Consultant Supply Chain (Innovation Task Force) 2

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the worlds largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict disasters and the impact of climate change.

At WFP people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse committed skilled and high performing teams selected on merit operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment living WFPs values (Integrity Collaboration Commitment Humanity and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

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WHY JOIN WFP

• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive diverse and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training accreditation coaching mentorship and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country regional and global offices around the world and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

UNHRD is an emergency preparedness and response tool for WFP and the wider humanitarian community. UNHRD manages six (6) strategically located hub worldwide (Panama Ghana Italy Malaysia Spain and UAE). The UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) managed by the World Food Programme (WFP) has evolved significantly since its inception in 2000 in Brindisi. Originally tasked with providing rapid accessible stockpiling and mobilization services it has become a cornerstone of global emergency response. UNHRDs mandate to assist populations in crisis through preposition relief and logistical support has led to the establishment of a global Network of prepositioning Hubs. UNHRD is now launching an innovation program that aims to create an ecosystem of innovators to support the improvement of the emergency within the humanitarian context. To do so UNHRD requires the mobilization of a great deal of knowledge from many different sectors to ensure the cutting-edge formulation of innovative strategies procedures technologies and solutions. The ability of ensuring the most innovative solution will play a crucial role for UNHRD in assisting their partners as a global humanitarian platform to ensure the best solutions for entire humanitarian sector allowing: to support effective delivery of relief efforts through the global hubs facilitating better co-ordination and providing specialized training; to partnerships that strengthen the humanitarian community including between UN agencies NGOs governmental organizations and universities; to facilitate research and development into innovative solutions and products with a strong focus on greening initiatives including encouraging a shift to renewable energy sources and promoting the reuse and recycling of materials; and to incorporate human-centered design approaches to all the design and delivery endeavors related to innovation processes. To ensure these objectives UNHRD is aiming at creating an Innovation Task Force of professional and academic experts that can support advise and execute strategic and scientific support to UNHRD network in becoming innovation lead among all the humanitarian partners.

Under the overall guidance of the UNHRD Lab Head of Unit the consultant will perform the following:

• Provide guidance on program guidelines and review processes of the UNHRD innovation programs and activities (e.g. Innovation Lab activities New Innovation Ecosystem Program);
• Oversee the processes for calls for proposals challenge statements selection criteria progress tracking of projects and program performance evaluations.
• Support and contribute to the production of scientific output framing innovation in the humanitarian context. Assessing scientific social economic and environmental relevance and impacts of UNHRD innovation programs and activities.
• Periodically review UNHRD innovation strategy and funding programs and advise on appropriateness and feasibility of long-term objectives;
• Implement any adjustments that are deemed necessary to rectify deficiencies;
• Benchmark UNHRD innovation programs and activities against international best practices;
• Provide advice and guidance on strategic partnerships;
• Defining roles of partner organizations universities and private sector to facilitate and enable successful innovation;
• Support and define partnerships engagement strategies for innovation endeavors;

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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

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• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

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.