Intern (Supply Chain)

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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 diversity and gender balance.

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are currently seeking to fill an internship position under the WFP Supply Chain unit. The position will be based at our WFP Malawi Country Office in Lilongwe. The Internship will be for an initial period of two months.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Supply Chain, the Supply Chain Assistant intern will be responsible for supporting supply chain activities.

MAJOR TASK AND RESPONSIBILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):
Human Resources support within the Supply Chain unit:
• Support HR operational activities, projects, recruitment processes that are aligned to business needs, following standard processes.
• Support staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges.
• Support and deliver onboarding activities to ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP, and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organization.
• Support for organizational design activities that enable senior management to define and organize structures and jobs, and allocate people to the right places in order to improve efficiency.
• Other as required and related to Human Resources support within the Supply Chain unit.

Supply Chain and Logistics operations:
• Support the development of logistics plans and processes ensuring compliance with wider logistics policies and WFP standards.
• Support logistics projects or operational day-to-day activities following standard processes and contributing, directly or indirectly, to the effective delivery of assistance to beneficiaries.
• Support the collect and analyse data through research and networking with colleagues to recommend actions to the supervisor to improve performance of local logistics operations.
• Support the collect of data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of logistics activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
• Identify and build productive relationships with logistics colleagues and staff within the area of assignment to support an integrated approach assistance.
• Support the emergency logistics preparedness team to ensure WFP is able to quickly respond and deploy food and needed resources to affected areas at the onset of the crisis.
• Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency assistance needs.
• Other as required.

Procurement:
• Support procurement team and programs / operational activities, (e.g. issue tenders, evaluate offers and negotiate/award contracts), following standard processes and contributing to successful procurement of food and non-food commodities or services.
• Support analysis of data to provide recommendations for process improvement.
• Support data collection and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reports of procurement activities, to contribute to a WFP wide view that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders, leading to performance optimization.
• Work in close collaboration with internal counterparts to align procurement activities with wider programmes and ensure a coherent approach to meeting assistance needs.
• Other as required

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Currently enrolled and have attended University courses in the last 12 months inclusive of having completed at least two years of undergraduate studies or have recently graduated in the last 6 months.

Knowledge and Skills: Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point);

Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English. Knowledge of the local language or UN official language is an added advantage.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Interns receive a monthly stipend from WFP up to the maximum amount of US$1000 per month depending on the duty station of assignment. 
• WFP is not responsible for living expenses, arrangements for accommodation, necessary visas and related costs.
• Depending on the duty station of assignment, WFP will reimburse travel ticket for candidates who are nationals of developing countries and are pursuing their studies in their home country.
• WFP will recognize candidates’ educational credentials from recognised institutions that have been certified by competent international or national authorities such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) or Ministries of Education;

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

10 March 2021

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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

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.