Logistics Assistant

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 26 October 2026-23:59-GMT+02:00 Eastern European Time (Beirut) 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. ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the 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 extreme weather shocks. 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: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok. WHY JOIN WFP?
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We offer
an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). ABOUT WFP Assisting more than 115.5 million people in 120 + countries and territories each year, the World Food Program (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies partnering with governments, and providing common services that allow the entire humanitarian community to save lives in emergencies and build the resilience of food insecure people and communities. As the international community has committed to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030, one in nine people worldwide still do not have enough to eat. Food and food-related assistance lie at the heart of the struggle to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. WFP Lebanon provides humanitarian assistance to over 2 million vulnerable persons for food and other essential needs through cash-based transfers and in-kind food. WFP Lebanon also provides food assistance in the form of snacks and fresh food to school aged students and promotes resilient livelihoods and sustainable food systems. In addition to direct assistance to the most food insecure and vulnerable people, WFP also supports government institutions, partners, and other entities to strengthen their capacity to deliver social assistance. To know more about WFP’s mission, please check the below video: https://www.facebook.com/WorldFoodProgramme/videos/10154930622760178/ 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. JOB PURPOSE: To implement well-defined standard logistics and supply chain processes and activities to enable the effective delivery of goods and services for all delivery modalities, including supporting the planning, coordination, dispatch, monitoring, and reporting of convoy operations to hard-to-reach areas, ensuring efficient resource allocation, compliance with safety and operational standards, and timely delivery of cargo from point of discharge to final destinations in support of WFP and Logistics Cluster operations. DURATION: six (6) Months (Renewable based on availability of funds, business needs and performance).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
(not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive): Within delegated authority and under the direct supervision of the Logistics Cluster Coordinator, the incumbent will be responsible for the following duties: 1. Provide support to logistics operations and activities, following standard processes and facilitating, directly or indirectly, the effective delivery of food assistance to beneficiaries. 2. Support operations in timely ordering and delivery of commodities and supplies to authorised partners and destinations. 3. Support management of logistics vendors’ contracting activities including performance monitoring and measurement. 4. Respond to a variety of technical queries/requests for support, following standard processes, and obtaining guidance as required, to ensure timely and accurate resolution of all enquiries with a high standard of client service mind-set. 5. Contribute to budget preparation, monitoring and revision for on demand service modality, ensuring adherence to relevant procedures and in compliance with corporate standards. 6. Assist in monitoring contracts executions to track trends and account for any deviations. 7. Support operational pipeline analyses vs contracts, market assessments and operational planning for all delivery modalities. 8. Collect and compile data, produce and/or contribute to reports (e.g. CCTI, SPRs, financial closure, vendors’ performance) and ensure information accuracy in corporate systems in support to informed decision-making. 9. Liaise with internal and number of external stakeholders to support efficient logistics operations management. 10.
Provide guidance to other support staff, in order to assist them in completing standard tasks to agreed standards and deadlines. 11. Perform other related duties, as required. STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:
Completion of secondary school education. University degree in relevant field

Experience:
At least 5 years’ experience in logistics services preferably in transport management and warehousing Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Arabic. Knowledge of French language is an added advantage. Required Skills and Knowledge:
• Effective communication and coordination abilities: Skilled in liaising with transport companies.
• Coordination of contracts execution
• Knowledge of logistics and supply chain management
• Ability to understand complexities of emergency logistics
• Incident management and risk mitigation

skills:
Ability to respond to cargo damage or delays, document incidents, and escalate appropriately. Desired
• Experience with logistics systems: Proficiency in corporate systems for dispatch tracking and reporting.
• Emergency preparedness and contingency planning: experience with emergency transport planning and risk analysis.
• Data management and reporting proficiency: Skilled in compiling logistics reports, statistics, and logistics service providers performance analyses.
• Technical proficiency in MS Office and Excel: For preparing reports, monitoring budgets, and analyzing operational data. WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission. Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact: global.inclusion@wfp.org NO FEE DISCLAIMER The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web. REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
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