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Requisition #: 72706

Organizational Context

• These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RB) and Country Offices (CO and Area/Field Offices. Job holders report to a Logistics Officer, Head of Unit or the designate.
• At this level, job holders demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with only general guidance for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common services. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. Job holders typically manage a small team, supervising and coaching staff.

Background And Job Purpose

• To provide specialized support functions and/or supervise staff performing standard logistics/supply chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of goods and services for all delivery modalities.
• Maintain data quality in the corporate system (LESS) and implement well-define standard logistics/Supply Chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of goods and services for all deliveries modalities. Technical support, partnering with the key supply chain functions to ensure an integrated supply chain approach to meeting the food assistance needs of beneficiaries. Contribute effectively to the SPR reports

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Provide specialized support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and contribute, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
• Coordinate requisitioning and ensure timely delivery of commodities and supplies to authorised partners and destinations.
• Maintain regular data quality and integrity, processes and procedures implementation in the Country through correspondence and direct missions under the supervision of the Commodity Accounting Manager. Take corrective actions on systematic irregularities on data prior to their dispatch to EDPs;
• Identify, resolve and/or provide recommendations on specialised queries/requests for support, using initiative and following standard processes, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of enquiries with excellent client service mind-set.
• Monitor inventory management processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to beneficiary
• Support oversight for commodity accounting data quality and integrity.
• Analyse operational pipeline and contribute to assessments and operational planning for all delivery modalities, to ensure that supply chain requirements are taken into consideration.
• Perform research, collect data and conduct analysis, produce reports (e.g. CCTI, SPRs, financial closure, physical inventory, transport performance) and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems to enable informed decision-making.
• Supervise the work of support staff, providing practical advice and guidance, to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered to agreed standards and deadlines for all assistance modalities.
• Support logistics emergency preparedness and response activities including Logistics Capacity Assessment and Contingency Plan update, to support WFP’s response in emergencies.
• Report status of deliveries and losses to the Commodity Accounting Manager on regular basis;
• Ensure data captured in the LESS system is accurate and liabilities and assets are accounted for at any given point in time;
• Ensure that LESS transactions are performed according to the standard business processes and corporate guidelines;
• Build in-house capacity for normal and emergency operational requirements;
• Maintain internal CO business continuity through management of staff absences and adequate coverage;
• Ensure best use of new tools, material and guidance and provide prompt feedback to the CO of any issues faced.
• Ensure Physical Inventories are carried out in all EDPs on a monthly and quarterly basis at each storage location and support to reconcile and capture in the system before the closure deadline;
• Ensure full compliance of CO operations to IPSAS
• In close liaison with CO Programme/Reporting Units, make sure Commodity Accounting standard reports including the SPRs are finalized and cleared by CO within deadlines and all expenditures and stock movements are captured in timely manner;
• Reconcile commodity part of SPRs and Financial Statements;
• Ensure that Commodity Accounting Reports submissions to the CO are accurate
• Ensure that Audit observations and recommendations are implemented;
• Implement best practices and advise CO management on any anomalies;
• Perform any other business as required

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Coaches team in the most effective ways to communicate WFP’s Strategic Objectives to WFP team and partners in the field.
• Be a force for positive change: Implements new methods or tools to improve team’s work processes and productivity.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Maps team’s activities and tasks to specific successes in beneficiary communities to showcase positive impact.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Explains to teammates how each unit contributes to the overall WFP mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Identifies skill development opportunities such as training modules or on-the-job experiences for self, colleagues and direct reports.
• Create an inclusive culture: Facilitates team building activities to build rapport in own unit.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Facilitates the pairing of junior colleagues with coaches within own team.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Proactively anticipates potential challenges and develops mitigation plans to ensure that team meets goals and targets.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Identifies opportunities to be creative in own work and to help team be more innovative and accurate in their respective tasks and areas of work.
• Focus on getting results: Monitors team’s deliverables and provides feedback to ensure outcomes are delivered consistently and accurately.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Provides accurate guidance to team on expected responsibilities and tasks, whilst also upholding own commitment to the team.
• Be Decisive: Sets an example and provides guidance to junior team members on when to escalate issues when faced with challenging issues in the workplace or in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Facilitates partnerships with other WFP units to accomplish missions in the field.
• Build strong external partnerships: Sets an example and provides guidance to team on how to build relationships with external partners.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Articulates to colleagues or direct reports the value of contributing to other WFP teams and agency partnerships in fulfilling WFP’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Organizes, monitors, and prioritizes own and team’s efforts to ensure that they will fulfill the needs of internal and external partners.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary qualification in Logistics /Commodity management is a must.
• Work experience: 5 years minimum in Logistics management/managerial positions in logistics related activities
• Language:  Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.

Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role

• Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems

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Requisition: 72704

Organ9izational Context

• This job is likely to be found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or Country Offices (COs). In the field, job holders report to the Head of Field Office or Head of Logistics or the designate. In RBs and HQ, job holders report to a more senior Logistics Officer.
• Job holders operate with a high degree of independence, manage more junior staff to ensure that logistics operations and project objectives are achieved in full.
• Job holders are heavily involved in day–to-day activities and analytical work, and are likely to focus on one specific area of logistics (i.e. budget preparation and management, commodity and warehouse management, supply chain, fleet and workshop management, port operation management, logistics cluster and information management) or manage teams within logistics operations to ensure supply chain strategies are implemented.

Job Purpose

• To contribute to daily planning and coordination of WFP logistics operations including monitoring of services provided by contracted external organizations to ensure cost-effective operations and that set objectives are achieved in full.

Key Accountabilities(not all-inclusive)
Under the direct supervision of the Food Technology Officer in Abuja- Nigeria CO and in close collaboration with colleagues at Supply Chain unit, the Quality Assurance Officer will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Provide support to monitor the implementation of Quality management systems i.e. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) through the WFP’s Supply Chain;
• Participate in the technical review of services provided by external contractors include inspection companies and food laboratories;
• Liaise with WFP appointed inspection and superintendent companies to ensure implementing of best practices of the quality control; sampling, inspection, testing, verification, etc. 
• To conduct regular visits to the supplier’s factories/ warehouses to ensure compliance with WFP’s requirements for Food Safety and Quality Management Systems
• Establish and maintain collaboration with local laboratories in order to build their capacities to carry out test methods for analysis of humanitarian food aid commodities
• Assisting in planning and implementing the capacity strengthen activities in food quality and safety aspects to WFP’s partners; the Inspection companies, governmental authorities and private sectors.
• Assisting on developing training modules on food quality control, loss prevention and mitigation, fumigation etc. and provide training to WFP staff, other stakeholders and food processors
• Provide advice on food quality and safety issues during food transit and storage in WFP’s warehouses
• Assess the fumigation practices at WFP’s warehouses and recommend improvements when applicable
• Provide advice on food quality assurance and management issues to prevent losses and improve commodity management capacity and propose adequate measures to mitigate food losses
• Prepare technical reports related to food quality and food safety and provide regular updates to the food technology Officer
• Prepare, update and circulate reports on food quality and safety incidents through the Supply chain and propose the corrective and preventive actions.
• Support the developing and implementing of capacity strengthen projects on the field of food quality and safety and related topics.
• Supporting the implementing of protocols and tools related to food technology issues, such as food safety and quality and food product optimisation, ensuring alignment with WFP procurement and supply chain strategy, policies and plans.
• Other activities as required

4Ps Core Oragnisational Capabilities
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.

Functional Capabilities
Supply Chain Management and Optimization:    

• Analyses context of country challenges in order to lead the design and management of supply chain network, to proactively mitigate and/or address dynamic supply chain challenges, to ensure operational optimization.

Planning, Project & Resource Management:   

• Collects and analyses relevant technical data from diverse sources to forecast operational needs under various scenarios and makes evidence-based proposals.

Information Management & Reporting:   

• Ability to proactively identify gaps in information and findings, analyse and evaluate information, develop statistics, and translate into information management products to facilitate decision making and demonstrate performance.

Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution:    

• Demonstrates ability to collect market information and process and analyse proposals in line with WFP standard rules and regulations in order to deliver efficiently.

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:    

• Actively establishes and maintains networks, leads coordination and the provision of technical assistance, while demonstrating the ability to represent WFP to a broad spectrum of key stakeholders (e.g. providing services, and working with NDMOs/NDMAs).

Qualifications

• Education: Advanced university degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Food science or relevant degree.

Experience:

• Minimum five years of experience in food quality management, preferably in high-scale food processing enterprises in Nigeria or national food quality institutes.
• Well-versed in auditing of manufacturing/ processing facilities. Preferably experience of working with inspection services providers and/ or multinational companies.
• Good knowledge of food quality and safety systems i.e. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), traceability and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), etc.
• Knowledge of food safety and quality management systems (e.g. ISO, BRC, IFS, etc.)
• Experience on best practices of nutritious and fortified food production; 
• Adequate knowledge in laboratory testing facilities and associated appropriate standards
• Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

Critical Success Factor:

• Good analytical skills, ability to analyze highly complex issues or problems, maturity of judgement
• Ability to work under stress and achieve results under tight deadlines
• Resourcefulness, initiative, negotiating skills
• Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing

Terms and Condition

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only Nigerian national are eligible to apply for this position
• Applications must be submitted online and in English only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.

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Requisition #: 72707

Organizational Context

• Under the direct supervision of the National Logistics Officer, Job typically work in large third party managed WFP warehouses with very busy and complex warehouse operations and are required to operate with a high Degree of independence.
• They manage a number of warehouse support staff to achieve effective warehouse management. 
• Job holder is required to coordinate receipt/dispatch and verification of commodities in order to maximise quality of warehouse operations and mitigate losses, and ensure implementation of the best storage management practices and compliance with WFP warehouse guidelines and standards.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Coordinate and/or receive/dispatch commodities including transhipment (truck to truck) against official approved documentation (e.g. waybills and/or delivery notes) ensuring accuracy in physical count of commodities including the quality in compliance with the established standards.
• Review, verify and sign off warehouse and transport documents, and ensure accurate maintenance of confidential files and warehouse transaction records to enable immediate reporting on commodity movements in line with the corporate requirements.
• Ensure daily warehouse closing reconciliation and accurate inventory checks supporting internal control systems in compliance with the warehouse management requirements.
• Perform daily inspections and prepare reports on the quantity and quality of the commodities received/dispatched and handled, detect promptly and analyse reasons for stock discrepancies/damages, investigate missing quantity and prepare warehouse loss reports recommending appropriate solutions, to enable informed decision-making.
• Support regular physical stock inventory exercise, to ensure compliance with IPSAS and standard business requirements.
• Implement appropriate measures to safeguard food and non-food commodities, to ensure quality control using standard preventive measures in line with WFP established procedures.
• Monitor condition of the warehouse and commodities and take appropriate actions, to support efficient warehouse space-planning and well-organized commodity storage following WFP warehouse standards.
• Provide supervision, guidance as required to TP warehouse staff supporting high performance as required.

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

Functional Capabilities

• Supply Chain Management and Optimization: Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.
• Planning, Project & Resource Management: Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.
• Information Management & Reporting: Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.
• Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution: Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management: Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.
• Technical Assistance and Coordination: Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Completion of Secondary School Education. A post-secondary qualification in Logistics, Warehouse management and/or storekeeping is a requirement.

Experience:

• Six or more years of progressively responsible support work experience in warehouse operations, logistics work, including at least three years related to Supply Chain at any national/international humanitarian or commercial organization carrying Logistics, Procurement or Contracts management function or related field.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.  Knowledge of multiple local languages is an added advantage.

Other Specific Job Requirements
This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job:

• Desired Experiences For Entry Into The Role
• Experience using logistics databases to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
• Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.

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Requisition #: 72701

Organizational Context

• Under the direct supervision of the Lagos Port Captain reporting to the Supply Chain Officer, Job holders will primarily be responsible for overall Logistics Operation at Lagos Port.
• At this level, job holder will need to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with only general guidance.
• There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis. Job holder typically manages a small team, supervising and coaching staff.
• You may be assigned other tasks depending on the exigencies of WFP activities.

Job Purpose

• To contribute to daily planning and coordination of WFP logistics operations including monitoring of services provided by contracted external organizations to ensure cost-effective operations and that set objectives are achieved in full.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Contribute towards the development of shipping plans and processes ensuring compliance with wider logistics operations, policies and WFP standards.
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of policy guidelines and operational directives and procedures in respect of ocean transport activity.
• Plan and manage shipping operations following standard processes and contribute, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
• Consolidate and plan shipments, manage operational aspects of chartered and/or liner vessels, cargoes, including checking document readiness, loading and discharging operations and contracting of stevedoring services as applicable.
• Supervise performance of WFP’s shipping and forwarding agents, stevedores and other ancillary contractors to ensure efficient operations, and provide input in the annual performance review.
• Contribute to supply chain by providing technical support and guidance to other services, divisions and country offices, particularly for emergency response.
• Identify, regularly monitor and manage contractual, operational and supply chain risks relevant to shipping activities.
• Collect and analyze data through market analysis, research and networking with colleagues to recommend actions to the supervisor to improve performance of local logistics operations.
• Collate data and prepare accurate and timely reports, including key performance indicators (KPIs), supporting a WFP wise view of shipping activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Build productive partnerships with port authorities and customs and other institutions to support efficient and effective shipping operations.
• Participate in the on-going review of internal processes and procedures and identify ways to increase the day-to-day efficiency of the teams.
• Follow emergency logistics preparedness practices to ensure WP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Contribute to consolidation and planning of shipments, and to the management of operational
• Other duties as required.

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
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.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• Advanced University degree in Transport Economics, Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering, Business Management or other related field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Experience:

• Six or more years of progressively responsible support work experience in operations, logistics work, including at least three years related to Supply Chain at any national/international humanitarian or commercial organization carrying Logistics, Procurement or Contracts management function or related field.

Language:

• Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

Functional Capabilities
Supply Chain Management and Optimization:

• Analyses context of country challenges in order to lead the design and management of supply chain network, to proactively mitigate and/or address dynamic supply chain challenges, to ensure operational optimization.

Planning, Project & Resource Management:

• Collects and analyses relevant technical data from diverse sources to forecast operational needs under various scenarios and makes evidence-based proposals.

Information Management & Reporting:

• Ability to proactively identify gaps in information and findings, analyse and evaluate information, develop statistics, and translate into information management products to facilitate decision making and demonstrate performance.

Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution:

• Demonstrates ability to collect market information and process and analyse proposals in line with WFP standard rules and regulations in order to deliver efficiently.

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:

• Actively establishes and maintains networks, leads coordination and the provision of technical assistance, while demonstrating the ability to represent WFP to a broad spectrum of key stakeholders (e.g. providing services, and working with NDMOs/NDMAs).

Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role

• Experience in administering third party service providers’ contracts.
• Experience in compiling contract documentation
• Experience in contract execution.

Terms and Conditions

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only Nigerian national are eligible to apply for this position
• Applications must be submitted online and in English only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.

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Requisition #: 72709

Organizational Context

• These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) and Country Offices (COs) and Area/Field Offices. Job holders report to Logistics Officer, a Head of Unit,  or the designate.
• At this level, job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common services.
• Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

