Senior Field and Operations Associate (Gaza Response)

About the role

IOM, a UN-related organization, is recruiting a Senior Field and Operations Associate for its Gaza Response. Reporting to the Senior Programme Coordinator and directly to the Programme Coordinator of the Needs and Population Monitoring (NPM) unit, the post plans, coordinates and quality-assures field operations and data collection in the country office, working with the regional office and headquarters.

Key responsibilities

• Research, compile, analyse and present NPM data on national, regional and international developments, legislation and other documentation to inform programme planning.
• Monitor budget expenditures, verify fund availability and keep records of approved project budgets and their revisions.
• Lead and coordinate field activities and data collection, supervise multi-location field teams, assign workloads, support recruitment and onboarding, deliver training and follow up performance.
• Ensure adherence to Standard Operating Procedures, data collection protocols and quality assurance requirements, and resolve operational challenges with partners.
• Take part in operational coordination meetings, liaise with local authorities, humanitarian partners, clusters and UN agencies, and prepare weekly and ad-hoc operational updates.
• Lead data collection monitoring visits and project assessments, and conduct quality control of collected data with the Information Management team.
• Prepare correspondence, briefing notes, presentations, narrative and financial reports, and follow up status reports to donors.
• Document good practices and lessons learned, and help develop SOPs, policies and concept papers.
• Train reporting staff and enumerators in data protection and ethical use of data.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Political or Social Sciences, International Relations, Development Studies, Migration Studies, Human Rights, Law or a related field with five years of relevant experience; or high school diploma with seven years of experience.
• Experience in data/information management and team coordination.
• Experience liaising with governmental authorities, UN agencies and NGOs, and working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and other vulnerable groups.
• Fluency in English and Arabic (oral and written).
• Knowledge of Gaza and the West Bank is an advantage.

Required skills

• Verifying, cleaning and processing data, and conducting data analysis.
• Microsoft Office, Access and Google Earth.
• Familiarity with mobile data collection tools and GPS is an advantage.