Consultant Information Management

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 19 October 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. 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 extreme weather shocks. 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: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok. WHY JOIN WFP?
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• 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.
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an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). Strategic and Operational Information Management (SOIM) function plays a critical role in creating and maintaining a common operational picture of WFP operations. With Country Offices (COs) reporting directly to the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer (DED&COO), the need for a streamlined, coherent, and responsive flow of strategic and operational information is essential. To support this shift, the DED&COO Office is consolidating the Operational Information Management global function to ensure that information flows between Global Headquarters (GHQ) and COs are timely, accurate, and strategically aligned. This consolidation enables a unified executive voice and strengthens evidence-based decision-making across all levels of the organization. The OIM function is responsible for coordinating, consolidating, and managing information flows, ensuring that WFP leadership has access to a consistent and comprehensive operational picture, while also reducing duplication and enhancing coherence in internal and external messaging. ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Support WFP organizational support to country offices responding to emergencies. 2. Maintain regular formal and informal communication with assigned Regional Bureau and country offices. 3. Collate the information provided by assigned regions and COs into internal COO processes and products to inform corporate briefs, action, and information flows 4. Support meetings convened to discuss proposals for decision making and available information on the emergency response. 5. Support information management tasks for the assigned region and countries to set up OPSCen meeting room for related meetings, upload documents to OPWeb, and proactively establish contacts with cross functional colleagues to support fulfilment of field requests. 6. Work closely with assigned RO and COs in the region to regularly circulate information on the context, operations, and critical events through Daily Operational Briefs, situation updates, ED briefs, and other reporting products. 7. Regularly engage with colleagues from cross functional teams to enhance the political, humanitarian and policy landscape pertaining to WFPs responses to have an informed holistic view of issues impacting WFP in the region. 8. Work closely with team members in COO and backstop and support other team members work. When one colleague is out of the office, provide temporary replacement support to ensure there are no gaps in coverage 9. Fill rotational coverage of COO processes which are divided amongst the entire COO team. 10. Support the team leader with longer-term planning and implementation of OIM initiatives including update to normative guidance and the OIM compendium, update to learning and development opportunities, review/revisions/rollout of reporting templates and related guidance, and contributing to brainstorming on the OPSCen setup and service. 11. Provide support to COO colleagues. 12. Any other business as required. WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission. Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org NO FEE DISCLAIMER The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web. REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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