Background and Job Purpose

• Maintain data quality in the corporate system (LESS) and implement well-define standard logistics/Supply Chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of goods and services for all deliveries modalities.
• Technical support, partnering with the key supply chain functions to ensure an integrated supply chain approach to meeting the food assistance needs of beneficiaries.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Maintain regular data quality and integrity, processes and procedures implementation in the Nigeria Ports through correspondence and direct missions. Take corrective actions on systematic irregularities on data prior to their dispatch to EDPs;
• Ensure all transactions related to Conventional and non-conventional cargos are recorded in LESS following the standards.
• Report status of deliveries and losses to the Commodity Accounting Manager on regular basis;
• Ensure data captured in the LESS system is accurate and liabilities and assets are accounted for at any given point in time;
• Ensure that LESS transactions are performed according to the standard business processes and corporate guidelines;
• In liaison with implementing Partners at Ports and with the country Office, identify bottlenecks in the commodity tracking and provide solutions;
• Build in-house capacity for normal and emergency operational requirements;
• Maintain internal CO business continuity through management of staff absences and adequate coverage;
• Ensure best use of new tools, material and guidance and provide prompt feedback to the CO of any issues faced.
• Ensure Physical Inventories are carried out in the Ports on a monthly and quarterly basis at each storage location and reconciled and captured in the system before the closure deadline;
• Ensure full compliance of CO operations to IPSAS
• In close liaison with CO Programme/Reporting Units, make sure Commodity Accounting standard reports including the SPRs are finalized and cleared by CO within deadlines and all expenditures and stock movements are captured in timely manner;
• Reconcile commodity part of SPRs and Financial Statements;
• Ensure that Commodity Accounting Reports submissions to the CO are accurate
• Ensure that Audit observations and recommendations are implemented;
• Implement best practices and advise CO management on any anomalies;
• Perform any other business as required

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

Functional Capabilities
Supply Chain Management and Optimization:

• Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.
• Planning, Project & Resource Management:
• Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.

Information Management & Reporting:

• Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.

Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution:

• Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.

Warehouse and Inventory Management:

• Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.

Technical Assistance and Coordination:

• Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary qualification in the field of Logistics, Commodity Management, Shipping etc is a requirement.
• Work experience: Minimum of 5 years in Logistics management, / managerial positions in logistics related activities.
• Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication inEnglish language.

Experiences & Skills Required For Entry Into The Role:

• Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems

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Requisition # 72788

Job Purpose

• To deliver a range of routine business support tasks, to ensure that staff are effectively supported.

Organizational Context

• These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ). Job holders typically provide administrative support to team(s) and/or support a specific business stream, and report to the relevant Associate.
• At this level, work is carried out under close supervision or immediately available assistance. Job holders are expected to produce organised and accurate work.

Key Accountabilities (Not All-Inclusive)

• Collect, sort and disseminate correspondence, reports and other material to meet the required demands of staff to time standards.
• Respond to routine queries received and escalate where appropriate, to provide a timely and accurate service to clients.
• Proofread written documents, such as standard reports and correspondence, to contribute to the accuracy of written information developed by staff.
• Provide a set of standard business support activities, where required, to contribute to the effective functioning of business operations.
• Make travel arrangements and support events, etc., to support staff to work effectively.
• Support the maintenance of office files, documents, and records in accordance with established systems and processes so that information is current and readily available for staff.
• Undertake standard data entry tasks in accordance with defined systems, to ensure information is organised and readily available for the business team.

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Builds an understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Approaches individual tasks and responsibilities with a positive attitude and demeanor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Understands the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Connects individual tasks and responsibilities to unit’s goals and mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Seeks opportunities to build and enhance individual skills.
• Create an inclusive culture: Demonstrates respect and understanding for diversity and cultural differences.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Identifies and approaches colleagues or supervisors to serve as coaches.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear goals and measurable targets for own tasks and responsibilities.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Assesses own tasks and responsibilities to find ways to be more efficient.
• Focus on getting results: Maintains accurate records of completion times and tasks in own areas of responsibility.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Understands responsibilities and the metrics associated with own tasks.
• Be Decisive: Notifies supervisors of dangerous situations or potential issues that may arise while in the field or office.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Understands WFP’s organizational structure, including the purpose and mission of each unit.
• Build strong external partnerships: Supports team in working with colleagues and WFP’s partners in the field toward common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Maintains a professional and courteous relationship with other WFP employees and partners in the field.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Understands own team’s contributions in its partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.

