place Occupied Palestinian Territory - OPT
Fixed term | 12 months | October 2024
ACTED’s sister organization, IMPACT Initiatives, is currently seeking an Operations and Partnerships Manager to support their team in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). The recruitment process and employment contract will be managed directly by IMPACT Initiatives.
While this role is advertised on both IMPACT and ACTED’s websites, to reach a broader candidate pool, please make sure to apply for this position directly on the IMPACT vacancies page: Operations and Partnerships Manager – OPT | Impact (impact-initiatives.org).
IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The organisation manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis, GIS and remote-sensing. IMPACT was launched at the initiative of ACTED, an international NGO whose headquarter is based in Paris and is present in thirty countries. The two organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, which allows particularly IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.
REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.
Following the attacks on 7 October 2023, the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) has deteriorated markedly. The 2.2 million residents of the Gaza Strip are facing severe humanitarian challenges, with urgent needs that must be addressed to avert further loss of life. Additionally, the hostilities in Gaza have heightened tensions in the West Bank, impacting freedom of movement, livelihoods, and the broader humanitarian context. Against this backdrop, IMPACT Initiatives is planning a range of research activities to support an evidence and needs-based humanitarian response. In previous years, IMPACT Initiatives has facilitated inter-agency MultiSector Needs Assessments (MSNA) as well as sector-specific research in the oPt.
Depending on the operational set-up of the mission, the Operations and Partnerships Manager is responsible for the following:
Field Team Management
Responsible for management of field operations and supervision of staff across bases.In coordination with ACTED Security, ensure the implementation of safety and security protocol across all field teams within bases.Responsible for overseeing HR/administrative processes, maintaining adequate staffing across bases, supervising Field Managers, and related procedures as they relate to staff within field teams.Operational Setup
Ensure that REACH has a logical and functional operational setup that allows the implementation of data collection for programme activities on oPt.Develop and maintain systems to evaluate andadjust the operational setup, as needed to address shifts in context/realities on the ground.Incorporate feedback from programmes teams as well as external stakeholders into the field team structure.In coordination with the Country Coordinator, assist in developing the operational component of grant proposals, concept notes, and budgets.Partnership Management
In coordination with the Country Coordinator and Acted counterparts, develop and maintain an effective partnership set-up that allows for the implementation data collection for programme activities on oPt.Manage partnerships on different levels by reviewing capacity needs, identifying new partnerships, overseeing the provision of training in line with IMPACT standards, representing REACH and ensuring collaborative working relationships, overseeing implementation and contractual deliverables, etc.Keep track of partnership-related technical, operational, finance, HR or grants issues and where necessary facilitate support.Knowledge Sharing and Learning Processes
Maintain and update systems/ processes to ensure a regular review of REACH’s operational presence in oPt.Develop knowledge sharing processes/ practices to facilitate the integration of the field team into the programmes team, and vice versa.Context Analysis & Strategy Development
Maintain an up-to-date understanding of the context in oPt, including the socio-economic situation, the impact of the crisis, and the humanitarian system.Understand how the geo-political situation relates to/could potentially impact the humanitarian situation, operations, and field staff in oPt.Regularly share context updates with the REACH oPt Country Coordinator, SMT, and programmes team & support the development of a context-sensitive REACH country strategy.Please do make sure to apply for this position on the IMPACT vacancies page : Operations and Partnerships Manager – OPT | Impact (impact-initiatives.org). While advertised via ACTED’s website, this position remains with IMPACT and under an IMPACT contract.