Logistics Cluster Coordinator-CST II

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Are you interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?

If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you!!! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s largest humanitarian organization, 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.

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.

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WHY JOIN WFP? 

• 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).

This position is open to qualified international candidates. The candidates must be nationals of a country other than the country of assignment. Female candidates are particularly encouraged to apply

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

Being a Logistics Cluster Coordinator requires a very specific set of skills, composed on one hand of advanced technical capacities in Project Management - including assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring and revision of projects - and on the other hand of specific partnership skills to ensure optimum engagement of required stakeholders and negotiation skills to facilitate consensus and achieve common objective. 

Expert advice

• 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.

Needs assessment, prioritization, project planning and implementation

• 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.

Effective inter-agency coordination

• 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.

Information management, Monitoring and Evaluation

• 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

Preparedness and Capacity Building

• 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.

Advocacy

• 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

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Sectoral Logistics Assessment (local market, government and humanitarian actors’ capacity) is conducted, analysis and report are produced including recommendations to define/revise the current sectoral coordination mechanism/architecture.
• Sectoral Logistics strategy is developed based on the Sectoral Logistics Assessment report recommendations.
• Resource requirements for the Sectoral Logistics strategy are developed, monitored (incl. effective follow-up on the relevant budget lines of the Lead Agency), and communicated as needed.
• Advocacy paper are produced when and where required.
• 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 and the future of the project.
• Develop and provide briefings on logistics and access constraints, the Cluster Approach and implementation of the Sectoral Logistics 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.

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.

Experience:

At least 5 years professional experience in humanitarian project/programme implementation (incl. assessment, management of operational budget and funds, monitoring, and evaluation). Out of which are as following: -

• At least 4 years professional experience in project/programme coordination and management, including serving in a supervisory role.
• At least 2 years professional experience in emergency response operations (natural disaster and/or complex emergency) and/or preparedness projects
• 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).

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

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