Job Title: Supply Chain Officer
Organization: United Nations Volunteers (UNV)
Host entity: WFP
Assignment country: Cameroon
Expected start date: 01/09/2023
Sustainable Development Goal: 2. Zero hunger
Volunteer category: International UN Volunteer Specialist
Type: Onsite
Duration: 24 months (with possibility of extension)
Number of assignments: 1
Duty stations: Bamenda
Details
Mission and objectives
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. Created in 1961 as an experiment to
provide food aid through the UN system, WFP is enshrined in 1965 as a
fully-fledged UN Programme. Powered by the passion, dedication and
professionalism of our 20,000 staff worldwide, the World Food Programme (WFP)
works in over 80 countries to bring life-saving food to people displaced by
conflict and made destitute by disasters, and help individuals and communities
find life-changing solutions to the multiple challenges they face in building
better futures. Social protection is an increasingly prominent strategy for
governments to reduce extreme poverty, hunger, and inequalities and promote
access to essential needs. As a global leader in fighting hunger and
malnutrition worldwide, often in very difficult contexts, the World Food
Programme (WFP) is increasingly called upon by governments to support national
social protection systems. WFP is partnering with governments across over 75
countries to strengthen their national social protection systems, making
support in social protection an integral part of its activities in most of the
countries where it operates. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, lives and
livelihoods of the most vulnerable are put at risk across the globe,
undermining decades of progress towards the SDGs. In response to this, many
governments are currently adapting and/or putting in place new social
protection policies, systems and schemes.
Context
Cameroon is a lower-middle-income country with a population
of 23.3 million people of diverse ethnic and two linguistic groups. Ranked
153rd of 188 countries in the 2016 Human Development Index, the average life
expectancy is 58 years; 24% live on less than USD 2 per day and poverty is
concentrated in the Northern and Eastern regions, where 90 percent of people
requiring humanitarian support reside. At least 75 percent of the people over
15 years of age are illiterate, with wide disparity between men and boys (78
percent) and women and girls (65 percent). Cameroon is confronted with three
major complex crises: the crisis in the Lake Chad basin impacting the Far North
region; the consequences of the influx Central African refugees in the east and
the crisis in the Northwest and Southwest (SW/NW). More than one million people
are displaced, and 4.5 million people have humanitarian needs. These challenges
are reinforced by structural factors and chronic vulnerabilities that aggravate
the impact of crises and affect people's resilience capacity. The World Food
Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger
worldwide. WFP’s current Country Strategy Programme (2018-2021) contributes to
all four United Nations Development Assistance Framework pillars: (i) increase
employment opportunities and measures to protect women, young people, children
and socially vulnerable people in target areas; (ii) improve the health of
target populations and prevent child malnutrition in all its forms; (iii)
improve access to education and quality vocational training; and (iv)
strengthen the resilience of target populations addressing food insecurity and
environmental, social and economic shocks. WFP Cameroon is currently seeking
for International UN Volunteers to provide support and technical expertise to
the Field Offices with the design and management of programmes of moderate size
or complexity that effectively meet food assistance needs or contribute to
policy formulation and / or provide technical advice or oversight on programme
strategy and implementation.
Task description
Under the general supervision of the Head of Field Office,
and the technical supervision of the CO Head of Supply, the incumbent UN
Volunteer will perform the following tasks: 1. Participate in the development
and implementation of supply chain plans and procedures, in line with the
global WFP supply chain strategy and regional/functional strategies, policies
and plans, to achieve operational cost efficiency, agility, reliability,
quality and to support national capacity strengthening. 2. Analyze
regional/country context, and design and manage end-to-end operational supply
chain and retail networks, to proactively mitigate and/or address dynamic
supply chain challenges and obtain operational optimization. 3. Plan and manage
implementation of innovative supply chain operations, initiatives and services
to ensure timely, cost-effective and integrated approach with core activities
and services and in close cooperation with key supply chain stakeholders. 4.
Provide technical advice and identify opportunities for improvement and
innovation initiatives analyzing best practices from the humanitarian and
development fields, academia and private sector. 5. Plan, monitor and manage
resources to maximize effectiveness of supply chain operations. 6. Build
productive partnerships and collaborate with counterparts in the key supply
chain functions to ensure an integrated supply chain approach to food
assistance and crossfunctional operational alignment. 7. Identify and build
productive partnerships with counterparts amongst government and other national
organizations, UN agencies, NGOs and private sector to share operational
knowledge and resources and build capacity to ensure coordinated and
cost-effective supply chain operations. 8. Perform in-depth market analysis and
supply chain network mapping to inform the selection of an appropriate
operation modalities to improve supply chain performance. 9. Manage supply
chain operations to ensure compliance with the established supply chain
strategies, policies, procedures, and controls, and following corporate
standards, with special emphasis on quality control, loss prevention, risk
mitigation and cost effectiveness. 10. Constantly monitor the performance of
supply chain operations to ensure that appropriate internal controls are in
place. 11. Manage service providers/vendors, port, fleet and warehouse
operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution of WFP operations
and safeguard WFP’s interest. 12. Manage accurate and timely reporting
including provision of substantial analysis of supply chain activities and
trends to enable informed decision-making and consistency of information
presented to a wide range of stakeholders. 13. Manage, motivate and develop a
team providing coaching, training and career guidance as required to ensure
appropriate development and enable high performance. 14. Contribute to
preparedness actions, providing technical recommendations and guidance and monitoring
the management of specific supply chain risks to enable WFP, governments and
other partners to quickly respond and deploy food and resources at the onset of
the crisis. 15. Other as required.
