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, physical or mental disability.

Posting Dates:

Date of Issue:       3rd February 2022                           

Closing Date:       16th February  2022

About WFP:

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide and the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes.

This position is open to qualified Somali candidates. Female candidates in particular, are encouraged to apply.

What will you do?

• Provide support to logistics operations following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
• Prepare transporter allocations and requests for Transport Purchase Order (TPOs) against valid contractors for monthly local dispatches.
• Issue time-bound Stock Transfer Order (STOs for cargo being shunted ex-port to Mogadishu warehouses and inter warehouse transfers.
• Work closely with operations to ensure Stock Transfer Order (STOs) are loaded on time, all waybills issued at warehouse level have vehicle tracking numbers and follow up on delivery status with the transporters and timely return of waybills.
• Prepare daily dispatch report showing the plan for the month, Food Release Note (FRNs) issued by Programme, Stock Transfer Order (STOs) issued by Logistics, and actual dispatch/deliveries to Final Destination Point (FDPs).
• Issue manual Landslide Manual (LTI’s) for non-food commodities and offline stocks as required.
• Support management of logistics vendors contracting activities including performance monitoring and measurement.
• Assist in the management of commodity accounting data quality and integrity.
• Support operational pipeline analyses, assessments, and operational planning for all delivery modalities.
• Provide guidance to other support staff,in order to assist them in completing standard tasks to agreed standards and deadlines.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in transport economics, logistics, port and shipping, procurement, and administration.

Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in one or more areas of the transportation and ancillary sectors: port operations, shipping, clearing, and forwarding, air operations, large scale road/rail transport, and distribution management gained from a reputable organization

Languages: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Somalia is a requirement.

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Knowledge of logistics, warehousing, commodity handling practices.
• Ability to work with different cultures.
• Experience maintaining corporate systems and running queries on ongoing shipments, pipeline information, and food stock.

Terms and Conditions:

1 Year (Initial)

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

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.