9 septiembre 2024-23:59-GMT-04:00 hora de Venezuela (Caracas)

• 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).

• Facilitate discussion and agreement on the use of common standards and tools among logistics and supply managers; and promote awareness of and adherence to relevant policy guidelines, codes of conduct and examples of good practice.
• Working across agencies and organizations, lead a continuous identification and assessment of logistics capacities, gaps and bottlenecks in country.
• Join inter-agency needs assessment exercises as appropriate to ensure that identified needs, gaps and priorities are as evidence-based as possible in any given emergency context.
• Provide leadership by organizing and chairing regular Logistics Cluster meetings to coordinate the continuous identification and prioritization of logistics needs, as well as technical solutions adequate to overcome bottlenecks and ensure delivery of humanitarian aid/relief.
• Establish and ensure fluid and regular communication and coordination with all relevant stakeholders, including supply and logistics managers in national and international humanitarian organizations.
• Manage the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant logistics information (including – but not limited to – capacity mapping, risk and gap analysis).
• Contribute to strengthening early warning capacity and provide inputs for any relevant operational planning and analyse trends of supply chain risk using tools.
• Ensure the proper reporting, communication and coordination with the relevant WFP Unit
• Support supply and logistics managers in humanitarian organizations and agencies to effectively engage with national disaster mitigation and management structures as appropriate.
• Actively contribute to regular training and workshops as required, in line with building capacity of all stakeholders.
• Together with supply and logistics managers, identify core advocacy concerns for operations and contribute key messages to any broader advocacy initiatives.
• Encourage all supply and logistics managers to include common issues, concerns and messages in their own communication activities.

• Technical guidance, guidelines and best practices are produced and shared with partners when and where required.
• Produce reports on activities and provide guidance document for corrective measures.
• Develop and provide briefings on logistics and access constraints, the Cluster Approach and implementation of the Logistics Cluster strategy are delivered to government officials, donors and other stakeholders.
• Participate to the production of key information products and ensure IM products are shared with relevant stakeholders.
• Activity reports are produced with analysis of achievements and recommendation for improvement.
• Related tasks as may be requested by the supervisor are undertaken.

• Education: A university degree in Supply Chain Management, International Business, International Relations, Humanitarian Project Management, Business Administration and related field or equivalent relevant experience.

• Experience: At least 8 years professional experience in humanitarian project/programme implementation (incl. assessment, management of operational budget and funds, monitoring and evaluation). Out of which: i. At least 4 years professional experience in project/programme coordination and management, including serving in a supervisory role. ii. at least 2 years professional experience in emergency response operations (natural disaster and/or complex emergency) and/or preparedness projects. iii. at least 2 years professional experience in supply chain and/or logistics operations (i.e. land transport, international shipping or air transport, warehouse management, freight forwarding, etcetera).

• Knowledge & Skills:
  Essential: Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including co-ordination mechanisms, Humanitarian Reform and humanitarian action, and international emergency response funding mechanisms.
  Experience of high-level coordination, including serving as the chair of a multi-lateral working group (i.e. any output-oriented group of independent stakeholders); an ability to work within a diverse group, build/develop consensus and deliver on joint outputs.
  Partnership and service mindset, integrity, result oriented, proactive engagement, gender and culturally sensitive.
  Demonstrated ability to work productively in remote and high-pressure environments, to motivate a team, maintain morale and deliver on objectives in difficult circumstances.

• Desirables: Display strong leadership skills whilst ensuring full participation of partners at all times. Create strategic vision and shared goals based on humanitarian principles. Delegate responsibility when required and seek and internalize feedback. Promote climate of teamwork, encourage learning of colleagues and facilitate team approach. Ability to analyze and evaluate data and translate into useful information management products to facilitate decision making

• Languages: Fluency (level C) in Spanish and English.

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified