Communications Officer | International Consultancy Level 2 | Gaza, Palestine
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building peace through food assistance. Operating in complex emergencies, WFP provides vital support to vulnerable populations. This role is within WFP Palestine, an organization deeply involved in addressing a protracted humanitarian crisis.
Job Purpose
The Communications Officer will be responsible for developing and implementing WFP Palestine's external communications strategies and activities in Gaza. This involves raising public awareness and understanding of WFP's operations, enhancing visibility, and supporting fundraising efforts. The role includes leading social media initiatives, producing diverse communication materials (press releases, articles, social media content), and generating donor-specific visibility content. A key aspect is building and maintaining relationships with local media to ensure accurate information flow and manage reputational risks. The officer will also collaborate with programme teams to improve community communication and analyze media trends to refine communication strategies. This position is crucial for effectively communicating WFP's impact and needs in a challenging humanitarian context.
Responsibilities
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives in emergencies and building pathways to peace, stability, and prosperity through food assistance. WFP operates in environments recovering from conflict, disasters, and extreme weather. The organization emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities, fostering a skilled and high-performing workforce committed to its core values: Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion. WFP offers a multicultural work environment with significant investment in personal and professional development through training, coaching, and internal mobility. A career with WFP provides opportunities to work globally with passionate colleagues dedicated to delivering effective humanitarian aid. The role specifically involves developing and implementing external communications plans for WFP Palestine in Gaza, aiming to increase awareness of operations among the public, opinion leaders, and donors to support fundraising. Responsibilities include leading social media strategy, managing a communications team, producing various communication materials (press releases, articles, social media content), generating donor-specific visibility content, building relationships with local media, strengthening community communication, and analyzing media trends to refine communication strategies. Collaboration with internal and external partners is crucial for a coherent communication approach.
Work Experience
Requires a minimum of five years of postgraduate professional experience in Communications. Substantial experience in delivering communications during complex emergency operations is highly desirable.
Skills
Communications Strategy, Media Relations, Social Media Management, Content Creation, Public Relations, Journalism, Emergency Communications, Partnership Building, Community Engagement, Logistics Support, Humanitarian Aid, Arabic Language Skills