Consultant Logistics

World Food Programme•Panama City, FL

About The Position

As a member of both the Global Logistics Cluster Support Team and the Regional Bureau Supply Chain Team, the Regional Field Support Logistics Cluster Officer is assigned to regional desks or groups of countries where the humanitarian community, together with the local government, have requested some support to implement (partially or fully), the core functions of the cluster approach at country level. The Regional Field Support Logistics Cluster Officer supports, participates and in some instance may oversee global events. The Regional Field Support Logistics Cluster Officer advises and provides guidance to the coordination cells, supports the Country Office reviewed strategy, and may provide surge capacity to on-set activities in-country for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Regional Field Support Logistics Cluster Officer contributes to fostering, developing, and maintaining of strategic partnerships, and therefore, strengthening the community of the Logistics Cluster partners. The Regional Field Support Logistics Cluster Officer reports to RBPs Regional Supply Chain Officer (or his/her designated officer) while maintaining close technical liaison with the various managers within the Global Logistics Cluster at Headquarters level.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning, implementation, support, and monitoring activities of the GLCfield preparedness project at regional and country level. This includes bothimplementation and desk support to necessary country-level resources for theseactivities.
Provide strategic support to plan, organize, and facilitate dedicated workshops andtrainings both at regional and country level.
Coordinate post-closure country activities related to GLC preparedness, includingreporting on both achievements (metrics) and impact.
Support the identification and design of Logistics Cluster Trainings in LAC.
Lead the delivery of Logistics Cluster Trainings in LAC.
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for any training related tasks to be delivered inlanguages used in the RBP region (Spanish, French, English).
Where required in LAC, support both ongoing and sudden-onset emergency responseactivities (desk support) or through field deployments at country-level (surgesupport).
Lead or support the implementation of new Logistics Cluster operations inaccordance with the GLC Head of Operations.
Provide advice on Humanitarian Response Planning, Humanitarian NeedsOverview, Inter-Cluster Coordination, and other strategic planning products.Actively support project design for operations assigned, including CSP andBudget Revisions.
Design, contribute and drive the information exchange between stakeholders bothat country and regional levels (WFP, partners at global level, private sector) and withthe field.
Contribute to the definition of the logistics strategy within the GLC policies andprocedures and support effective integration of Logistics Cluster operations andservices, including coordination with other organizations.