DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

26 January 2025-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the 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).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), as the world’s largest humanitarian agency, is well known for its ability to deliver food assistance rapidly to people in need. Several factors (climate change, pandemics, conflicts, etc.) are exacerbating human suffering, damaging livelihoods, ecosystems and resources availability. Humanitarian actors are responsible to embed sustainability in their interventions both in terms of reducing possible collateral damages (e.g. COs emissions, damage to ecosystems, increase of social tensions), and increasing the resilience of the supply systems to such stressing factors, to maintain the ability to deliver at the right time and place. Enhancing ESG sustainability and resilience of WFP supply chain is essential to ensure the organization can continue to deliver on its mandate and be accountable to the people we serve. WFP’s ‘value- added’ is furthermore in the ‘enabling of’ governments through capacity strengthening, leveraging WFP’s extensive global operational and technical experience in food and other supply chain systems to strengthen national level supply chain systems.

Under the supervision of the Head of Sustainable Supply Chain unit, the incumbent will analyse and research work related to enhancing sustainability and resilience of supply chain. The output of the assignment will feed into the objective to design WFP Supply Chain strategy for 2030 and beyond.

The consultant is expected to be familiar with those areas of engagement. The consultant will work with technical officers in the selected Regional and Country Offices building upon their existing initiatives, and supporting them in elaborating full-fledged strategies and applying a system thinking approach to ‘enabling’ (capacity strengthening) in their work with national counterparts.

The consultant will provide operational support to the field that involves designing, planning, and implementing Supply Chain (SC) systems sustainability and resilience activities based on local and national context and feasibility.

The consultant will work within the Sustainable Supply Chain (SSC) Unit in Rome HQ.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

To address the context above, SSC Unit is providing support to RBs/COs strategy definition and implementation. The incumbent will:

Provide support within assigned regions, following up on the design and rollout of regional environmental strategies, and support the implementation of supply chain sustainability projects, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider programme policies and guidance while gaining and then imbuing a systems-thinking approach. Ensure ESG and resilience considerations are embedded in CSPs for the assigned regions. Identify and establish relationship with key internal and external stakeholders who are owner of data and analyses in various areas of interest such as environmental sustainability, climate change, supply chain routes and crop patters. Build productive partnerships and collaborate to share knowledge and resources; build capacity; ensure an integrated supply chain approach to food assistance and cross-functional operational alignment; She/he will have regular contacts with the MSD and programme technical units with a ESG mandate, other units in SC, RB and CO colleagues.

Conduct in depth research on trends and solutions to enhance supply chain sustainability, from the humanitarian and development fields, academia and private sector, and how these can be applied to WFP operations; produce clear and concise analysis documents outlining the conclusions of the research and proposed way forward for solutions’ implementation; perform in-depth market analysis and supply chain network mapping to inform the selection of an appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain sustainability/resilience performance; Analyse regional/country context, to proactively mitigate and/or address dynamic supply chain challenges and obtain operational optimization. Plan and manage implementation of innovative supply chain operations, initiatives and services in the sustainability and resilience areas, in close cooperation with key supply chain stakeholders. Assist with the development and management of technical discussions with sustainability partners for collaborative work leading to improved SSC. Support alignment of requirements with Institutional donors. Coordinate/Support the development, update and implementation of specific and division/organization-wide policies, guidelines, plans and procedures, in line with the global WFP SC strategy and regional/functional strategies, to support sustainability and resilience, and to achieve operational cost efficiency, agility, reliability, quality. Support the capacity strengthening of WFP staff, partners and national government to recognize and address SSC needs, e.g. through project management support of learning and development initiatives in the region. Support communication and knowledge management initiatives. Provide guidance to support staff, acting as a point of referral and assisting them with analysis and queries related to SSC. Support the work of other thematic areas in SCDL-E when required; perform other related duties, as required.

Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second language French, Spanish, and/or Italian is highly desirable.

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all. We aim for an accessible and fair recruitment journey. Should you need any reasonable accommodations or have accessibility concerns, please reach out to us confidentially at global.inclusion@wfp.org. Our DEI team is here to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.

NO FEE DISCLAIMER

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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.

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements