Logistics Assistant (Food Safety and Quality) - SC5 - Kabul

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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability.

JOB DETAILS

Job Title: Logistics Assistant (Food Safety and Quality) Grade: SC5 Type of contract: Service Contract Duration: 12 Months Duty Station: Kabul

Number of Positions: 2 Positions (One for Country Office and one for Kabul Field Office) Vacancy Number: 831212 Date of Publication: 18 Feb 2024 Deadline of Application: 03 Mar 2024

This vacancy announcement is for Afghan nationals only and WFP encourages especially Afghan females and Afghans with disabilities to apply.

ABOUT WFP

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The hunger crisis in Afghanistan is unfolding at a rapid pace, with 15 million of population now facing acute food insecurity. Work opportunities are shrinking, with most households now reporting just one day of work per week. This comes on top of the worst drought in years, which is especially concerning for the 85 percent of the population who rely on agriculture for livelihoods. Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in hunger and malnutrition is the aim of WFP in Afghanistan which can only be achieved through the scaled up and sustained complementary food security and nutrition interventions, combined with a scale-up of resilience interventions to safeguard gains. WFP has embarked on a significant month on month scale-up of its crisis response and resilience programmes across the country, ensuring that the programme is delivered at the right scale and time, targeted to the right areas. WFP is also actively following up on evolving trends to pre-empt hotspots, while guaranteeing quality and maximum impact of the programme through the monitoring of these hotspots to be able to support continued donor advocacy.

JOB PURPOSE

To deliver FSQ-related support to the Area Office/Country Office supply chain and program team.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

  1. Implement and monitor application of protocols to ensure that food quality and safety principles are followed across the supply chain.
  2. Visit producers/traders contracted by WFP to oversee the production operation ensuring compliance with WFP requirements.
  3. Perform WHS (Warehouse) inspection to potential vendor as part of their technical assessment before inclusion in WFP roster.
  4. Conduct regular warehouse inspection in WFP facilities making sure that commodity management principles are followed.
  5. Conduct unannounced visits to suppliers production sites to verify the inspection activities of inspection company as per daily inspection reports/checklists.
  6. Visit FDPs/CPs (Final Delivery Point/Cooperating Partner) making sure that indoor food management/handling processes follow WFP Expectations/standards.
  7. Act as focal point for food incident management support in case of any query or support needed from SC (Supply Chain) or programme unit.
  8. Consolidate technical recommendations reports and follow up with supplier to implement these improvements within set time frame.
  9. Provide a set of standard business support activities, where required, to contribute to the effective functioning of business operations.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

  • Completion of secondary school education.

Higher education in lieu of work experience

Relevant, completed university degrees may be considered in lieu of experience with the following conversions:

  • Completed Master’s degree: Equal to 1 year of work experience.
  • Completed Bachelor’s degree: Equal to 2 year’s work experience.
  • For female applicants, 1 or 2 years’ experience may be granted for partly completed studies prior to 2022.

Experience:

  • At least 5 years of progressive relevant work experience out of which at least 2 years in food safety and food quality.

Desired Experiences:

  • Experience in analysing Food safety and food quality technical inputs (Assessment, Audit reports)
  • Experience in drafting technical reports following assessment/audits.
  • Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
  • Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Prior knowledge in food processing/production particularly milling.
  • Prior knowledge in HACCP/GMP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points/Good Manufacturing Practices) implementation in food processing units.
  • Basic knowledge in ISO 22000 requirements/GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative) requirements.

Language:

  • Fluency (level C) in English, Dari and Pashto.

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered, interested candidates are invited to apply via (https://www.wfp.org/careers/job-openings).

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. We want to ensure the recruitment process is fully accessible. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of any accessibility needs you may have.

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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