Logistics Cluster Coordinator- CST II- Gaza

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• 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).

📌 Type of Contract: Consultant, CST II

➡️ Unit / Division: Logistics Cluster/ WFP Palestine

📍 Duty Station: Gaza

➡️ Duration: 11 months (renewable, subject to funding and performance)

❗You are required to fill in all mandatory fields on Workday in English and upload your English CV. Your application would be otherwise disqualified.

What will you do in this position? 

The coordinator oversees the Gaza field-level component of the Palestine Logistics Cluster response. The incumbent is the main interlocutor for Gaza-based stakeholders, partners and operational counterparts, providing leadership, and ensuring that inter-agency coordination systems, information platforms and operational services are established and maintained at all levels. The coordinator ensures relevant information is collected and shared, and that efficient and adequate operations are set up in support of the humanitarian partners inside Gaza, in line with the overall Palestine Logistics Cluster strategy and UN80 reform.

The function entails the direct supervision of Gaza-based Logistics Cluster staff, field-level operational coordination, monitoring, tracking and reporting of Logistics Cluster activities in Gaza, as well as the escalation of operational gaps, risks and bottlenecks requiring national-level support.

The position is based in Gaza, reports directly to Head of Supply Chain and works under the overall strategic direction of the Palestine Logistics Cluster Coordinator and in close coordination with the national Logistics Cluster cell for Palestine, WFP Supply Chain, teams working from the different corridors and entry points, Gaza Field Office teams, other relevant WFP units, inter-cluster coordination group and humanitarian partners.

Gaza Logistics Cluster response forms an integral part of the overall Palestine Logistics Cluster strategy and aligns with the national Logistics Cluster direction, priorities, Concept of Operations, Standard Operating Procedures, common service approach and agreed operational planning framework. The coordinator is expected to ensure coherence between Gaza-based operations, corridor-level planning and the broader in-country logistics reform agenda, including the field-level implementation of common logistics services and where relevant under the UN80 framework.

Why work with WFP Palestine? 

For decades, Palestine has been facing a protracted and complex protection and humanitarian crisis. The humanitarian situation worsened alarmingly after an upsurge in violence from October 2023.

WFP, through our dual mandate in humanitarian and development, provides life-saving food assistance to the most vulnerable and food insecure non-refugee Palestinians.

WFP provides logistics support to humanitarian and development partners, allowing them to reach more people faster, and at a lower cost to donors and the environment. By offering our cash-based transfer platform to the wider humanitarian and development community, coordinating logistics, and developing an inter-agency common feedback mechanism, WFP contributes to wider humanitarian efforts.

Comprised of a diverse, multi-skilled group of logisticians, the Logistics Cluster, led by WFP, is mandated by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) to complement and co-ordinate the logistics capabilities of co-operating humanitarian agencies during large-scale complex emergencies and natural disasters.

In order to support humanitarian community in the Gaza response, the Palestine Logistics Cluster was formally activated on the 16 October 2023.

How can you make a difference?

Advice and Leadership

• Lead all the Gaza Logistics Cluster activities in line with the overall Palestine Logistics Cluster Strategy, common logistics gaps identified, and the evolving operational framework under the UN80 reform.
• Guarantee the adequate set-up, continuity and coordination of Logistics Cluster activities and operations inside Gaza.
• Ensure the smooth running of logistics operations in Gaza, including inter-agency coordination, information management, convoy management, transport, storage, cargo tracking and other activities and services as required.
• Facilitate discussion and agreement on the use of common standards and tools among logistics and supply managers; and promote awareness of and adherence to relevant policy guidelines, codes of conduct humanitarian principles and examples of good practice.
• Liaise with relevant operational counterparts, humanitarian organisations, WFP team and other counterparts, where needed, to fulfil the Logistics Cluster mandate.
• Lead and manage Logistics Cluster staff in all locations under the responsibility including work planning, performance management, coaching, capacity building.

Gaps and Needs Assessment, Planning and Implementation

• Working across agencies and organizations, lead a continuous identification and assessment of logistics capacities, gaps and bottlenecks.
• Join inter-agency needs assessment exercises as appropriate to ensure that identified needs, gaps and priorities are as evidence-based as possible in any given emergency context.
• Support the continuous monitoring and analysis of the status of entry points from the different corridors to Gaza, logistics provider and supplier’s markets & disruptions ensuring that up-to-date information guides logistics planning and response efforts.
• Support the development of an overall engagement strategy, based on the common gaps and needs identified and update it regularly according to evolving needs.
• Ensure that Gaza-level planning is linked to national Cluster priorities, corridor-level capacity, available resources, funding constraints and common gaps and needs of humanitarian community.

Effective Inter-Agency Leadership and Coordination

• Provide leadership by organizing and chairing regular Logistics Coordination meetings to coordinate the continuous identification and prioritisation of logistics needs, as well as technical solutions adequate to overcome bottlenecks and ensure delivery of humanitarian aid/relief.
• Ensure coordination with relevant authorities, Red Crescent Societies, inter-cluster coordination group, UN agencies, national and international NGOs and other relevant stakeholders, and participation in key coordination forums on behalf of humanitarian community and facilitate continuous operations, aligning with a wider UN80 reform direction.
• Represent and escalate Gaza field-level logistics constraints, risks, partner needs and operational priorities in national Cluster discussions, and ensure that partner feedback from Gaza is systematically reflected in Palestine-wide planning and decision-making.

Information Management & Advocacy

• Ensure the collection, analysis and dissemination of relevant logistics information (including – but not limited to – capacity mapping, risk and gap analysis).
• Contribute to strengthening early warning capacity and provide inputs for any relevant operational planning and analyse trends of supply chain risk using tools.
• Establish and maintain regular communication, coordination, information sharing and advocacy with all relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Together with humanitarian community and inter-cluster forums, identify core advocacy concerns for operations and contribute key messages to any broader advocacy initiatives.
• Ensure timely operational reporting on Gaza Logistics Cluster activities, including partner needs, service delivery, constraints, cargo movements, bottlenecks, risks and required management action.
• Ensure services and cargo are properly tracked, and that operational information is shared with partners and other relevant stakeholders as required.

Preparedness and Capacity Building

• Actively contribute to regular training and workshops as required, in line with building capacity of all stakeholders. Organise and provide training for partners in field locations where and when necessary.
• Develop, input and regularly review as required contingency plans ensuring the adequate and up to date logistics preparedness information is included.
• Lead, motivate and support  knowledge transfer and capacity strengthening of national staff, partners and operational counterparts, where feasible, to improve sustainability and continuity of Logistics Cluster support in Gaza.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

• Gaza Logistics Cluster activities and services are implemented, tracked and reported in line with approved plans, SOPs and the Palestine Logistics Cluster strategy.
• Gaza Logistics Cluster coordination mechanisms are functional, inclusive and responsive to the gaps and needs of humanitarian community and evolving context.
• Logistics assessments (gaps and needs, local market, available humanitarian actors’ capacity) conducted regularly, analysis and report produced including recommendations to define/revise the current coordination mechanism/architecture.
• Gaza field operations are coherent with corridor-level planning, Palestine Logistics Cluster strategy operations and the broader UN80 reform framework.
• Operational information and advocacy products, service updates, technical guidance, guidelines, best practices, meeting minutes, dashboards and reports are produced and shared in a timely manner.
• Gaza Logistics Cluster staffing, work planning and resource requirements are managed and regularly reviewed.
• Contingency planning, preparedness actions and partner capacity-building initiatives are supported and documented.
• Any other related tasks as requested are undertaken.

To join us in saving lives, changing lives, you will have:

EDUCATION:

A university degree in Supply Chain Management, International Business, International Relations, Humanitarian Project Management, Business Administration and related field or equivalent relevant experience.

EXPERIENCE:

At least 5 years professional experience in humanitarian operations implementation (incl. assessment, management of operational budget and funds, monitoring, and evaluation).

i) at least 2 years in emergency response operations (natural disaster and/or complex emergency) and/or preparedness projects

ii) at least 3 years professional experience in supply chain and/or logistics operations (i.e. land transport, international shipping or air transport, warehouse management, freight forwarding, etcetera).

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:

Essential:

• Understanding of the international humanitarian response architecture, including coordination mechanisms, Cluster approach, UN80 reform, international emergency response mechanisms
• Strong understanding of logistics and supply chain operations in humanitarian settings and operational risk management.
• Experience of high-level coordination, including serving as the chair of a multi-lateral working group (i.e. any output-oriented group of independent stakeholders); an ability to work within a diverse group, build/develop consensus and deliver on joint outputs.
• Experience leading teams skills.
• Partnership and service mindset, integrity, result oriented, proactive engagement, gender and culturally sensitive.
• Demonstrated ability to work productively in remote and high-pressure environments, to motivate a team, maintain morale and deliver on objectives in difficult circumstances.

Desirables:

• Strategic vision and shared goals based on humanitarian principles.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate data and translate into useful information management products to facilitate decision making.
• Promote climate of teamwork, encourage learning of colleagues and facilitate team approach.

LANGUAGES:

• Fluency English language is required.
• Knowledge of Arabic is highly desirable.

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