WFP-IMO-P2/P3-East Jerusalem, oPt

Position Title: Information Management Officer

Receiving Agency: WFP

P Level: P2

Location: East Jerusalem, oPt

Duration: Initially until Oct 31st with likely extension to March 31st, 2025

Language: English fluency required, fluency in Arabic or Hebrew is an asset.

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

WFP Palestine is operating in areas where military and other armed actors are present. This has resulted in the unavoidable sharing of space between armed entities and the humanitarian community – an intensely kinetic conflict environment, with heavy restrictions on humanitarian access, most acute in Gaza and increasingly across the West Bank (WB). To adapt to this environment, WFP operations in Gaza will require an uplift in its Humanitarian-Military Interaction (HMI) capacity across Jerusalem and Gaza.

The Officer is charged with identifying and analysing access challenges to/from Gaza and across the West Bank resulting from civil-military coordination challenges and ensuring that WFP’s humanitarian space is respected and kept free from interference by military/armed actors.

The Officer will be based in Jerusalem and will report directly to the Head of Access and HMI Unit. The incumbent will also work closely with OCHA CMCoord & Access Unit and will maintain an indirect technical reporting line with HMI HQ.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Operational Support and Coordination

• Support coordination between Jerusalem and Gaza offices, ensuring information flow and operational alignment.

• Provision of real-time reporting on movement coordination. This responsibility requires 24/7 troubleshooting capability and support.

• Track and monitor WFP convoys and all coordinated and notified moves while managing internal/WFP and external request for information.

• Coordinate and liaise with other UN agencies based in Jerusalem on HMI-related issues, including Humanitarian Notification Systems (HNS), as required.

Analysis and Advisory

• Maintain HMI databases, tracking systems, and contribute to Geographic Information Systems

(GIS) for access monitoring.

• Support administrative aspects of HMI operations, including meeting coordination, document preparation, and liaison activities.

• Monitor, analyse and report on military and access-related trends, dynamics, and the impact of access restrictions/constraints on the humanitarian situation and WFP’s response in Gaza and the West Bank.

• Assist in context and conflict analysis and elaborate and distribute internal/external situational reports.

• Contribute to and update the HMI & Access unit actor mapping, in close coordination with the rest of the team members. Support the development of scenarios for the CO’s CONOPS for the Gaza Response, as well as for the West Bank, when applicable.

Other

• Maintain relationships with key CMCoord stakeholders.

• In close coordination with WFP management/staff, coordinate with key civil-military coordination stakeholders to ensure secure, expanded, and principled access for WFP and ensure the movement of humanitarian cargo and staff to/from/within the Gaza Strip.

• Any other duties as required.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Education: Advanced university degree in one or more of the following disciplines: international relations, political/social science, statistics, information management. Alternatively, a university degree with experience in development or humanitarian affairs.

Languages: Excellent analytical and English drafting skills, working knowledge or fluency in another UN Language is desirable. Speaking Hebrew or Arabic is an advantage.

Work Experience: Minimum five years of experience related to Civil-Military Coordination. Experience with international crisis response is preferred, particularly of WFP operations planning and implementation, as is familiarity with international humanitarian architecture and policy frameworks, project planning and activity management. Experience in humanitarian notification systems is preferred.

Key competences: Analytical and problem solving skills; resourcefulness, initiative, tact, negotiating skills, demonstrated knowledge of and experience with other International Organisations in the context of inter-agency collaboration; demonstrated experience to work under pressure; ability to cope with situations which may threaten health or safety (own and others); attention to detail; flexibility in accepting work assignments outside normal desk description; ability to establish priorities and to plan; coordinate and monitor own work plan in line with operational requirements; willingness to work in challenging field environments. Familiarity with humanitarian notification systems is required.

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