JOB DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Chad is an arid, low-income and land-locked country, suffering from chronic food insecurity, denoting alarming levels of hunger. Chad hosts over half a million displaced persons in need of assistance: refugees from Sudan, C.A.R. and Nigeria, Chadian returnees from C.A.R. and people displaced by insecurity in the Lake region. To support long-term displaced population, WFP Chad will gradually shift from relief to resilience.

WFP Supply Chain operations in Chad primarily focus on in kind and market based food assistance provided to Sudanese and CAR refugees in the East and South of Chad, where WFP maintains a dozen of storage locations. Each year; commodities must be prepositioned before the rainy season (June to October) in those locations. WFP also assists IDPs in the Lake region and carries out resilience and nutrition projects throughout the country. The Logistics office in Ndjamena plays a critical role in the delivery of in Kind food or Cash Based Transfers, and WFP Supply Chain also provides transportation and storage services to partner UN agencies and NGOs.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Supply Chain, the consultant will undertake the following tasks:

– Contribute towards the development of logistics plans and processes in Chad to guarantee optimized corridors utilizations.

– Manage incoming stocks from all the activated corridors and monitor food commodity arrivals to ensure timely stock availability for programme activities implementations.

– Collect and analyze data through research and networking with other stakeholders in order to provide recommendations to the Head of Supply Chain to improve performance of the pipeline.

– Conduct regular financial analysis and budget reviews, drawing out insights and recommending actions to the Head of Supply Chain to optimize use of available funds in corridors activities.

– Contribute to supply chain by providing technical support and guidance to other CO unit/ services, divisions, particularly for pipeline and food commodity expected arrivals assessment for emergency response.

– Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), leadtime mapping, supporting a WFP-wide view of Supply Chain activities in the corridors that enable informed decision-making and consistency of information presented to the country office management.

– Identify and build productive relationships with the service providers and external stakeholders to support an integrated approach in upstream pipeline management.

– Participate in the on-going review of internal processes and procedures and identify ways to increase the day-to-day efficiencies in corridor management.

– Act in an assigned emergency response activity as required to meet the Supply Chain objectives in food assistance needs.

– Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Education:

• Advanced university degree in a relevant field, or first university degree with additional years of related work experience and/or trainings/courses.

Experience:

• Typically, three years progressively responsible professional experience in a relevant field of work, with a background and interest in international humanitarian response.

• Operational experience in WFP logistics;

• Strong organisation, communication and coordination skills;

• Ability to work to compressed timeframes;

• Sufficient credibility to advise partners and staff on operational requirements and optimum courses of action;

• Ability to solve or pre-empt problems;

Languages:

Working knowledge in French and English language.

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Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: No requirements