Fellowship - Communications & Knowledge Management, HR Communications - Zhouyao Zhong

World Food Programme; Roma; Sur place; EUR 20 000 - 27 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

World Food Programme is seeking a Communications & Knowledge Management Fellow in Rome to support the HR Communications team. The role focuses on producing high-quality internal content, developing engaging formats, and contributing to the launch of LinkedIn Life Pages within a structured governance framework.

The fellow will help manage intranet improvements, support HR campaigns, and coordinate with internal stakeholders to deliver timely communications assets in line with branding guidelines.

Responsabilités

• Produce high-quality internal communication content, including visuals, short-form written content, campaign assets, videos, and employer storytelling materials.
• Proactively propose and develop creative communication formats to increase employee engagement across HRM channels (e.g. intranet, Viva Engage, newsletters).
• Support the structured review of HR’s intranet presence, including content relevance, clarity, and visual coherence, and contribute to improvement actions.
• Contribute to the setup, content planning, governance principles, and initial roll-out of LinkedIn Life Pages, ensuring alignment with employer branding objectives.
• Support the development and execution of HR communication campaigns linked to priority HR themes, including the HR Strategy, Workforce of the Future, Staffing Framework, and Performance Management.
• Contribute to Knowledge Management initiatives within the Division.
• Support HR branches and internal stakeholders to collect inputs, stories, data, and visuals, ensuring timely delivery of communications products.
• Support basic performance tracking of communication outputs (e.g. intranet metrics, engagement data) and consolidate lessons learned for end-of-year reporting and forward planning.
• Support the HRM Front Office with any other duties as required.

Description du poste

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

8 November 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 climate change.

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?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• 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.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

COMMUNICATIONS & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FELLOW

FRONT OFFICE, COMMUNICATIONS

HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION

ROME, ITALY

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, 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 climate change.

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.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DIVISION

The WFP Human Resources Division (HRM) supports approximately 20,000 employees across a highly decentralized global workforce. Effective, consistent, and engaging internal communications are critical to ensuring HR initiatives are clearly understood, widely adopted, and meaningfully contribute to employee engagement.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• City and Country of assignment: Rome, Italy

• Hiring Unit: Front Office, Communications (HRMFO)

• Hiring Division: Human Resources Division (HRM)

• Supervisor Role: HRM Communications

• Working arrangement: in person

• Duration of assignment: 4-6 months, extendable to max. 12 months

• Expected Starting Date: asap

• Number of available positions: 1

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Communications & Knowledge Management Fellow will provide targeted, hands‑on support to the HR Communications team, located within the Human Resources Division’s Front Office, contributing to the production of high-quality digital, visual, and written content in line with WFP and HRM branding standards.

The Fellow will support the delivery of HR communications outputs with a strong emphasis on internal employee engagement, structured review and improvement of HR’s intranet presence, and the establishment and initial operationalisation of WFP HR LinkedIn Life Pages.

Under the direct supervision of the HR Communications team, the Fellow will be expected to contribute to the following areas:

• Produce high-quality internal communication content, including visuals, short-form written content, campaign assets, videos, and employer storytelling materials.

• Proactively propose and develop creative communication formats to increase employee engagement across HRM channels (e.g. intranet, Viva Engage, newsletters).

• Support the structured review of HR’s intranet presence, including content relevance, clarity, and visual coherence, and contribute to improvement actions.

• Contribute to the setup, content planning, governance principles, and initial roll‑out of LinkedIn Life Pages, ensuring alignment with employer branding objectives.

• Support the development and execution of HR communication campaigns linked to priority HR themes, including the HR Strategy, Workforce of the Future, Staffing Framework, and Performance Management.

• Contribute to Knowledge Management initiatives within the Division.

• Support HR branches and internal stakeholders to collect inputs, stories, data, and visuals, ensuring timely delivery of communications products.

• Support basic performance tracking of communication outputs (e.g. intranet metrics, engagement data) and consolidate lessons learned for end‑of‑year reporting and forward planning.

• Support the HRM Front Office with any other duties as required.

Key Deliverables:

By the end of the assignment, the Fellow will have contributed to the delivery of:

• A defined set of internal engagement materials or campaign concepts aligned with HR priorities.

• A structured LinkedIn Life Page framework, including draft editorial calendar and initial content assets.

• Drafted/finalised written, visual, and multimedia assets for internal and external HR communications.

• Inputs to HR communications performance tracking and summary insights for 2026 achievements reporting and 2027 planning.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

The Fellow is expected to:

• Produce communication assets (e.g. videos, presentations, infographics, animations, intranet pages, documents, publications) in a timely manner and to a professional standard.

• Strictly adhere to WFP and HRM branding, tone‑of‑voice, and visual identity guidelines.

• Demonstrate reliability in supporting multiple HR initiatives and campaigns concurrently.

• Support structured administrative tracking of HR communication initiatives and HR’s digital presence.

• Provide high‑quality English writing, editing, and proofreading support for HR materials.

• Contribute to the compilation and consolidation of HR initiatives for internal communication purposes.

• Support basic analysis of available analytics data (e.g. Google Analytics, intranet metrics) as requested.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS