Disclaimer: This is a 3-month contract, potentially renewed for 6-11 months only. This post is for the emergency response team for the Palestine Country Office, located in Al Arish, Egypt

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

The objective of a country-level Logistics Cluster is to ensure that timely, coherent and effective logistics support to humanitarian aid/relief operations is possible (within funding and security constraints). WFP as lead agency of the Logistics Cluster is accountable to work in partnership with humanitarian stakeholders to deliver a strategic response, based on operational gaps (as per the IASC Guidelines on Cluster Coordination at Country Level). Within each country-level Logistics Cluster Lead Agency is a Logistics Cluster Coordinator (as per the IASC Generic Terms of Reference for Sector Leads at Country Level), who is responsible to lead and facilitate this process. Based on the needs identified and expressed by the humanitarian community, the Cluster will assume a coordination and information management role, while attempting to facilitate common services where required to maximise the use of available resources in-country, provide support and advocacy surrounding customs clearance and government liaison, and establish a more coordinated and cost-effective operational approach.

Job Purpose:

To facilitate the management of Logistics Cluster common service provision through; managing daily operations, collect, analyse and report on information, and cooperating with implementing partners to maximise efficiency of the logistics operations and activities.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Within the assigned unit and delegated authority, the Logistics Associate will be responsible for the following duties:

1. Provide specialized support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and contributing, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of food and none food assistance to beneficiaries.
2. Coordinate requisitioning and ensure timely delivery of commodities and supplies to authorised partners and destinations.
3. Manage logistics vendors’ contracting activities including performance monitoring and measurement.
4. Support gathering market intelligence, vendor assessments (e.g. transporters, retailers) to support vendor selection process.
5. 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.
6. Analyse operational pipeline and contribute to assessments and operational planning for all delivery modalities, to ensure that supply chain requirements are taken into consideration.
7. Manage documentation processing for execution of logistics operations (e.g. customs clearance, invoice verification), take appropriate actions to resolve operational issues escalating complex issues to the supervisor.
8. Monitor inventory management processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to beneficiary.
9. Perform research, collect data and conduct analysis, produce reports (e.g. physical inventory, transport performance) and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems to enable informed decision-making.
10. Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to support logistics operations management and contribute to effective service delivery.
11. 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.
12. Support logistics emergency preparedness and response activities including Logistics Capacity Assessment and Contingency Plan update, to support WFP’s response in emergencies.
13. Perform other functions as may be assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

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