Logistics Assistant (Inland Transport) SC-5 (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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Career Opportunities: Logistics Assistant (Inland Transport) SC-5
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🚩 Vacancy Announcement n°: 317325
📢 Job Title: Logistics Assistant (Inland Transport)
📌Type of Contract: Service Contract
➡️ Unit / Division: Supply Chain unit / WFP Ukraine
📍 Duty Station: Kyiv
➡️ Duration: 12 months (renewable)
⏰ Closing date: Monday, 30 January, midnight (Ukraine Time)
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.
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What will you do in this position?
Provide support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
Why work with us?
The war in Ukraine has left an estimated one in three families without enough food, rising to one in two in some areas of the East and South. More than 6 million Ukrainians have been internally displaced and more than 6 million have left the country. Many of those who remain have lost their livelihoods, especially in areas close to the front lines. Millions who fled their homes to the country’s West are preparing for long-term internal displacement. Many who have returned to liberated areas around the capital, Kyiv, are struggling to rebuild their lives, having run out of money or found their homes reduced to rubble.
WFP is quickly scaling up to support 4.7 million people per month inside Ukraine, using a flexible mix of food and cash assistance. We support people wherever they are, including in areas close to the front line.
In addition, we offer:
➡️ Meaningful and impactful careers:
Our day-to-day work makes a difference in the lives of the people we serve
➡️ Continuous learning and training:
We provide learning tools for our staff to continually develop their careers
➡️ Multicultural and stimulating work environment:
We encourage gender and cultural diversity to make our teams stronger
Join us to make a difference in Ukraine, watch this video to know more about us!!
How can you make a difference?
- Provide support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries.
- Support timely ordering and delivery of commodities and supplies to authorised partners and destinations.
- Support management of logistics vendors’ contracting activities, including performance monitoring and measurement.
- Respond to various technical queries/requests for support, following standard processes, and obtaining guidance as required, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of all inquiries with a high standard of a client service mindset.
- Contribute to budget preparation, monitoring, and revision for all delivery modalities, ensuring adherence to relevant procedures and corporate standards.
- Assist in monitoring inventory management processes to track trends and account for the inventory status from source to the beneficiary.
- Assist in the management of commodity accounting data quality and integrity.
- Support operational pipeline analyses, assessments, and operational planning for all delivery modalities.
- Process documentation for the execution of logistics operations (e.g., customs clearance, invoice verification), take appropriate actions to resolve operational issues, escalating various issues to the supervisor
- Collect and compile data, produce and/or contribute to reports (e.g., CCTI, SPRs, financial closure, physical inventory, transport performance) and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems to support informed decision-making.
- Liaise with an internal and a limited number of external stakeholders to support efficient logistics operations management.
- Provide guidance to other support staff to assist them in completing standard tasks to agreed standards and deadlines.
To join us in saving lives, changing lives you will have to…
Education: Completion of secondary school certificate. A university degree (Bachelor's or higher) in a functional area will be an asset.
Experience: At least five years of progressively responsible experience in the following areas
- Experience using corporate systems to monitor ongoing shipments, pipeline information, insurance claims, and food stock
- Experience analyzing data (on commodities, funds, etc.) and drafting reports.
- Experience in measuring service providers’ performance against set KPIs.
- Experience in assisting in the preparation of contract documentation.
- Experience in providing technical business support in corporate systems.
Language: Proficient in oral and written communication skills in English and Ukrainian.
Before you apply…
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 an inclusive work environment in which diversity is valued and where no form of discrimination is tolerated. We aim to achieve parity in our teams in Ukraine. Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply. CV and cover letter must be submitted in English language.
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.
