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Jobs in Tanzania 2022: New Job Vacancies at The United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) 2022
Career Opportunities: SUPPLY CHAIN OFFICER (HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN), FIXED TERM CONTRACT NOD, IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA (178045)
Job Description
UNIT/DIVISION: Programme
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
DURATION: 12 Months WFP celebrates
and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal
employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified
candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin,
ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender
identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV
status or disability.
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ABOUT WFP
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.
Assisting almost 100 million
people in around 83 countries each year, 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. WFP partners with
governments, other international organizations and UN agencies, the
private sector, and more than 1,000 national and international NGOs in
its operations to provide food assistance and tackle the underlying
causes of hunger.
The WFP Country Strategic Plan 2022-2027 seeks
to ensure that vulnerable populations achieve climate-resilient
livelihoods and improved food security and nutrition through sustained
smallholder access to markets, enhanced value chains, and sustainable
management of natural resources. This objective will be achieved by
supporting smallholder men and women producers to diversify livelihoods,
reduce post-harvest loss, and improve access to information,
technologies, and markets.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Education:
Advanced University degree preferably in Supply Chain Management,
Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Logistics, or other
related field, or First University degree with at least eight (8) years
of postgraduate professional experience. - Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and Swahili Language.
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ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT
The
Head of Supply Chain will be reporting directly to the Deputy Country
Director and overall management of the Country Director. The Head of
Supply Chain will manage large teams, lead on more specialist or far
reaching initiatives or more complex country operations, including port
and fleet management, logistics clusters, and influence supply chain
strategies at senior levels across functions and with local partners.
JOB PURPOSE
To
provide expert advice and substantial contributions to the integrated
supply chain operations at the Country Office and lead large field
supply chain operations, to ensure an effective and integrated supply
chain approach meeting the food assistance needs of beneficiaries and
service provision requirements for partners.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
1.
Participate in the formulation and implementation of corporate supply
chain strategies, business models and solutions to meet operational
requirements.
2. Align service or country strategy, policies and
programmes to the global supply chain strategy and the WFP Strategic
Plan, to achieve operational cost efficiency, agility, reliability,
quality and to support national capacity strengthening.
3. Analyze
regional/country context and lead the design and management of
end-to-end operational supply chain and retail networks, to proactively
mitigate and/or address dynamic supply chain challenges and obtain
operational optimization.
4. Design, plan and manage implementation
of innovative supply chain operations, initiatives and large-scale
services to ensure timely, cost-effective and integrated approach with
core activities and services and in close cooperation with key supply
chain stakeholders.
5. Drive continuous improvement and innovation
initiatives analyzing best practices from the humanitarian and
development fields, academia and private sector.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONTINUED 1:
6.
Lead supply chain planning and oversee and coordinate periodic planning
across functions and with partners to develop consensus on supply chain
operational plans. Coordinate implementation of agreed plans in close
cooperation with key supply chain stakeholders.
7. Plan, monitor and manage resources to maximize effectiveness of large supply chain operations.
8.
Foster productive partnerships with key stakeholders amongst government
and other national organizations, UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and
academia to share knowledge and resources and build capacity, resulting
in coordinated and cost effective supply chain operations.
9. Lead
market analysis and supply chain network mapping to inform the selection
of appropriate operation modalities to improve supply chain
performance.
10. Lead supply chain operations to ensure compliance
with the established supply chain strategies, policies, procedures and
controls, and assist in the implementation of corporate standards, with
special emphasis on quality control, loss prevention, risk mitigation
and cost effectiveness.
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KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES CONTINUED 2:
11. Constantly review the performance of supply chain operations to ensure that appropriate internal controls are in place.
12.
Coordinate management of service providers/vendors, port, fleet and
warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient planning and execution
of WFP operations and safeguard WFP’s interest.
13. 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.
14. Lead, motivate and develop a large team providing
coaching, training and career guidance as required to ensure appropriate
development and enable high performance.
15. 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.
16. Take responsibility
for an equitable and inclusive workplace which incorporates all
dimensions of the WFP diversity and inclusion framework.
17. Other as required.
Purpose
- Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
-
Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual
contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and
internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new
requirements of partners). - Make the mission inspiring to our
team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which
individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission. - Make our
mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with
WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to
others.
People
- Look for ways to strengthen
people’s skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase
self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental
needs. - Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open
dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of
background, culture, experience, or country assignment. - Be a
coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback
and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual
skills. - Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in
accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging
circumstances.
Performance
- Encourage innovation
& creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment
with new ideas and approaches in own work. - Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
-
Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding
individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of
ever-changing country or functional priorities. - Be Decisive:
Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with
uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding
information or manager direction.
Partnership
- Connect
and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal
or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles. -
Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand
and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners. -
Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and
professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and
stakeholders. - Be clear about the value WFP brings to
partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments
that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.
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FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES
| Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
| Supply Chain Management and Optimization | Leads strategic decision-making on WFP’s complex supply chain management and optimizations in line with WFP’s corporate strategy (E.g., time, cost efficiency and effectiveness)., in addition to providing strategic supply chain advice to partners. |
| Planning, Project & Resource Management | Demonstrates the ability to design and manage the full lifecycle of project management, including planning, engaging with partners and key stakeholders, budgeting, strategically allocating material and human resources, implementation and reporting. |
| Information Management & Reporting | Designs communication strategy to exchange impactful and compelling information with internal stakeholders and external partners (e.g., other sectors, donors, media) to provide quantifiable evidence of WFP’s impact in building sustainable programmes in beneficiary regions. |
| Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution | Demonstrates ability to analyse market trends, designs concepts of operations, negotiates and establishes contracts with WFP partners and service providers, ensures compliance with WFP rules and regulations and effectively executes logistics operations. |
| Warehouse and Inventory Management | Plans, coordinates and manages service providers and warehouse operations to promote safe, efficient, and sustainable operating procedures in the face of changing climates and conditions within region of expertise. |
| Technical Assistance and Coordination | Drives a unity of effort to apply a comprehensive and strategic approach that includes coordination, consensus building, cooperation, compromise, and consultation among stakeholders. Promotes strategic alliances and encourages shared ownership/responsibility for activities within the sector. |
- Experience
in managing supply chain operations including coordination with
internal and external stakeholders and supporting emergency programs. - Experience in shaping and implementing operational supply chain strategies in a country.
- Experience in operational and strategic supply chain planning.
- Experience
in developing and managing relationships and national capacity building
initiatives with UN agencies, NGOs, private sector and/or government
organizations. - Experience in implementing/setting-up supply
chain improvement and optimization initiatives to achieve cost
efficiency, improved agility, reliability and quality. - Experience negotiating service arrangements with multiple third parties respecting WFP’s best interests.
- Experience in monitoring operational success and suggesting areas of improvements.
- Experience supervising teams of professional staff
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
All
applications should be submitted through WFP e-recruitment online
portal. Only qualified Tanzanian nationals will be considered.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
The deadline for receiving applications is 20 November 2022.
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.
