UN World Food Programme Logistics Officer (International Consultancy ) Jobs in Nigeria

UN World Food Programme Logistics Officer (International Consultancy ) Jobs in Nigeria



About WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Advanced University degree in Transport Economics, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Management or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

  • Language: International Professional: Fluency (level C) in English language.

    Organizational Context

    This job is in Kano Nigeria and the job holder reports to Head of Supply Chain Country Office or the designate. The Job holders are likely to focus on one specific area of logistics (i.e. commodity and warehouse management, supply chain, fleet, port operation management, logistics cluster and information management) and manage team within logistic hub to ensure supply chain strategies are implemented.

    Job Purpose

    To contribute to daily planning and coordination of WFP logistics operations including warehousing management and monitoring of services provided by contracted external organizations to ensure cost-effective operations and that set objectives are achieved in full

    Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

  • Establish reports based on logistics movements and distribute them according to requirements and prepare/maintain transport information for reporting purposes.

  • Define logistics / warehouse management strategy within the WFP policies and procedures and ensure effective integration of supply chain operations at the port and warehouses. Strong cold chain experience is desirable.

  • Advise on logistics management and structures and staffing levels to ensure that they are always adequate to meet the requirements of the logistics strategy.

  • Manage own warehouse and third parties, checking procedures are strictly followed, coordinate with superintendent / Labour and Clearance Agents for imports / exports for foods and non-foods items / commodities and make sure quality controls are done prior to dispatches, loadings and unloading.

  • Follow and guide fumigation companies about implementation of their scope of work and evaluation of their performance.

  • Manage monthly physical stocks counting, operations including all logistics assets to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of WFP cargoes

  • Identify, mobilise resources, implement and report on special logistics operations

  • Manage logistics operations including all logistics assets to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of WFP cargoes

  • Others as required

    4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities

    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.

    Other Specific Job Requirements

  • Ensure the integrity of transport information and communication from Country Office and warehouse teams including commodity tracking in WFP standard systems

  • Coordinate logistics and warehouse management support services in assignment. Collect information and conduct market surveys for logistics services (transport, warehousing, Fumigation, …etc to assist CO in awarding competitive and cost-efficient service providers)
    Ensure that accurate and complete accounting, reporting and internal control systems are functioning and that all relevant records are maintained

  • Ensure effective Landside, Transport, Storage and Handling (LTSH) management including project budgetary review and regular LTSH reviews

  • Implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance to manage WFP’s warehouse in accordance with WFP guidelines and RFQs

  • In the event of food safety incidents, support investigation exercises to enable lessons learned to be documented and shared, to reduce recurrence of the incident.

  • Prepare evidenced based recommendations for head of the office on tools to enable rapid response to the situations with food safety concerns

  • Prepare evidenced based recommendations for senior staff on control measures to combat and reduce food commodity losses and food quality and safety issues.

  • Provide trainings to WFP staff and external stakeholders on the key areas, such as quality control, food processing, loss prevention and mitigation, to build local capacity.

    Desired Experiences for Entry Into the Role

    • Experience evaluating and selecting service providers and third parties.

    • Experience identifying transportation operations risks and maintaining documentation on emergency logistics preparedness.

    • Experience determining with Supply Chain actors best transport modality/timing and liaising with agents and suppliers to meet deadlines.

    • Experience preparing and managing transport and project budgets.

    • Experience managing integrated air, sea, and land transport operations.

    • Experience supervising professional staff.

    • Experience in working in insecure and difficult environments.

    • Experience working with interagency partners to assess and coordinate emergency/non-emergency response.

    How to Apply

    For more information and job application details, see; UN World Food Programme Logistics Officer (International Consultancy ) Jobs in Nigeria

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