Standard Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Completion of secondary school education.
• Experience: Three or more years of experience in general administrative work.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Ability to use standard office equipment such as photocopiers and scanners.
• Knowledge of standardised business support work routines and methods.
• Knowledge of standard office software packages, e.g. Microsoft word.
• Uses tact and courtesy to give and receive information with a variety of individuals.
• Good attention to detail in order to identify data discrepancies.
• Ability to work to deadlines and follow clear instructions.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English

Terms and Conditions

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only Nigerian national (or holders of valid Nigerian residency) are eligible to apply for this position
• Applications must be submitted online and in English only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Requisition #: 72785

Organizational Context

• Under the direct supervision of the Head of Contracting Section reporting to the Head Supply of Chain, Job holders will primarily be responsible for overall Logistics Contracting Activities for WFP Nigeria Operation.
• At this level, job holder will need to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to queries with only general guidance.
• There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems on a daily basis.
• Job holder is expected to be proactive and work independently.
• You may be assigned other tasks depending on the exigencies of WFP activities.

Job Purpose

• To collect, analyse and report on information to maximise efficiency of the logistics operations and activities.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Manage all country-wide Logistics Contracting activities from planning and inception to full execution. Activities include but are not limited to undertaking Logistics needs assessment; gathering market intelligence; mapping out contracting strategy; contracting for services in line with WFP rules and regulations; monitoring of contract validity and service provider performance; preparation of internal/external documentation and reporting, etc.
• Undertake regular vendor (e.g. transporters, retailers) assessments & management to maintain a shortlist of qualified service providers.
• Ensure principles of Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, Confidentiality and Ethics are maintained throughout the contracting and contract execution process.
• Contribute towards the development of logistics plans and processes ensuring compliance with wider logistics policies and WFP standards.
• Support logistics projects or operational day-to-day activities following standard processes and contributing, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
• Collect and analyze data through research and networking with colleagues to recommend actions to the supervisor to improve performance of local logistics operations.
• Conduct portions of financial analysis and budget reviews, drawing out insights and recommending actions to the supervisor to optimize use of available funds.
• Guide support staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Wide view of logistics activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Support the capacity building of WFP staff and partners for efficient and effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries (i.e. through contribution to the training materials).
• Identify and build productive relationships with staff and external stakeholders within the area of assignment to support an integrated approach to food assistance.
• Follow emergency logistics preparedness practices to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Other duties as required.

4Ps Core Organizational Capabilities
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.

Functional Capabilities
Capability Name:

• Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Supply Chain Management and Optimization:

• Demonstrates ability to design basic supply chain networks, including appropriately assessing and escalating challenges to ensure that WFP is able to provide consistent and uninterrupted service to its beneficiaries and partners.

Planning, Project & Resource Management:

• Collects and analyses relevant technical data from diverse sources to forecast operational needs under various scenarios and makes evidence-based proposals.​
• Information Management & Reporting     Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to consolidate preliminary data analysis, draft reports and disseminate information that represents concerns and trends.
• Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution     Demonstrates ability to collect market information and process and analyse proposals in line with WFP standard rules and regulations in order to deliver efficiently.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management     Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.
• Technical Assistance and Coordination     Demonstrates abilities to provide basic technical advice and maintain effective (inclusive, collaborative, unified) logistics coordination mechanisms with humanitarian partners and other relevant stakeholders.

Other Specific Job Requirements

• This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role

• Experience in administering third party service providers’ contracts.
• Experience in compiling contract documentation.
• Experience in contract execution.

Terms and Conditions

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only Nigerian national are eligible to apply for this position
• Applications must be submitted online and in English only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.

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Requisition #: 72712

Organizational Context

• These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) and Country Offices (COs) and Area/Field Offices. Job holders report to Logistics Officer, a Head of Unit, or the designate.
• At this level, job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common services.
• Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

Job Purpose

• To implement well-defined standard logistics/supply chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of goods and services for all delivery modalities.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Under the direct supervision of the Food Technology Officer in Abuja, Nigeria CO and in close collaboration with the colleagues at the supply chain unit (in Maiduguri and Kano the incumbent will be under the supervision of the warehouses manager and in reporting line to the Food Technology Officer in Abuja, Nigeria CO).

