Logistics Officer (Sustainable Cooking Project Coordinator) CST II (Bentiu)

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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT # 563944

J0B TITLE: Logistics Officer (Sustainable Cooking Project Coordinator)

TYPE OF CONTRACT: Consultant (CST II)

UNIT/DIVISION: Bentiu, Logistics

DUTY STATION (City, Country): Bentiu, South Sudan

DURATION: 11 months

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 AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Each year, WFP supports more than 5 million people across South Sudan with food assistance to meet their needs. South Sudan’s climate is characterized by extremes and highly vulnerable to natural hazards. Nearly 87 percent of the population depends on agriculture, livestock, and forestry, therefore climate change has profoundly impacted the country due to changing weather patterns and increased intensity of natural disasters. 2021 marked the third year of unusually heavy floods which devastated large parts of the country and destroyed large parts of the annual harvest. 2022 is likely to see a fourth year of unprecedented flooding in South Sudan. For most of the year, many locations are isolated and inaccessible by all surface means of transportation, including impassable roads and riverways blocked by water hyacinth.

In addition, South Sudan lacks sustainable fuel options as the main sources of fuel are firewood and charcoal, which are prohibitively expensive and often require women and girls to travel long distances to collect. Deforestation has become a major issue in South Sudan as it exacerbates the consequences of floods and is a main source of cooking fuel for most vulnerable communities. The Sudd region of South Sudan is one of the top methane emitters in the region, due to the prevalence of water hyacinth, which methane when decomposing, 20-80 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Thus, this invasive species not only kills native species of plants and animals, blocks natural waterways and transport networks, however, it also contributes significantly to global warming.

This project aims to enable South Sudanese to have safe access to sustainable environmentally friendly cooking fuel using water lily hyacinth from clearing rivers and from their future maintenance. This project will provide an alternative source of cooking fuel to reduce reliance on firewood/charcoal and thus reduce impact on deforestation, while it will also provide additional community benefits in that the use of water hyacinth will also lead to clearance of rivers and maintenance of waterways, opening new transport networks which will be crucial if flooding continues. Lastly, this project will support communities, particularly women and girls, for whom the burden of collecting firewood falls on, to ensure sustainable access to affordable and reliable fuel sources, reducing protection concerns, allowing households to cook to meet their food needs, eventually providing an alternative source of livelihoods. This position will support the value chain analysis (VCA) to better understand the supply chain, context, map current stakeholders and follow up on roadmap and recommendations from the VCA.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

• Manage and coordinate the scale up of the sustainable cooking initiative – water hyacinth charcoal, energy-efficient stoves and heat-retention baskets, among others – in Bentiu, South Sudan by following up and focusing the main steps and key actors to promote a more market-driven approach.
• Gather baseline data, as well as data on progress and impact, regarding communities on GBV, time spent collecting wood, acceptability of new product, etc.
• Engage with key stakeholders, including an analysis of the costs/profits, and gauge adoption, acceptability and any issues that may need to be addressed.
• Develop and roll out community engagement plan, including plan for trainings and dissemination of project knowledge across the country during scale up phase.
• Support in developing and implementing key processes and requirements that the commodity undergoes (or must undergo) before it reaches the end buyer.
• Foster partnerships with stakeholders that are interested in investing, knowledge sharing and promoting the new technology in markets, including developing partnerships with civil society, public and private sectors, and transporters.
• Liaise with internal and external counterparts to support effective collaboration, implementation and monitoring of project activities as well as capacity strengthening of all stakeholders.
• Research and look into the feasibility of other related innovations as necessary, such as boats, training centers, other products out of the water hyacinth, and the like.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

• Follow up on the production and scaling up of sustainable cooking project (water hyacinth briquettes, stoves, heat-retention baskets).
• Reporting on progress and data – baseline and impact.
• Budget and initiate planning of research and training center
• Develop partnership action plan and community engagement plan.
• Host workshops and training to disseminate knowledge related to the project.
• Other related deliverables as necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Master degree required in social sciences (preferably conflict resolution and sociology)
• Experience in partnerships, community engagement, and program implementation
• Experience in creating successful businesses and in creating new value chain
• Experience in fostering partnerships, community engagement.
• Experience leading and training a team.
• Experience in reporting and project management.
• Willingness to follow and update knowledge of new developments in the field.
• Driven with desire to take initiative to solve problems and identify solutions.
• Ability to multi-task and handle a large volume of work quickly and accurately under time constraints.
• Ability to engage with government, partners and local communities.
• Fluency in English (level C)

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
• Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
• Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
• Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
• Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
• Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
• Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios)

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
• Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
• Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
• Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning
• Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships
• Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations
• Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

19 March 2023

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WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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