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JOB TITLE:Â Logistics Officer
TYPE OF CONTRACT:Â Consultant, Level II
UNIT/DIVISION:Â Supply Chain
DUTY STATION (City, Country):Â Gode, Ethiopia
DURATION:Â 11 Months
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
In 2021, WFP Ethiopia Country Office handled nearly one million MT of food under various WFP food assistance programmes and service provision to the Government of Ethiopia. In 2022, the volume of operations has further increased with WFP providing assistance to more than 10 million beneficiaries due to deteriorating food insecurity impacted by
COVID-19, inflation, and ongoing conflicts. WFP is currently managing a dedicated WFP Fleet of around 550 Fleet trucks, to address the transport capacity challenges inside the country and along the Djibouti overland corridor.
WFP Ethiopia also continues to support the Northern Ethiopia response by not only reaching 2.1 million beneficiaries in Tigray with general food assistance, but also by providing logistical support to other humanitarian community with transport and storage under the Logistics Cluster and service provisioning modalities. In addition, WFP Ethiopia is expected to respond to changing context due to security instability, drought, floods, and WFP needs to be flexible and agile to address these changes in a timely manner. With the additional scope and volume of work, WFP Ethiopia Logistics need to gear up with all the required expertise and staffing capacity to ensure the operations are appropriately managed but also ensure operational and technical support is provided across the 11 Logistics hubs, the organization is operating out of.
Under the immediate supervision of the Head of Sub-Office and the technical supervision of the Head of Logistics, responsible for overall management and oversight of logistics activities, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating the day to day operational and hands-on support to operations to ensure an integrated and effective logistics operations.
Education:Â Advanced University degree in Transport Economics, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Management or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.
Experience: Five years of work experience in the fields of Logistics and warehousing in emergency operations.
Language:Â Proficiency in oral and written communication in English.
Knowledge & Skills:Â
30 JULY 2023
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
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