The Quality Control assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Monitor and inspect visually/ by using the appropriate devices the quality of the food commodities that received WFP’s warehouse;
• Prepare regular reports on the food quality and safety incidents at WFP’s and (cooperative partners) CP’s warehouses;
• To conduct regular visits to the supplier’s processing facilities/ warehouses (in Maiduguri/ Kano) to ensure compliance with WFP’s requirements for Food Safety and Quality Management Systems;
• Establish and maintain collaboration with local laboratories (in Maiduguri/ Kano) to support utilizing the laboratory’s capacities to carry out test methods for analysis of humanitarian food aid commodities and to identify the potential area to strengthen the capacities;
• Assisting on delivering the training courses on food quality and food safety topics to WFP staff, other stakeholders and food processors;
• Conduct regular quality audit for the WFP’s, CP’s warehouses and suppliers based on WFP standards and requirements in terms of checking aspects related to hygiene, good manufacturing practices and others standards.
• Monitoring the food quality and safety during storage in WFP’s warehouses and upon receiving.
• Monitoring the food quality aspects at WFP warehouses to ensure compliance with WFP’s manuals and best practices of food quality and safety on storage of Special Nutritious Foods and fortified commodities
• Monitor the fumigation practices at WFP’s warehouses and recommend improvements when applicable
• Assisting on following up of the shelf life of foods in warehouses, notify and communicate a report to take action accordingly.
• Prepare, update and circulate reports on food quality and safety incidents at the WFP’s and CP’s warehouses and propose the corrective and preventive actions.
• Follow up the reporting and monitoring the performance of the services providers of the inspection and testing services.
• Other activities as required

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• University degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Food science or relevant degree

Work experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in food quality management, preferably in medium-scale food processing enterprises in Nigeria
• Experience on best practices of storage of different food commodities include nutritious and fortified food;
• Knowledge of Food quality and safety aspects i.e. standards, conformity assessment, food testing, etc.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.

Functional Capabilities
Supply Chain Management and Optimization:

• Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.

Planning, Project & Resource Management:

• Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.

Information Management & Reporting:

• Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.

Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution:

• Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.

Warehouse and Inventory Management:

• Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.

Technical Assistance and Coordination:

• Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role

• Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
• Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.

Terms and Conditions

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only Nigerian national (or holders of valid nigerian residency) are eligible to apply for this position
• Applications must be submitted online and in English only.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Canvassing is strictly prohibited. Canvassing of any sort will lead to automatic disqualification of the concerned applicant.

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Requisition #: 72711
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Organizational Context

• These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) and Country Offices (COs) and Area/Field Offices. Job holders report to Logistics Officer, a Head of Unit, or the designate.
• At this level, job holders are expected to take responsibility for completion of a range of processes and activities requiring some interpretation of standard guidelines/practices for all assistance modalities for both WFP and logistics common services. Job holders are able to recommend a course of action to staff at various levels and may allocate tasks to other support staff.

Job Purpose
To implement well-defined standard logistics/supply chain processes and activities to enable effective delivery of goods and services for all delivery modalities.

Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)
Under the direct supervision of the Food Technology Officer in Abuja, Nigeria CO and in close collaboration with the colleagues at the supply chain unit (in Maiduguri and Kano the incumbent will be under the supervision of the warehouses manager and in reporting line to the Food Technology Officer in Abuja, Nigeria CO). The Quality Control assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Monitor and inspect visually/ by using the appropriate devices the quality of the food commodities that received WFP’s warehouse;
• Prepare regular reports on the food quality and safety incidents at WFP’s and (cooperative partners) CP’s warehouses;
• To conduct regular visits to the supplier’s processing facilities/ warehouses (in Maiduguri/ Kano) to ensure compliance with WFP’s requirements for Food Safety and Quality Management Systems;
• Establish and maintain collaboration with local laboratories (in Maiduguri/ Kano) to support utilizing the laboratory’s capacities to carry out test methods for analysis of humanitarian food aid commodities and to identify the potential area to strengthen the capacities;
• Assisting on delivering the training courses on food quality and food safety topics to WFP staff, other stakeholders and food processors;
• Conduct regular quality audit for the WFP’s, CP’s warehouses and suppliers based on WFP standards and requirements in terms of checking aspects related to hygiene, good manufacturing practices and others standards.
• Monitoring the food quality and safety during storage in WFP’s warehouses and upon receiving.
• Monitoring the food quality aspects at WFP warehouses to ensure compliance with WFP’s manuals and best practices of food quality and safety on storage of Special Nutritious Foods and fortified commodities
• Monitor the fumigation practices at WFP’s warehouses and recommend improvements when applicable
• Assisting on following up of the shelf life of foods in warehouses, notify and communicate a report to take action accordingly.
• Prepare, update and circulate reports on food quality and safety incidents at the WFP’s and CP’s warehouses and propose the corrective and preventive actions.
• Follow up the reporting and monitoring the performance of the services providers of the inspection and testing services.
• Other activities as required

4Ps Core Organisational Capabilities
Purpose:

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Helps teammates articulate WFP’s Strategic Objectives.
• Be a force for positive change: Suggests potential improvements to team’s work processes to supervisor.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Explains the impact of WFP activities in beneficiary communities to teammates.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Articulates how own unit’s responsibilities will serve WFP’s mission.

People:

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Trains junior teammates on new skills and capabilities.
• Create an inclusive culture: Seeks opportunities to work with people from different backgrounds.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Serves as a peer coach for colleagues in same area of work.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Tracks progress toward goals and shares this information on a regular basis with supervisor.

Performance:

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Explores ways to consistently be more efficient and accurate in own areas of work and shares new methods of work with colleagues.
• Focus on getting results: Focuses on getting results and tracks trends in completion rates for own tasks to identify opportunities for efficiency.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes responsibility for own tasks and notifies supervisor as soon as possible of potential delays in meeting deadlines or commitments.
• Be Decisive: Independently decides what action to take when faced with critical choices in the workplace or in dangerous situations in the field.

Partnership:

• Connect and share across WFP units: Suggests opportunities for partnering with other units to supervisor.
• Build strong external partnerships: Identifies opportunities to work with colleagues and partners in the field towards common goals.
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Develops an understanding of the value of WFP’s teams and external partners in fulfilling team’s goals and objectives.
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Aligns own activities with supervisor’s priorities to fulfill internal and external partner needs.

Functional Capabilities

• Supply Chain Management and Optimization: Displays aptitude at monitoring and reporting on supply chain operations to enable teams to efficiently assess the performance and sustainability of current networks.
• Planning, Project & Resource Management: Supports the planning, forecasting & resource management efforts of own team by collecting data from diverse sources.
• Information Management & Reporting: Collates accurate and timely information and data to enable informed decision making on reporting within individual unit and consequently the greater humanitarian community.
• Market Analysis, Contracting and Operational Execution: Ability to collect and collate necessary information to enable WFP to make informed operational decisions.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management: Demonstrates ability to implement operational warehouse procedures and normative guidance in order to manage WFP’s warehouse, handle inventory effectively through corporate systems, and ensure loss mitigation.
• Technical Assistance and Coordination: Demonstrates awareness of the importance of technical assistance and coordination with key stakeholders and an ability to carry out logistics activities, respecting individual mandates and programme priorities.

Standard Minimum Qualifications
Education:

• University Degree in Food Technology, Food Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Food Science or relevant Degree

Work Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience in food quality management, preferably in medium-scale food processing enterprises in Nigeria
• Experience on best practices of storage of different food commodities include nutritious and fortified food;
• Knowledge of Food quality and safety aspects i.e. standards, conformity assessment, food testing, etc.

Language:

• Fluency in both oral and written communication in English.

Desired Experiences for Entry into the Role:

• Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock.
• Experience analysing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
• Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
• Experience in assisting the preparation of contract documentation.
• Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.