International Supply Chain Officer (Russian Speaker) - Consultant

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ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest humanitarian organisation delivering food assistance to over 90 million beneficiaries in 80 countries on a yearly basis. With over 5000 trucks, 50 ships and close to 100 planes on the move every single day, WFP, together with its partners, operates a global network to deliver life-saving food assistance to the most hard-to reach places.

Last year, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award 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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

Afghanistan is becoming the world’s largest humanitarian crisis; 22.8 million people now face acute food insecurity according to the latest IPC assessment released on 25th October, including 8.7 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity (IPC phase 4). WFP has never seen this many people facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Afghanistan in the 10 years that the UN has been conducting IPC analyses. WFP is ramping up its humanitarian support to meet the food and nutrition needs of almost 23 million people in Afghanistan. To achieve this, WFP expects operations may cost as much as US$ 220 million a month. To support this scale up, the Supply Chain corridor through Pakistan is critical to ensure the food needs of the people in Afghanistan are met.

JOB PURPOSE

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Supply Chain in Afghanistan or the Logistics Officer in charge of corridor management, the incumbent shall work in different locations in Afghanistan’s neighboring countries to ensure the smooth running of the key corridors to Afghanistan.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

As Supply Chain Officer, you will be responsible for the following key duties:

• Support the coordination and management of supply chain service providers/vendors operating from the point of entry and warehouses to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations and safeguard WFP’s interest. • Provide technical assistance to logistics operations to ensure timely and cost-effective dispatches of food to the field (Final Distributions Points), best practices in warehouse management with emphasis on WFP system data reliability and food quality control, and field monitoring. • Assist with the management of complex operational issues and provide solutions or recommendations related to all assistance modalities, using initiative and following processes, to ensure the provision of timely resolutions with excellent client service mind-set. • Support the preparation, monitoring and revision of budget for all delivery modalities, ensuring adherence to relevant procedures and in compliance with corporate standards. • Support the monitoring of inventory management processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to beneficiary. • Support oversight for commodity accounting data quality and integrity. • Provide comprehensive analyses of operational pipeline and contribute to assessments and operational planning for all delivery modalities, to ensure that supply chain requirements are taken into consideration. • Manage and coordinate a full range of documentation processing for execution of logistics operations (e.g. customs clearance, invoice verification), take appropriate actions to address issues and recommend improvements in processes. • Perform research, collect data and conduct analysis to produce comprehensive reports (financial closure, physical inventory, transport performance) providing insight and recommendations that enable informed decision-making. • Process required data entry for receipt, storage and dispatch of WFP commodities. • Support with coordination and liaison with internal and external stakeholders to support logistics operations management and strengthen partnerships on humanitarian supply chain. • Ensure all required logistics contracts and relevant WFP processes are in place and are adequate to meet the response needs on the relevant operation. • Support to ensure effective and efficient Supply Chain coordination between the various Supply Chain units in Afghanistan and in the regional bureau and headquarters as required. • Ensure the required Supply Chain corridor reporting and information sharing including on logistics activities and movements along the corridor; • Others as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education

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

Experience

• A minimum of 3 years’ relevant work experience in some or most of the following: o Commercial or humanitarian transportation sectors. o Monitoring and reporting on transport and freight market conditions and trends. o In dealing with shipments and clearing imports/exports with customs officials. o Coordinating procurement and transportation processes with other units/ teams. o Experience in warehouse and commodity management. o Experience working with corporate systems (databases, software).

Language

• You are fluent in oral and written Russian and English;

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe other duties, skills & knowledge required for the specific job.

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.

Your CV must be submitted in English .

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Wednesday, 5 January 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.