Logistics Officer-Fixed Term NOA, Semera (1) - Re-advertised

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is a United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, WFP is continually responding to emergencies. We save lives by getting food to the hungry fast. But WFP also works to help prevent hunger in the future. We do this through programmes that use food as a means to build assets, spread knowledge and nurture stronger, more dynamic communities. This helps communities become more food secure. On average, WFP aims to bring food assistance to more than 80 million people in 80 countries.

WFP Ethiopia is working with the Government and humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programmes that use food assistance to empower women; transform areas affected by climate change and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food insecurity.

WFP School Feeding Unit have received a confirmation from USDA - McGovern-Dole Food for Education Program to undertake school feeding and technical assistance project for four years period to enable the Ethiopian Government to transit towards national ownership of school meals program.  The project will be covering around 185,693 primary school children in Afar and Oromia Regions.  The regions are mainly pastoralists who live in a marginalized environment and whose livelihood is exposed to the vagaries of climate and harsh environmental conditions and suffers from law participation into schooling and education. 

This position is located in the WFP Ethiopia Country Office, Semera Sub Office, Afar Region.

Job holders will be working closely with a senior supply chain officer and more experienced professional staff member receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed which is essential to facilitate learning, self-development and possible assumption of expanded responsibilities. They carry out analytical work and come up with recommendations on supply chain-related matters.

WFP Ethiopia is looking for a Logistics Officer to coordinate the logistics operations in support to the School Feeding Programme implementation in the Afar region, ensuring that food commodities are delivered to schools in the right quality, right quantity and at the right time. The incumbent shall provide analytics and contributions to the supply chain activities or/and contribute to field supply chain operations, following an effective and integrated supply chain approach meeting the food assistance needs of beneficiaries and service provision requirements for partners.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Sub Office or designate, the Logistics Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Coordinate the Logistics Operations in support to the delivery of School Feeding food commodities and associated Non-Food Items to destination schools.
2. Contribute to the development and implementation of supply chain plans and procedures, in line with the global WFP supply chain strategy and regional/functional strategies, policies and plans, to achieve operational cost efficiency, agility, reliability, quality and support national capacity strengthening.

3. Contribute to country context analyses and management of end-to-end operational supply chain and retail networks, in order to support addressing operational supply chain challenges and obtaining operational optimization.
4. Contribute to the implementation of supply chain operations, initiatives and services to ensure a timely, cost-effective and integrated approach with core activities and services.
5. Collect and analyze data and put together reports highlighting opportunities for improvement and effective operationalization of the supply chain within the area of responsibility.
6. Conduct portions of financial analysis and budget reviews, drawing out recommendations to the supervisor for maximizing the use of resources and the effectiveness of supply chain operations.
7. Partner at the operational level and collaborate with counterparts in the key supply chain and programme functions contributing to an integrated supply chain approach to food assistance and cross-functional operational alignment.
8. Conduct portions of market analysis and supply chain network mapping for the review of the supervisor, to support wider analytics on the selection of appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain performance.
9. Support and build capacity in implementation partners in establishing appropriate transport contracts in support of delivering food commodities from WFP warehouses to the destination schools.

10. Support supply chain projects or operational day-to-day activities in compliance with the established supply chain strategies, policies, procedures and controls, and following corporate standards, contributing to quality control, loss prevention, risk mitigation, and cost-effectiveness.

11. Support monitoring supply chain activities to check that appropriate internal controls are followed to increase the day-to-day efficiencies and overall performance of supply chain operations.

12. Conduct regular field missions to schools under the school feeding programmes and conduct monitoring and training activities to ensure appropriate commodities management practices and minimize food losses.

13.Support management of service providers/vendors, port, fleet and warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations.

14. Prepare accurate and timely reports or support preparation of complex reports, dashboards and other visual materials on supply chain activities for the supervisor’s review to contribute to informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to the stakeholders.

15. Guide support staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.

16. Contribute to preparedness actions and support quick emergency response to deploy food and resources at the onset of the crisis.

17. Other as required.

• Experience in analysing operational context and trends;
• Experience in supporting analytical and conceptual work on supply chain strategy and

implementation;

• Experience in designing plans and operational scenarios in collaboration with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience in analysing end-to-end supply chain operations;
• Experience working with supply chain information systems;
• Experience in troubleshooting and solving operational issues

Education:  Advanced University degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other related fields, with or First University degree with more than 3 years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience: At least one year of post-graduate professional experience in a related field, three or more years of progressive experience in coordinating/managing Supply Chain operations.

Experience working on humanitarian or development context, capacity building and technical assistance to the government at the federal or/and regional level has added advantage.

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.  Knowledge of the local language is an added advantage.

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
•  Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
•  Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
•  Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

 Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

WFP is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates meeting the above qualifications are encouraged to apply on-line through the WFP recruitment website.

This VA is open ONLY to Ethiopian Nationals.

Public access: http://www1.wfp.org/careers/job-openings 

WFP staff access: http://newgo.wfp.org/services/e-recruitment 

Please note that WFP does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.                           

Only qualified candidates will be contacted

Dead Line -  19 August 2020

Job Title:              Logistics Officer

No. of Positions: 1 (one)

Contract Type:     Fixed Term

Grade:                   NOA

Duty Station:       Semera, Afar

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.