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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
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.
BACKGROUND
WFP as the lead agency of the Global Logistics Cluster (GLC) is mandated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) to complement and coordinate logistics preparedness activities and capabilities of member countries and cooperating humanitarian agencies, both before and during large-scale complex emergencies and natural disasters.
Under the IASC's Transformative Agenda, the GLC is required to "build national capacity in preparedness and contingency planning". This is reflected in the GLC's 2016-2021 strategy, which includes a special focus on strengthening preparedness and response capacity of
national actors - known as the Preparedness Project. The project is expected to run until end-2021 and provides support for national logistics preparedness and capacity building initiatives.
GLC approach to Capacity Strengthening:
The achievement of self-sufficiency in humanitarian logistics preparedness and response hinges on capacities of individuals, organizations and societies. The GLC framework for capacity strengthening recognises that without supportive laws, policies, strategies and procedures (
enabling environment), well-functioning organizations (
organizational domain), and educated, skilled people (
individual domain) state and non-state duty bearers cannot effectively plan, implement and review their efforts to prepare for and respond to disasters. Effective capacity strengthen support must therefore address all three domains, recognising the interdependencies between them. Single interventions (e.g., trainings) are not likely to make a significant difference unless they represent a key leverage point that can shift an entire system's behaviour.
Applying this holistic and systems-strengthening approach to its interventions, the Preparedness Project supports stakeholder capacities along five critical pathways: (i) Policies and legislation; (ii) Institutional effectiveness and accountability; (iii) Strategic planning and financing; (iv) Stakeholder programme design and delivery; and (v) Engagement and participation of communities, civil society and private sector.
ASSIGNMENT PURPOSE
Knowledge Management & Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) Duties:
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive)
The Preparedness Officer will be responsible for supporting national stakeholders as they identify capacity gaps and logistics challenges and develop proposals to address them.
The Project activities outlined above are aimed at supporting existing national-actor structures and networks, as well as further enhancing logistics capabilities and stakeholder coordination for strengthened emergency preparedness and self-sufficiency. This includes the alignment of activity planning with National Disaster Management structures and strategies, partner initiatives and key stakeholders.
The position is hosted by WFP country office. As such, the Officer is fully embedded in administrative and further WFP regulations, implied by the WFP working contract.
Reporting Lines:
Core Deliverables:
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
DESIRED EXPERIENCE FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
Education: University degree in international relations, political science, humanitarian action, logistics & supply chain or a closely related field. Demonstrable equivalent combination of education and experience is also acceptable.
Work experience: A minimum of 6 years of professional experience including: working in an international context; responsibility in a planning role. Previous experience in Logistics Emergency Response, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), capacity building and working with government/national actors is required. Exposure to the logistics cluster is a must.
Languages: Tajik, Russian and fluency (level C) in English is mandatory.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Type of Contract: Service Contract (SC)
Contract End Date: 31 December 2021 (with possible extension)
Duty Station: Dushanbe, Tajikistan
WFP offers an attractive compensation package: 16 weeks of maternity leave is part of the package, a staff member may also avail of special leave with full pay up to 8 weeks following maternity leave. Also 28 calendar days of paternity leave. For more details please visit International Civil Service Commission website: https://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salaries/tajikist.htm
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
31 March 2021
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Female applicants and individuals with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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