Logistics Officer (Field Office Head of Logistics), CST I - Bentiu & Renk, South Sudan

**JOB TITLE:** Logistics Officer (Field Office Head of Logistics), CST I

**TYPE OF CONTRACT:** Regular International Consultancy (CST level 1)

**UNIT/DIVISION:** Logistics

**DUTY STATION (City, Country):** Bentiu or Renk Field Office, South Sudan

***(This vacancy announcement includes positions at two duty stations. A candidate to select the duty station(s) he/she wishes to apply for. A candidate may choose more than one).***

**DURATION:** 11 Months (Renewable subject to performance and funding).

## **BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:**

**Country Context:**

South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, continues to struggle to overcome a multitude of challenges. Conflict, climate shocks, economic instability and the ongoing war in neighboring Sudan have created a perfect storm of suffering, leaving families unable to access enough food. Since April 2023, over 1.1 million people fleeing the conflict in Sudan have crossed into South Sudan, placing additional pressure on overstretched communities and humanitarian systems. The World Food Programme (WFP) has supported more than 620,000 of them with fortified biscuits, food or cash assistance, and nutrition support for mothers and young children.

A total of 7.56 million people – over half the population – face Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity or worse, with hunger reaching near-record levels. The situation is particularly dire for children, with over 2.1 million aged over 5 acutely malnourished.

Food assistance remains essential to averting a humanitarian catastrophe, yet it must also serve as a bridge to long-term recovery. WFP is working with partners, communities and authorities to build resilience, support peacebuilding, and foster self-reliance in the face of relentless adversity.

***This vacancy announcement includes positions at two duty stations which are Renk Field office (FO) and Bentiu Field Office (FO), South Sudan. A candidate to select the duty station(s) he/she wishes to apply for. A candidate may choose more than one***

**SPECIFIC ROLES & RESPONSIBLITIES: HEAD OF LOGISTICS, BENTIU FIELD OFFICE:**

Report directly to the Head of Field Office Bentiu and functionally to the Country Office Head of Logistics, the **Bentiu Head of Logistics** leads the Field Office Logistics Hub, prepositioning exercises for **Bentiu FO and operation in Yida**, ensures effective support to Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) operations and On Demand Services (ODS), and supervises the Bentiu and Yida logistics team.

- Lead, manage, motivate and develop the Bentiu logistics team, providing coaching, capacity building and career guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and to enable high performance. This role also supervises the four logistics staff (SC6, SC5, SC4, SC3) based in Yida (Ruweng Administrative Area) for Sudan operation.
- Ensure timely dispatch vs plan and ensure a successful prepositioning exercise for Unity State, adjusting corridors and transport modalities as required. Oversee the implementation of the supply chain processes and documentation for dispatch, delivery and tracking of food commodities for all Activities: General Food Distribution (GFD), Nutrition, Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) etc.
- Monitor risks and trends which may affect in-kind food deliveries and proactively propose solutions, switching transport modality and corridors as required.
- Collaborate with the Logistics Officers in other Field offices and ensure strategic and or operational support to Logistics staff in other Field offices, operational support notably for Yida.

**SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES: HEAD OF LOGISTICS, RENK FIELD OFFICE:**

Report directly to the Head of Field Office Renk and functionally to the Country Office Head of Logistics, the **Renk Head of Logistics** leads the Field Office Logistics Hub, prepositioning exercises for **Renk FO and Maban**, ensures effective support to Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) operations and On Demand Services (ODS), and supervises the Renk logistics team.

- Lead, manage, motivate and develop the Renk logistics team, providing coaching, capacity building and career guidance as required to ensure appropriate development and to enable high performance.
- Ensure timely dispatch vs plan and ensure a successful prepositioning exercise for Renk FO and Maban. Oversee the implementation of the supply chain processes and documentation for dispatch, delivery and tracking of food commodities for all relevant Activities (Unconditional Resource Transfer - URT1, Malnutrition Prevention - NPA, School based Programmes - SMP etc).
- Manage the Sudan crises response food commodities and coordinate river/ Road movement within/across borders.
- Lead and monitor the local purchase Sorghum project within Renk. Oversee and supervise cleaning, re-bagging of local purchase Sorghum according to WFP standards.
- Monitor risks and trends which may affect in-kind food deliveries and proactively propose solutions.
- Coordinate the collecti