Job Purpose:
To support WFP's emergency response to the humanitarian crisis in the region by managing and optimizing supply chain operations to ensure the timely, cost-effective, and integrated delivery of life-saving food and other essential supplies. The role involves designing and implementing innovative supply chain solutions, building strategic partnerships, and providing technical expertise to address logistical challenges in a dynamic and complex operational environment. The successful candidate will contribute to enhancing the efficiency, reliability, and agility of WFP’s supply chain operations while ensuring compliance with organizational standards and fostering collaboration among key stakeholders. The key accountabilities stated below are indicative, drawn from several potential future assignments that could arise in the Regional Bureau or the Country offices.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
An Advanced University Degree (master's or equivalent) in Logistics, Supply Chain, Management, International Development, or a related field
or
A First Level University Degree with additional years of experience.
Experience:
CST II: At least five (5) years of relevant professional experience
CST I: At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience
Relevant experience is described as:
Experience working in an emergency setting is highly desired but not mandatory.
Knowledge & Skills:
Languages:
The UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization working towards zero hunger by 2030, 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. Powered by the passion, dedication and professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building better futures. In 2020, WFP assisted 115.5 million people – the largest number since 2012. On any given day, WFP has 5,600 trucks, 30 ships and nearly 100 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.61. We work to enhance nutrition in women and children, support smallholder farmers in improving productivity and reducing losses, help countries and communities prepare for and cope with climate-related shocks, and boost human capital through school feeding programmes. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability. For its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict, WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.