Eligibility criteria
Age
27 - 80
Nationality
Candidate must be a national of a country other than the
country of assignment.
Requirements
Required experience
3 years of experience in • Experience in managing an area of
supply chain operations including coordination with internal and external
stakeholders. • Experience in implementing operational supply chain strategies
in a country; • Experience in designing and implementing supply chain, retail,
and partnership networks; • Experience in managing relationships and national
capacity building initiatives with UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and/or
government organizations; • Experience evaluating and selecting service
providers and/or suppliers; • Experience identifying operational risks and
maintaining documentation on emergency preparedness; • Experience in
implementing approved corrective actions to improve performance and monitoring
progress; • Experience supervising professional staff.
Area(s) of expertise
Logistics and Inventory, Security and protection,
Procurement and contracting
Driving license
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Languages
English, Level: Fluent, Required French, Level: Fluent,
Required
Required education level
Master degree or equivalent in Supply Chain Management, Engineering,
Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other related field, or First
University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or
training/courses.
Competencies and values
• Professionalism: demonstrated understanding of operations
relevant to WFP; technical capabilities or knowledge relevant or transferrable
to WFP procedures and rules; discretion, political sensitivity, diplomacy and
tact to deal with clients; ability to apply good judgement; ability to liaise
and coordinate with a range of different actors, especially in senior
positions; where appropriate, high degree of autonomy, personal initiative and
ability to take ownership; resourcefulness and willingness to accept wide
responsibilities and ability to work independently under established
procedures; ability to manage information objectively, accurately and
confidentially; responsive and client-oriented; • Integrity: demonstrate the
values and ethical standards of the UN and WFP in daily activities and
behaviours while acting without consideration of personal gains; resist undue
political pressure in decision-making; stand by decisions that are in the
organization’s interest even if they are unpopular; take prompt action in cases
of unprofessional or unethical behaviour; does not abuse power or authority. •
Teamwork and respect for diversity: ability to operate effectively across
organizational boundaries; excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish
and maintain effective partnerships and harmonious working relations in a
multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, mixed-gender environment with sensitivity and
respect for diversity; sensitivity and adaptability to culture, gender,
religion, nationality and age; commitment to implementing the goal of gender
equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and
men in all aspects of UN operations; ability to achieve common goals and
provide guidance or training to colleagues; • Commitment to continuous
learning: initiative and willingness to learn new skills and stay abreast of
new developments in area of expertise; ability to adapt to changes in work
environment. • Planning and organizing effective organizational and
problem-solving skills and ability to manage a large volume of work in an
efficient and timely manner; ability to establish priorities and to plan,
coordinate and monitor (own) work; ability to work under pressure, with
conflicting deadlines, and to handle multiple concurrent projects/activities; •
Communication: proven interpersonal skills; good spoken and written
communication skills, including ability to prepare clear and concise reports;
ability to conduct presentations, articulate options and positions concisely;
ability to make and defend recommendations; ability to communicate and empathize
with staff (including national staff), military personnel, volunteers,
counterparts and local interlocutors coming from very diverse backgrounds;
capacity to transfer information and knowledge to a wide range of different
target groups; • Flexibility: adaptability and ability to live and work in
potentially hazardous and remote conditions, involving physical hardship and
little comfort; to operate independently in austere environments for protracted
periods; willingness to travel within the area of operations and to transfer to
other duty stations within the area of operations as necessary. • Genuine
commitment towards the principles of voluntary engagement, which includes
solidarity, compassion, reciprocity and self-reliance, and commitment towards WFP’s
mission and vision, as well as to the UN Core Values.
Other information
Living conditions and remarks
This position is located within the WFP field Office of
Bamenda; Bamenda: is the capital city of the North-West region of Cameroon, one
the two regions affected by the anglophone crisis since 2017. Bamenda is
located 366 km north-west of the capital city Yaounde. Before the crisis,
Bamenda was a vibrant buzzing city of around 2 million people. The crisis has
caused massive movements of Internally Displaced People. Bamenda enjoys a cool
climate and scenic hilly location, and the main industries are the processing
of agricultural produce such as coffee, elementary food processing, handicraft,
cottage industry, education (schools), tourism/hospitality, construction works
and transport, which used to flourish thanks to proximity and trade with
neighboring Nigeria. Many of the city's inhabitants are English-speaking, and
Cameroonian Pidgin English is the main language spoken in the shops and on the
streets of Bamenda. WFP has field office in Bamenda which provides life-saving
food assistance to populations affected by the crisis including IDPs, returnees
and other vulnerable populations through General Food Assistance (GFA), Cash
Based Transfers (CBT) and resilience-focused activities Food for Assets (FFA).
Inclusivity statement
United Nations Volunteers is an equal opportunity programme
that welcomes applications from qualified professionals. We are committed to
achieving diversity in terms of gender, care protected characteristics. As part
of their adherence to the values of UNV, all UN Volunteers commit themselves to
combat any form of discrimination, and to promoting respect for human rights
and individual dignity, without distinction of a person’s race, sex, gender
identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability,
pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.
Note on Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Selected candidates for certain occupational groups may be
subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid-19) in line with the applicable host entity policy
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