Data And Content Officer Lazio

Data And Content Officer
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

9 October 2024-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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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: Data and Content Officer

TYPE OF CONTRACT: REG CST

UNIT/DIVISION: SCDLC

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Remote

DURATION: 6 months with possibility of extension

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The Logistics Cluster (LC) is an Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) coordination mechanism responsible for coordination, information management, and, where necessary, logistics service provision to ensure an effective and efficient logistics response takes place in humanitarian emergency missions. In its role as the Logistics Cluster (LC) lead, WFP maintains in its Logistics Cluster team in its Rome Headquarters which supports the activities and initiatives of the Logistics Cluster globally. Life-saving humanitarian action can have unintended environmental impacts, which can hamper the effectiveness of relief, recovery, and sustainable development efforts. The humanitarian supply chain, typically responsible for the procurement, transport, and warehousing of goods, as well as for the management of premises, waste, and fleets, is at the center of these impacts. Under the umbrella of the Logistics Cluster, the Environmental Sustainability in Humanitarian Logistics (WREC) Coalition seeks to reduce the adverse environmental consequences of humanitarian logistics through awareness raising, practical guidance, and provision of real-time environmental expertise to support operations. The WREC Coalition further aims to support the humanitarian community with specialized humanitarian logistics expertise, training, and tool development to support environmental sustainability initiatives. The project is coordinated by the Logistics Cluster and supported by a coalition of humanitarian organizations - the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Save the Children International (SCI) and the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP). Representatives of these five entities form the Project Steering Committee. The Data and Content/Information Management Officer will report to the WREC Project Manager, coordinating closely with all coalition partners as well as the LC's Headquarter Information Management team (HQ IM).

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

The incumbent will be responsible for the overall information and knowledge management, and undertake the following work under the guidance and final clearance of the WREC Project Manager:

1. Communications and Information Management - Briefing Materials and Reports: Independently prepare advocacy and briefing materials for the Project Manger, donors and LC partner organizations, as requested, regarding the project. Suggest and implement means to improve communications, information sharing, and coordination between LC participants. Report to internal or external stakeholders concerning specific project-related activities. - Communication Strategy: Proactively support in the conceptualization, drafting and implementation of the WREC Coalition's Communications Strategy, Partnership Communications Toolkit, and Partnership Statements Framework as well as other documents. In line with the WREC Coalition's Communication Strategy, propose an action plan for developing internal and external advocacy and communication materials as well as infographics to promote the mission of the WREC and its guidance/tools. - Social Media: Initiate social media content (blog