the media and distribution to the public and donors, including creative, human-interest content for both internal and external publication to raise awareness of ETC activities on the ground;
12. Act as an information focal point for ETC Palestine activities in the country (alongside the ETC Coordinator);
13. Support the procurement of the ETC Palestine visibility items;
14. Liaise with donors, NGOs and other UN agencies as required to gather and disseminate information on ETC activities in Palestine;
15. Assist the ETC Coordinator to write and edit other reports or documentation required by the ETC such as Concept of Operations (ConOps), project documents, concept notes, presentations and funding appeals;
16. Attend and represent the ETC Palestine in relevant meetings and local inter-agency IM Working Group; P
17. Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisors.
To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have:
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced University degree in social sciences, international relations, communications, journalism or related field or First level University degree with additional years of working experience;
Experience:
A minimum of three (03) years of postgraduate professional experience in information management, communications or other related fields.
Experience in working in international contexts is required.
Experience in working in emergency settings, hardship locations or humanitarian context is desirable.
Knowledge and Skills:
Sound knowledge of Microsoft Windows, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint and other related software is required.
Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing, transforming technical terminology into easily understood language is required.
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills to conceptualize issues, think in abstract terms, and analyze numerical data is required.
Knowledge of ICT operations and humanitarian reform / cluster concept is desirable.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English and Arabic languages
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruitment system. We do not accept CVs or spontaneous applications by email.
If you experience challenges while submitting your online application, please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org for technical support only.
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We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
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.