International Consultant-Capacity Strengthening Officer in Supply Chain-Level I, Addis Ababa

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Overview

Support capacity strengthening in supply chain for effective humanitarian assistance.

You have:

• University degree in International Development, International Relations, Supply Chain, or relevant fields.
• 3.5 to 5 years of relevant professional experience in national development programs or supply chain capacity strengthening.
• Fluency in oral and written communication in English.
• Knowledge of a second language is beneficial.

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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, physical or mental disability.

ABOUT WFP

Assisting 91.4 million people in around 83 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. On any given day, WFP has 5,000 trucks, 20 ships and 92 planes on the move, delivering food and other assistance to those in most need. Every year, we distribute more than 15 billion rations at an estimated average cost per ration of US$ 0.31. These numbers lie at the roots of WFP’s unparalleled reputation as an emergency responder, one that gets the job done quickly at scale in the most difficult environments. WFP’s efforts focus on emergency assistance, relief and rehabilitation, development aid and special operations.

WFP Ethiopia is working with the government and other humanitarian partners to strengthen the resilience of Ethiopia’s most vulnerable population and to chart a more prosperous and sustainable future for the next generation. The Country Office also supports programmes that use food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by climate change and keep children in school. It aims to contribute to Ethiopia’s five-year development agenda, the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP), through which the Government combats food insecurity.

BACKGROUND OF THE ASSIGNMENT

WFP recognizes strong and sustained national capacities are critical to addressing the multiple causes of hunger and responding to the food security and nutrition needs of vulnerable populations over the long term. Through its extensive and deep field presence, WFP brings a solid understanding of context, beneficiary needs, and local conditions, and regular contact with a wide range of actors who are key in the design and implementation of anti-hunger initiatives. Agenda 2030 provides WFP with an opportunity to leverage this knowledge and expand its role from one of the operational partners of choice to one of a strategic capacity enabling partner. WFP embraces a Whole of Society approach to zero hunger which means it engages with – and supports the capacity strengthening of – a range of state and non-state actors, as relevant to the context to support the country's capacities required to achieve the national Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 food security and nutrition objectives and targets, as well as relevant Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 objectives.

The achievement of international and national development targets hinges on the capacities of individuals, organizations, and societies to transform in order to reach development objectives. The WFP framework for capacity strengthening recognizes that without supportive laws, policies, strategies, and procedures (enabling environment), well-functioning organizations (organizational domain), and educated, skilled people (individual domain) state and non-state duty bearers cannot effectively plan, implement, and review their efforts to deliver intended products and services to their target groups. Effective CCS support must therefore address all three domains, recognising the interdependencies between them. Single interventions (e.g., training) are not likely to make a significant difference unless they represent a key leverage point that can shift an entire system’s behaviour.

PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Applying this holistic and systems-strengthening approach to its interventions, WFP supports stakeholder capacities along five critical pathways: (i) Policies and legislation; (ii) Institutional effectiveness and accountability; (iii) Strategic planning and financing; (iv) Stakeholder programme design and delivery; and (v) Engagement and participation of communities, civil society and private sector.

In Ethiopia, there has been an increasing demand from national stakeholders for supply chain capacity strengthening support from WFP. As a result, there is a need for greater coordination in and across various components in supply chain including upstream logistics and downstream implementation. To deliver against the above, the Country Office is seeking a Country Capacity Strengthening Supply Chain to provide support to its CCS policy and activities. The incumbent will operate under the direct supervision of the Head of Capacity Strengthening and Service Provision but will operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that CCS objectives are achieved in full. He/she will likely be involved in a wide variety of CCS activities and analytical work, some of which may be of considerable complexity.

Supply Chain has an essential role to play in capacity strengthening. Strategic alignment of WFP Supply Chain Capacity Strengthening enables governments to identify where WFP can support them to strengthen their own supply chains. This transcends response to emergencies and looks deeper into the impediments to effective, efficient supply chains by designing nationally owned improvements to their systems. SCCS is a methodical approach to improving and adapting existing supply chain systems. As such, capacity strengthening in the supply chain can refer to diverse areas of intervention including strengthening food systems and value chains, strengthening elements in the national supply chain systems, enhancing national emergency preparedness and response capacities from a supply chain management perspective, supporting national governments to enhance their supply chain infrastructure, etc.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Contribute towards the development of a wide variety of country capacity strengthening projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider country capacity strengthening policies, initiatives, guidance, etc.
• Provide project management support to the country capacity strengthening strategy and supply chain activities ranging in size/complexity and ensuring a coordinated approach that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
• Research and analyse a range of policy and operational issues to inform the development of country capacity strengthening interventions.
• Contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on CCS supply chain interventions and activities that enable informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to ensure effective collaboration, monitor ongoing CCS projects and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
• Liaise with funds management, finance, and the CCS team on management of funds including budget requirements, expenditures, etc.
• Support the identification, development and management of potential partnerships to collaborative working leading to improved CCS packages.
• Support the capacity strengthening of WFP staff, partners and national government to recognise and address CCS needs, e.g., by providing inputs into specific CCS materials.
• Identify new areas of intervention, especially in value chain development and expansion of capacity strengthening activities in close coordination with key partners.
• Undertake Capacity Needs Mapping (CNM) of key partnerships, potential areas of new intervention, etc. in line with key frameworks within WFP.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (Continue)

• Guide and supervise more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries related to CCS.
• Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: University degree in International Development, International Relations, Supply Chain, or other fields relevant to international development or humanitarian assistance, or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses

Experience: Three-and-a-half years to five years of relevant professional experience related to national development programmes, policies, strategies or plans, and institutional structures, preferably in relation to food security and/or supply chain capacity strengthening projects, value chains, and/or supply chain food systems and knowledge management.

Languages: Fluency in oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of a second language is beneficial

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

JOB TITLE: Capacity Strengthening Officer​​​​ TYPE OF CONTRACT: International Consultant, Level 1 UNIT/DIVISION: Supply Chain Unit DUTY STATION (City, Country): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DURATION: 11 months REPORTING LINE: Under the Supervision of the Head of Capacity Strengthening and Service Provision

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

• Other benefits: MSLS, Medical Insurance. 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

12 May 2022

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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