Staff Development Officer P3 - Rome, Italy

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

Are you a Learning and Development Expert interested in further developing your professional experience while contributing to ending global hunger? Are you passionate about helping those in need? Would you like to join a global organization investing in its people?

 
If so, an exciting & fulfilling career awaits you! Join our diverse and passionate team that works on varied and international projects directly contributing to saving & changing millions of lives around the globe.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications must be submitted by 1, June 2022 (11:59 PM CET)

WHO WE ARE

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), a highly prestigious, reputable & world’s 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 WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.  

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: UN World Food Programme (WFP) and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter.

WHY JOIN US?

• 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)

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline humanitarian agency addressing hunger and malnutrition worldwide. WFP tackles poverty and hunger through a range of interventions: saving lives and protecting livelihoods in emergencies; investing in the prevention and mitigation of disasters; restoring and rebuilding lives and livelihoods in post-conflict or post-disaster situation; and other interventions to tackle hunger. Each year, on average, WFP feeds more than 90 million people in over 80 countries. 

Supply chain management is at the core of WFP’s humanitarian response and therefore an area of constant strategic focus. Over 3.500 supply chain staff work around the clock to deliver food assistance to beneficiaries in some of the most complex environments. Empowering our staff with the right expertise and skills is critical to our success. The Supply Chain function is committed to offer an innovative and effective learning journey to all of its workforce. 

THE ROLE

You will provide specialized support and lead global Supply Chain training initiatives, assure effective learning experiences and continuous enhancement of the Supply Chain Training approach. 

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

Under the direct supervision of the Supply Chain Head of Learning and Development, you will work in close collaboration and coordination with the HRMTC branch and will have responsibilities as outlined below:

• Leveraging available learning resources – lead the design, development and implementation of appropriate learning solutions so that Supply Chain staff can perform their work optimally to deliver WFP’s mandate and adjust to industry best-practice developments relevant to the humanitarian sector.
• Oversight of technical, cross-cutting and soft skills trainings to enable a cohesive approach.
• Conduct a comprehensive Learning Needs Analysis that covers all levels of the Supply Chain to identify the major learning needs of Supply Chain colleagues (in HQ and the field) and address these needs and skills gaps through the development of appropriate learning solutions. 
• Facilitate the coordination between key stakeholders such as internal functional experts, SC trainers and instructional designer and/or vendor, staffing coordinator.
• Develop Supply Chain Training guidelines for streamlining functional learning and development processes applicable to both HQ and field colleagues.
• Support the development of strategic training structures that would adapt to evolving needs.
• Continuously monitor progress and provide feedback and evaluation of the different learning activities to the Staffing Coordination team.
• Measure and evaluate effectiveness of trainings which feed into SC’s integrated workforce management and informed decision-making process.
• Provide inputs to the L&D component of the employee mapping exercise and update information accordingly.
• Support the development of a comprehensive annual learning plan for Supply Chain to ensure that training requirements, needs, and expectations are met.
• Drive learning and develop innovation ideas and projects with a strategic focus on enhanced and improved performance within Supply Chain.
• Research the viability of new programme offerings, market potential, and competitive pricing models, developing unique programming in response to wider humanitarian community needs and interests in collaboration with the corporate learning and development team (HRCM).
• Maintain and update the L&D dashboard and other related products (SC Learning channel, catalogue, etc.), contributing and leading relevant improvements, recommendations, and change in order to effectively communicate the strategic relevance of L&D on the SC mandate.
• Develop the terms of reference, coordinate and moderate a network of regional training focal points for the design and coordination of regional training plans for Supply Chain.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to the team and support the continued development of team members.
• Perform other duties as required.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT

• Enhanced visibility of L&D within SC
• Improved communication and relevance of L&D being incorporated into Staffing Coordinator actions, contributing to career conversations with line managers.  
• Professional L&D activities are rolled out at the global level in a harmonized way
• An established network of Supply Chain focal points.
• An established template of a comprehensive annual training plan that is renewable and adaptable to future needs.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION: 

You have:

• First University Degree in Learning and Development, Adult Education, Human Resources, Instructional Design, or another related field. 

EXPERIENCE: 

You have:

• Minimum 5 years of post-graduate, professionally relevant experience.
• Proven experience in leading and developing training events for a diverse audience in an international organization operating in humanitarian and/or development contexts.
• Experience in developing and running online/virtual and simulation-based training in humanitarian contexts.
• Experience in coaching and mentoring approaches.
• Experience in developing humanitarian team capacities in resource-limited contexts.
• Experience in instructional design (assessing training needs, writing training/learning objectives, designing training, evaluating training, assessing participant learning).
• Experience with peer-to-peer learning and self-assessment.

LANGUAGE:

You have:

• Fluency (level C) in the English language. 
• Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (A WFP’s working language)

MORE ABOUT YOU

You have:

• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work both with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
• Ability to establish effective working relations with persons of different national and cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to coordinate and facilitate multi-day training with large multi-cultural groups.
• Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles and an ability to handle competing priorities successfully and to work to tight deadlines.
• Ability to balance speed of work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy.
• Ability to interact with senior leaders with maturity and tact.



ADDITIONAL / NICE-TO-HAVE REQUIREMENTS

• Work experience with an international humanitarian or development organization or specifically with WFP/UN and other UN Agencies.
• Familiarity with the UN procurement process system, related to vendor selection and management.
• Experience designing and delivering field programmes.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

These are the common standards of behaviour that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Different expectations of behaviour are defined depending on your grade and role/responsibilities within WFP.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Limited Fixed-Term Appointment (LFT) position is a non-mobile staff appointment in the international professional category for a limited period for up to 2 years. Incumbents of LFT positions are not eligible to apply for other mobile positions advertised internally through the Reassignment.

WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel, visa and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, a pension plan, and medical insurance. For more information, visit https://icsc.un.org/.

Mobility is and continues to be a core contractual requirement in WFP. This position is however classified as “non-rotational” which means the incumbent shall not be subject to the regular reassignment process unless the position is reclassified as rotational.

Occasional travel to field locations as appropriate is required to take up this assignment.

The position is based in Rome, Italy and will require the selected candidate to relocate. Telecommuting arrangements are available and may be approved in line with the post requirements.  

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

• We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
• Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
• Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
• Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
• Please contact us at wfprecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified

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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.