Etc Operational Information Management

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19 January 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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JOB TITLE: ETC Operational Information Management Consultant

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultancy - Level I

UNIT/DIVISON: TECF / ETC

CONTRACT MODALITY: Remote

DURATION: 11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The WFP Information Technology Emergency Preparedness & Response Branch is responsible for coordinating and managing the IT response to emergencies for WFP and - as the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) lead agency - the wider humanitarian response community. As the operational branch of WFP Information Technology, this branch leads global coordination, advocacy and partnerships for the ETC providing vital communications services in humanitarian emergencies to governments, humanitarian organizations and disaster affected people.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- Collate, analyse and communicate needs assessments, key operational information on activities (as per defined indicators) as well as challenges and available resources in order to facilitate access to timely and accurate information used at country, regional and corporate level and support decision-making.
- Gather operational information about the IT/ETC response in a specific emergency to produce up-to-date maps, dashboards and situation reports.
- Identify operational data sets and data sources to produce reports and visual dashboards efficiently.
- Provide regular inputs about IT EPR/ETC activities in the field to OCHA and WFP internal and external situation reports and other inter-agency documents, such as 3W/4Ws and humanitarian dashboards.
- Design and develop needs assessment and user satisfaction surveys; analyse the results and produce comprehensive reports to be shared with IT/ETC Coordinators, management and partners.
- Contribute to enhancing processes to collect, store, analyse and visualize ETC data using digital tools and platforms.
- Build and maintain compelling dashboards for ETC operations and global activities using data visualization tools and platforms.
- Support the IT/ETC Coordinator by providing inputs to IT response plans, Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP), the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO), appeals, CERF requests and materials required for donor conferences and fundraising.
- Prepare, organise and provide support to IT Operational Task Forces, Global ETC teleconferences, compiling minutes and disseminating them through the appropriate channels and platforms.
- Assist in providing inputs to the annual reports in collaboration with country offices, monitoring & evaluation and resource management functions to ensure coherence and quality of performance information.
- Draft stories, articles, blog post and social media posts for publication on relevant WFP and IT/ETC platforms.
- Collaborate with counterparts internally and externally to ensure consistency in humanitarian information and to complement WFP TECF & ETC analysis and information.
- Deploy to emergency operations to take on Operational Information Management and Communications activities as required.
- Ensure that standard Information Management and Reporting procedures and templates are followed to drive the quality, consistency and standardisation of information management and performance reporting across WFP and within the ETC.
- Assist in the procurement of visibility materials (banners, t-shirts, stickers) for emergency operations and events.
- Travel to provide support to ETC operations on the ground and /