Supply Chain Officer – CST II At World Food Programme

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The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

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In Somalia, the World Food Programme provides food assistance for nutrition, livelihoods, and relief through the hard work of more than 609 employees who contribute towards making Somalia hunger free in close partnership with local partners.

Vacancy Re-Announcement No. JR102847
Job title: Supply Chain Officer
Contract Type/Grade: CST II
Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia
Contract Duration: 11 Months.
Date of Issue: 28th July 2024, | Closing Date: 12th August 2024,

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority).

Ensure logistics and supply managers have access to relevant technical advice and support on supply chain operations and planning (covering operations, risk assessment and mitigation/management, preparedness, and capacity building).

• Provide logistics and supply managers with technical advice and operational solutions based on detailed cost/benefits analyses and recommended standard operating procedures for supply chain management.
• 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.
• Support the development of an overall engagement strategy, based on the common gaps and needs identified and update it regularly according to evolving needs.
• Provide leadership by organizing and chairing regular Logistics Coordination and Working Group 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 analyze 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.

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

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

Experience: At least five (5) years of postgraduate relevant professional work experience, out of which at least
one (2) years of work experience directly in Supply Chain.