This is a 5 months role with possible extension
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within.
Now, and for the future.
Program / Department Summary
The Humanitarian Access Team (HAT) supports Mercy Corps programs throughout Libya in four key areas: programs, strategy, advocacy, and security. The HAT analytical unit monitors social media, communicates with partners, validates data through primary sources, and interfaces with relevant international organizations in order to gather and collate relevant conflict, access, and stakeholder information. The HAT focuses on conflict, both individual incidents and trends, both present and forecasted, and then links this with its respective impact on the local population. The HAT therefore looks not only at violence, but also at those underlying factors that trigger conflict and displacement such as governance and service provision, war economy dynamics, past displacement patterns, local, regional and international politics, social identity and intercommunal relationships, and Libyan modern history. The HAT also serves as a real-time information hub; vets potential partners; assesses programmatic, partner, and operational risk; identifies and maps stakeholders; and maintains a mapped database displaying program locations, the locations of commodities and their values, and disaggregates this data by donor and risk threshold.
General Position Summary
The HAT Communications Officer will provide regular, ongoing, high-level and timely editing for all HAT products, including the monthly, situation, area assessments and thematic products. Oversee product design, and work with the HAT analytical team and technical team to best visually and editorially convey the content of HAT product. Assist in ensuring all finalized HAT products are editorially sound, visually attractive, and without textual errors.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Provide appropriate editing services on all HAT products being produced
- Mapping and Graphic Design
- Assist in identifying and define vital communications and media strategies to engage key target audiences
- Create and maintain calendar for HAT related editing and communication activities, events and campaigns
- Review the backlog of past HAT products to retroactively copy edit and provide quality control for future publications
- Lead on the editorial design and production of communication and visibility materials
- Contribute to the writing of the HAT Monthly and Situation reports
- Support in Co-Chairing activities for the Access Working Group
Strategy & Vision
- Assist in Developing HAT products and increase the clarity of information provided in HAT analysis for all audiences of the products.
- Recognize opportunities for innovative action and create an environment where alternative viewpoints are welcomed.
- Set direction by prioritizing and organizing actions & resources to achieve objectives and contribute to countrywide strategy development.
- Develop and organize activities to secure resources for programs and convince stakeholders to provide support.
Influence & Representation
- Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with consortium partners, sub-grantees, donors, local governments and other stakeholders.
- Communicate effectively to ensure overall project targets and donor obligations are met.
Organizational Learning
- As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
- Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility
None.
AccountabilityReports Directly To: HAT Manager Works Directly With:** All the HAT Team
Success Factors
The successful HAT Communications Officer should be flexible, patient, creative, and persistent. He/She will work both collaboratively with other members of the team as well as independently on self-originated products as required by an ongoing context of the conflict.. S/he will also have proven experience with cross-cultural team and capacity building, individual staff development and strong mentoring skills. Prioritizing, problem solving, ability to seize opportunities, attention to detail and strategic vision are essential. The most successful Mercy Corps staff members have a strong commitment to teamwork and accountability, thrive in evolving and changing environments and make effective written and verbal communication a priority in all situations.
Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions
The position is based in (Tunis, Tunisia) and it requires up to 0% travel.
This position is based in Tunis, Tunisia, a pleasant and city on the Mediterranean. The security situation is stable in Tunisia, with a possibility minor rioting in some parts of the country due to economic hardships in the country. Though currently secure in Tunis, all security guidelines and protocols must be closely followed at all times.
Tunis has excellent educational and medical facilities. Tunisia is facing social and economic challenges, while performing its democratic transition.
Mercy Corps team members represent the agency both during and outside work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Knowledge and Experience
- Master’s degree or 3 years minimum equivalent combination of education and editorial experience
- English fluency at native or academic level required
- Experience using Adobe InDesign
- Experience using mapping software and graphic design
- Arabic a plus
- Excellent writing and analytical experience
- Experience working on complex stakeholder analysis, preferably in the MENA region
- Active interest in conflict and crises analysis
- Ability to develop high caliber writing and utilize online research tools quickly
- Active interest in North African humanitarian and development issues
- Demonstrated solid writing, editing and researching skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced work environment
- Solid computer skills: must be able to work effectively and accurately with Microsoft Word, Google docs, Excel, email and internet applications, as well as mapping skills using graphic and editing applications
- Flexible work attitude: able to work productively in a team environment as well as independently
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