Supply Chain Officer - Capacity Strengthening

Supply Chain Officer – Capacity Strengthening - Roster

Consultancy opportunity

Multiple locations, West Africa

We are building a Roster of Capacity Strengthening experts that will be comprised of highly competent professionals from around the world who can play a key role in helping to support the achievement of zero hunger.

WHAT IS A ROSTER?

It’s a pool of potential candidates with the necessary mix of knowledge, experience, skills, and values that match with our priority hiring needs in WFP worldwide. Candidates who are recommended following the competitive selection process, will be placed in the Roster for a specific profile and level, for consultancy opportunities

WHY SHOULD YOU APPLY TO THIS ROSTER?

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. This is your opportunity to be part of an organization with a humanitarian purpose "Saving Lives, Changing Lives", and to be part of a talent pool for future Supply Chain Capacity Strengthening Officer positions in various locations

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 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.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 to the World Food Programme for its efforts to combat hunger and its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas.

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.

ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN DIVISION

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Supply Chain Division (SCO), with over 5000 trucks, 50 ships and close to 100 planes on the move every single day in over 120 countries and territories, together with its partners, operates a global network to deliver life-saving food assistance to the most hard-to reach places.

The mission of WFP is to end global hunger. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Supply chain management is at the core of WFP’s humanitarian response and therefore an area of constant strategic focus. Over 4.500 supply chain staff work around the clock to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries in some of the most complex environments. Empowering our staff with the right expertise and skills is critical to our success. SCO is committed to offer an innovative and effective learning journey to all of its workforce.

WHY JOIN US?

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
• WFP offers an 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.

JOB PURPOSE

In recent years, WFP’s expertise and footprint were increasingly leveraged by the global community to tackle health supply chain challenges. WFP works with governments and health partners in a range of countries providing the logistics backbone to respond to emergencies (e.g. Ebola, Covid-19) but also increasingly to structurally strengthen local supply chain capacities, by transferring WFP’s know-how and good practices, with the overarching objective of making public health systems more performant and shock-resilient.

In line with these experiences, WFP engages in multi-year partnerships to provide supply chain technical assistance on demand of national public health actors in countries where specific needs and opportunities are identified, and where WFP can bring a unique value add. Aligned with national health strategies, and alongside health partners, WFP will avail and transfer its knowledge and know-how in core supply chain areas, emergency preparedness and response, enabling national partners to optimally operate their supply chains.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Working under the direct supervision of Head of Supply Chain and in close collaboration with the Regional Project Coordinator, WFP technical teams and service providers, the candidate will be responsible for the coordination and delivery of a supply chain capacity strengthening portfolio of activities in direct support of the Ministry of Health (MoH), Central Medical Stores (CMS) and other relevant public health actors. The candidate will be based in the country of implementation and fully embedded under WFP’s CO.

• Identify country public health supply chain gaps and formulate high value-add health supply chain technical assistance activities in line with WFP’s core strengths.
• Design and maintain country project plans, track and report on progress monitoring and evaluation (M&E), risks and achievements.
• Coordinate the implementation of capacity strengthening and technical assistance activities in support of the MoH and CMS and other relevant entities.
• Design and maintain activity plans in collaboration with WFP technical experts, measuring progress against the project targets and reporting as per project guidelines.
• Provide hands on technical support for the implementation of activities in the areas of transport management, distribution logistics, inventory management, supply chain planning, etc.
• Support Government partners in supply chain and logistics health emergency preparedness
• Design and implement adapted procedures, tools and systems with WFP technical experts to improve the performance and maturity of client logistics operations.
• Provide day-to-day technical mentoring, coaching, guidance and training to national counterparts and act as an expert supply chain and logistics technical advisor.
• Deliver high quality customer-oriented analysis and written deliverables (ppt, word, etc.) and ensure quality of services meets WFP’s and clients’ standards.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with government, partners, and donors, at all levels from senior leadership to technical teams in facilities on the ground.
• Monitor donor and partners investments and activities in the health supply chain space, seek alignment and technical collaborations to maximize joint impact.
• Manage the CO project budget, monitoring potential deviations and ensuring timely financial reporting.
• Provide day to day leadership, guidance and support for the CO based project teams.
• Support the CO and global project team in promoting the work and results, in developing communication materials and seeking funding opportunities.
• Any other duty as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in logistics and supply chain, engineering, business and/or economy, project management or related fields.

Experience

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant professional experience in various areas of supply chain management (planning, transport, inventory management, etc.).
• Experience working with Ministries of Health, Central Medical Stores and health partners on a range of supply chain management topics and technical areas.
• Proven experience implementing capacity strengthening initiatives in lower maturity contexts.
• Experience working in fragile contexts dealing with operational challenges. Knowledge of and work experience in the West Africa region is considered an advantage.
• Understanding of WFP’s logistics practices is considered an advantage.

Knowledge and Skills

• Solid technical understanding of end-to-end supply chain management.
• Understanding of public health distribution systems and related challenges.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in specific supply chain areas.
• Understanding of logistics networks and challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Ability to rapidly grasp complex operations and quickly focus on priorities.
• Ability to plan ahead, anticipate challenges and work on activities in parallel.
• Ability to think conceptually and produce high-quality analysis and deliverables.
• Extremely result-oriented and capable of working under considerable pressure.
• Can-do attitude and ability to quickly adapt to evolving environments.
• Team player able to interact with tact and credibility with diverse stakeholders.
• Customer service mind-set and excellent communication skills.
• Ability to create and maintain strong relationships with key counterparts.
• Willingness to explore and experiment innovative ideas and approaches.
• Fully committed to the objectives, mandate and code of ethics of the WFP

Language

• Fluency in oral and written French and English is required..

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WFP offers a competitive compensation package which will be determined by the contract type and selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP:

http://www.wfp.org Click on: “Our work” and “Countries” to learn more about WFP’s operations.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Application deadline: 18 August 2023 (midnight Rome time)